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help my xbox is broken

wyvexwyvex Member UncommonPosts: 346
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this summer before i left for holiday i used my 360. it worked fine. i came back a month later and now it doesn't turn on. I've tried it on different outlets. nothing looks broken and i thought maybe its one of the defective 360's. I'm not sure what was wrong with any of the defective ones. is there any way to send it some were and get it fixed? or has any one had this problem and had it fixed.

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  • XeximaXexima Member UncommonPosts: 2,698

    Call 1-800-4MYXBOX

    A lovely computer named Max will answer you...

    Microsoft extended the manufacturers warranty to 3 years now, i believe.  Getting it fixed shouldn't cost a thing, but you do have to ship it down here to Texas to get fixed, so it might take a few weeks.

  • wyvexwyvex Member UncommonPosts: 346

    thanks

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  • ElapsedElapsed Member UncommonPosts: 2,329

    Completely dead after leaving it for a while? Perhaps a power surge while you were gone? Was it on a surge protector?

  • wyvexwyvex Member UncommonPosts: 346

    now to think of it, i think that was the problem . . . i was not on a surge protector and there were some storms were i live.

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  • Keebs1984Keebs1984 Member Posts: 1,356

    Originally posted by wyvex


    now to think of it, i think that was the problem . . . i was not on a surge protector and there were some storms were i live.

    Don't tell Microsoft that. . . they might void your warranty.

    Eternally mine,
    Keebs


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  • parklife101parklife101 Member Posts: 22

    360 is more faulty then a 10 year old computre trying to run WoW.

    Rawk for life!

  • gnomexxxgnomexxx Member Posts: 2,920

    Originally posted by -Jaguar-


    Completely dead after leaving it for a while? Perhaps a power surge while you were gone? Was it on a surge protector?
    I dunno, you better be careful hooking it up to a surge protector as well...  

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    Xbox 360 dies because of electricity protection

    MICROSOFT IS claiming that the reason its Xbox360 consoles are dying in droves so much is because punters have poor electrical surge protection.

    Although Microsoft is refusing to say what is causing the large number of red ring of deaths in its boxes, its technical support teams are apparently claiming it is caused by poor surge protectors.

    According to Law of the Game, technical support are reading from a card saying that the Xbox 360 is highly sensitive to reductions in power, and even the slightest cut in power can cause things like the fans and even the DVD laser to malfunction.

    Apparently ninety percent of the failed consoles have been plugged into a surge protector, so Vole thinks they are responsible. Using a similar logic 100 percent of them were also switched on so maybe the power switch is to blame.

    Vole is saying that you should let your Xbox run free a surge protector and experience lightning strikes, power surges and brown outs. There is a knowledge paper here and more here. µ

     

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