
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.
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Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:39,
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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
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Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:43,
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so much better.
it's something to do with overheating and the soldering that causes it

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!
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Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:47,
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This generation of consoles really are crap in terms of durability. My SNES still works perfectly!

which has a repair cover plan bundled into it

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.
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Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:55,
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the rumours must be true then
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Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:57,
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they just start to melt after a while
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Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:48,
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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!
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Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:50,
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Outcome - brand new 360, reset 1 year warranty, no money. Whoop whoop!

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.
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Mon 7 Jun 2010, 13:51,
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It is currently in pieces below my TV waiting for me to finish trying to fix it.

Before I found out that it was still under warranty, I asked around here, and these guys seemed to come recommended by many b3tans...
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Mon 7 Jun 2010, 14:04,
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