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Xbox 360....red Lights Of Death..where To Send It

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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:28 PM
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Default Xbox 360....red Lights Of Death..where To Send It

My sons Xbox 360 has died and i need to send it back to microsoft for them to sort it.....

Does anyone have a link to where i need to send it to or a number to ring at all please.....

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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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my mate had this happen and its taken them nearly 2months to sort
might be worth seeing if you can ring microsoft direct ?
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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this has just happend to my lil bro gutted,
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:31 PM
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I would if i could find a contact number......
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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ill have a search and if not try and contact my friend see what he did
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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just sent my boys one off today tiff for the second time i will look up the phone number mate
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Dunccoss
just sent my boys one off today tiff for the second time i will look up the phone number mate
Cheers Duncan

Is it a case of ringing them up and letting them know the problem, then send it to them???
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by TIFF
Cheers Duncan

Is it a case of ringing them up and letting them know the problem, then send it to them???

yep ! they will send in a courier !
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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Yea UPS comes to collect it. Mine was repaired in 3 weeks
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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i need this doing mine is also dead
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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The number is in the back of the user manual tiff,if you`s still have it,there customer service is second to none,
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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cheers chaps...........

As a side not.....i also have a chipped Xbox that has the ring of death, do you think they would fix that one aswell.....????
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Brannen
The number is in the back of the user manual tiff,if you`s still have it,there customer service is second to none,
eerrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I will have to wait for Dunc to find the number
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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the place you send it to is the bin.....then you go get a PS3

lol
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by TIFF
cheers chaps...........

As a side not.....i also have a chipped Xbox that has the ring of death, do you think they would fix that one aswell.....????
prob not as its been chipped unless they didnt notice . . . ??

my bros is chipped !! games for a fiver
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Brannen
The number is in the back of the user manual tiff,if you`s still have it,there customer service is second to none,
there custemer service should be good they are getting plenty of practice
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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this is the number to ring tiff

0800 587 1102
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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I had my "chip " taken out before i sent mine back,however a friend of mine sent his back chipped and they fixed it , also I think they "flash" the harddrive not chip them
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 08:02 PM
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make sure all the cables are in correctly and the hardrive is in correcyt as if they are not it gives up the ring of death mate
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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Tiff have you tried wiggling all the leads then switching it back on, or the towel trick on youtube??????

Mine fixed itself
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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One of my mates had this problem tonite with his xbox.Stripped it down took the two big silver things off inside cleaned everything and bingo back up and running.Apparently they get too hot inside he said
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:02 PM
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also you can wrap em in a towel an overheat them an it will work again but only for a few months or so

Heaps of little things you can do with them to stop them dieing.

If you need any more info drop me a pm mate
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Sidewayz
the place you send it to is the bin.....then you go get a PS3

lol
Amen.
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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they shouldnt repair it if its opened (ie "chipped) but cant hurt to try.

you can also do this online on their website, peice of p*ss
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Sidewayz
the place you send it to is the bin.....then you go get a PS3

lol
That sony has said will never make a profit at ALL
Reported major losses 2 week's ago then the next day 400.000 sony vaio's went tit's up and game developers find it harder to make game's for the ps3 which is why there has been only a few sony only game's.

Yeah take his advice
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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cheers chaps...
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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https://service.xbox.com/servicehome...t=en-gb&scrx=1
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 10:48 AM
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just make sure you dont keep it in a tight place make sure there is enough air round it so it wont over heat
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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Or buy a cooling fan that clips to the back of it
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