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How do they obviously know? My April 2006-bought Premium had a date of Dec 2005 on it. My March 2008-bought Elite had October 2007 on it. It's perfectly conceivable that some shops might still have old stock.

Yeah, hot damn! Four months, how old!

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Mr. Gerbik

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When my 360 broke I just told them it RRoD'ed (it hadn't, it was just the dvd drive refusing to read discs) because I knew I wouldn't get the three-year warranty otherwise. Worked perfectly, seems they don't check if it's really RRoD. Moral of the story: always tell them it's RRoD.

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scissorkicks

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Is it me or do Elites seem to go tits up disproportionately?

My launch-day Elite RROD'ed 11 months and two weeks after purchase. I took it back to Game, was nice, and they swapped it over even though it didn't RROD when they tested it - although it did freeze on the splash screen.

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Chadruharazzeb

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When my 360 broke I just told them it RRoD'ed (it hadn't, it was just the dvd drive refusing to read discs) because I knew I wouldn't get the three-year warranty otherwise. Worked perfectly, seems they don't check if it's really RRoD. Moral of the story: always tell them it's RRoD.

You know something? I think I might just give that a try.

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Satako

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When my 360 broke I just told them it RRoD'ed (it hadn't, it was just the dvd drive refusing to read discs) because I knew I wouldn't get the three-year warranty otherwise. Worked perfectly, seems they don't check if it's really RRoD. Moral of the story: always tell them it's RRoD.

Sorry to drag the topic back up, but how did this work? If it's an RRoD then they wouldn't even touch the disc drive, would they? Unless you were one of the few that got a replacement refurbished machine? I'm only asking because mine has just started doing the same thing and I really would like to avoid paying Microsoft £60 to repair a console that's not even 18 months old, and also has been in repair for a previous RRoD error once before.

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fatoy.japa

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I can confirm that if you lie your way to an RRoD fix (mine had a fried GPU and wouldn't display anything, but neither would it give me the ring) they won't touch anything else unless it's an issue that can only be solved by replacing the console entire. My DVD drive in the aforementioned console is worse than ever.

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amnesiac_3

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Sorry to drag the topic back up, but how did this work? If it's an RRoD then they wouldn't even touch the disc drive, would they?

I sent mine in with a RRoD and they replaced the DVD drive free of charge.

EDIT: Although, I did mention to them on the phone that the DVD drive was sticking when I pressed eject. It was a 2-3 year old machine though, so the DVD drive was most definitely out of warranty.

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Guest

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Aren't Sainsbury's still doing Xbox 360 Arcades for just under £100?

Saying that, my Sainsbury's instantly ran out of stock. I was HDMI-kinda tempted.

GAMELOL

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Sorry to drag the topic back up, but how did this work? If it's an RRoD then they wouldn't even touch the disc drive, would they? Unless you were one of the few that got a replacement refurbished machine? I'm only asking because mine has just started doing the same thing and I really would like to avoid paying Microsoft £60 to repair a console that's not even 18 months old, and also has been in repair for a previous RRoD error once before.

My son's launch machine's DVD drive screwed up and I told them it was Red Ringing after about half an hour. They repaired the Red Ring and replaced the DVD drive.

I assume it's easier to do it there and then because you could cliam it was working fine before you sent it in for repair and it must have got damaged in transit.

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Mr. Gerbik

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Sorry to drag the topic back up, but how did this work? If it's an RRoD then they wouldn't even touch the disc drive, would they? Unless you were one of the few that got a replacement refurbished machine? I'm only asking because mine has just started doing the same thing and I really would like to avoid paying Microsoft £60 to repair a console that's not even 18 months old, and also has been in repair for a previous RRoD error once before.

I got a brand new machine ;)

I told them the disc drive was fucked, refused to read discs, and just before I called them I also got three red lights and I was wondering what that meant ;)

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arpaillange

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Jon1, I am teh m4st3r of the 360 mod, I am here to fix your troublesome 360-related situation.

IF YOU WANNA FIX IT URSELF

Open tray errors often occur when the DVD drive laser goes too far. The reason this is happening is the laser is moving too far to the center of the disc, actually in the area where there is no data at all. The drive actually thinks there is no disc at all! By tieing a rubberband to the rail on which the laser slides, you restrict the movement of the laser, and force it to stay within a readable range. It is essentially a bumper.

You need to open up your 360, take apart the DVD drive, and attach a rubber band to the inner rack that holds the laser. The rubber band will act as a stop, resetting it before it hits the edge and gets stuck, giving you that error.

If this is too complicated, I can PM you the phone number of a guy who sells Samsung MS28 drives, based in Wimbledon, £40. 10min swap, two cables - easy. Don't pay £65 whatever the fuck you do.

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Oh, I see this topic is about a million years old. I'm sure someone else will find the info handy anyway.

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