MJW

My 360 has had a bit of hammer this week as I was off work a couple of days, and I noticed after about 5-10 mins of play on a demanding 3D game, the screen starts to go funny, like this :



Does this mean the RROD are imminent ? It's out of warranty now, can I still get it fixed ?

DJ Dunk

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I'd say it is certainly looking like an E74 (graphics related) or the RRoD coming to a console near you very soon. The warranty is 3 years for either issue.

MJW

Hmm if its just the heatsinks I might have a go at re-seating them myself rather than wait for M$

Ant

Why ruin your warranty? heat sinks can be a tempory fix

MJW

I bought the console 2nd hand about 18 months ago, I doubt the warranty would be still in effect. Plus I already have it in bits on my kitchen table.

Ant

well the heat sink is only a tempory fix.

But if youv'e already opened ms won't take it anyways now

swiss scooby

Oooh, mine looked the same before....before...be..... I give your Xbox another 2-3 days before it dies, sorry.

MJW

Only for a warranty claim presumably ? I don't mind paying to have it repaired if it comes to it.

Iain Young

They charge somewhere around £80 for repairs if memeory serves. Personally, I'd just junk it and get a new one (with the better internal architecture/components). You can get one for around £130 these days...

jpor

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Could try consolewizard.co.uk my Xbox360 kept freezing on startup but no red rings. Sent it away with their collection service. Unfortunately they couldn't repair it, but as they have a no repair no fee arrangement, got my £25 back and the console. Later sold it as a spares or repair on E-bay and got £65 for it

MJW

Yeh I might buy another if they're so cheap. Can I just transplant my old hard drive onto a new Xbox ?

ESGN

I have a fair bit of experience with Xbox 360s.

Looks like your graphics card is shafted but may be worth testing the cables first. If it is the graphics card then you may as well buy a new console tbh.

You can use your old HDD on a different console but any downloadable content wont work unless you're connected to XBL. Personally I'd take the opportunity to get an Elite and transfer your old data onto the new HDD.

Ant

you can play your downloaded games just swap the licenses over

KA POW Xbox.com | System Use - Transferring Content Licenses to a New Console

MJW

Nice one cheers My old dead one is an Elite, so I already have a 120Gb hard drive. If I buy the Pro (which is quite a bit cheaper) will it still have all the same features / connections etc. as the Elite ?

Ant

Yeh It does, almost sure

Ant

It saved my setting when I changed xboxs using the same hdd. It saved my wired connection setting but unsure about saving wireless settings.

STi wanna Subaru

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why get a pro? just get an arcade and flog the dead elite on ebay. somebody will buy it and lessen your total outlay.

MJW

Yes I was referring to an HDMI output on the cheaper models. Can I fit my Elite HDD to an Arcade then & does it have HDMI ?

DJ Dunk

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Yes and yes.