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# Mine also has an increasingly noisy system fan...
I'm wondering if it's getting ready for another yellow light of death. Given that sony charged me £125 to fix it the first time that happened, I'm not very happy about this.
(I helped save b3ta! Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:39, archived)
# hmmm I don't know as my psphat died last Nov from YLOD...out of knowhere *pfft dead*
I got a slim as a replacement which runs cooler and quieter...
so much better.

it's something to do with overheating and the soldering that causes it
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:43, archived)
# I'm thinking of getting a slim when I move to Holland.
I'm also hoping that there will be a slim 360 announced at E3 so I can trade up to something that is less likely to die every f'ing year.

This generation of consoles really are crap in terms of durability. My SNES still works perfectly!
(I helped save b3ta! Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:47, archived)
# I've heard Sony could announce psn+ at e3

which has a repair cover plan bundled into it
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:53, archived)
# You can get insurance from them for £5 a month.
I might take it out just for the next six months to be on the safe side. It still feels wrong that I have to pay the manufacturer to protect me from their own failures.
(I helped save b3ta! Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:55, archived)
# when my ps3 died they didn't do that :(
the rumours must be true then
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:57, archived)
# Been playing the increasingly ironically named Final Fantasy XIII?
www.reghardware.com/2010/06/07/final_fantasy_xiii_class_action/
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 15:02, archived)
# I decided to fix my own xbox 360
they just start to melt after a while
(I helped save b3ta! Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:48, archived)
# I had an awesome customer service result from Microsoft (humm surprisingly NOT autocomplete)
I bought my 360 second hand getting on for 2 years ago. With the extended warranty they offer on red light of doom it was just within warranty when it melted. Completely free service - they emailed me a courier label, UPS picked it up from work, sent it off, they looked at it and decided to send me a brand new console rather than faff around fixing the old one.

Outcome - brand new 360, reset 1 year warranty, no money. Whoop whoop!
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:50, archived)
# Mine is 3yrs and 1month old
so no warranty for me this time. Suddenly their crap design becomes my responsibility.

It is currently in pieces below my TV waiting for me to finish trying to fix it.
(I helped save b3ta! Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:51, archived)
# Gah!
Before I found out that it was still under warranty, I asked around here, and these guys seemed to come recommended by many b3tans...
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 14:04, archived)
# ^This
(I helped save b3ta! Hitler's Barber Soylent Green is high in saturated fat, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:52, archived)
#
Was the same with the original xbox, Lots of people take the pish out of Microsoft, but credit where it is due with the Xbox warranty repairs.
(I helped save b3ta! Saner, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 15:25, archived)