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Postby slparry » Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:50 pm

My Xbox 360 has died with the 3 rings of death, tried a couple of web fixes which work for an hour or so then fail again, Microsoft's website's quoting 60 odd quid or so to repair it, has anyone used them ? Any idea how long they take?
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Postby popsky » Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:02 pm

I just bought the cheapest arcade model I could and swapped over the hard drive Steve.

M8s who've had the official repair say about 2-4 weeks turn around,
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Postby Boxered » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:22 pm

Steve, try these guys, based in Southport and they have a good reputation.

http://www.clickrepairs.net/cart/index. ... y&cat_id=4

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Postby Bikerhoss » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:08 am

Microsoft arranged a courier to uplift mine in less than 48 hours and I had a new console inside a week later.
Same thing happened again within weeks so I sold it for a PS3, Still got the same console years later without a single issue :roll:
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Postby slparry » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:47 am

Bikerhoss wrote:Microsoft arranged a courier to uplift mine in less than 48 hours and I had a new console inside a week later.
Same thing happened again within weeks so I sold it for a PS3, Still got the same console years later without a single issue :roll:


Nice to hear, I'll have to pack it up and get it sorted :)
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Postby ned1 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:53 pm

Never having had one of the above boxes. what do big (old) boys do with them ?
and no I am not beening a gruppy old man just woundered

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Postby popsky » Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:15 pm

ned1 wrote:Never having had one of the above boxes. what do big (old) boys do with them ?

:?


Ahem well the same as small (young) boys only slower and with less dexterity :oops: :wink:
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Postby Herb » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:11 pm

My lad is into gaming. I don't really get it myself, although I probably still have my Spectrum in my parents loft.

I also have upstairs one of the earliest gaming machines.

Any one remember these?

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Postby Bikerhoss » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:38 am

popsky wrote:Ahem well the same as small (young) boys only slower and with less dexterity :oops: :wink:

:lol: :lol: And occasionally with much anger at getting beaten by said young boys :lol: :lol:
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Postby slparry » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:54 am

ned1 wrote:Never having had one of the above boxes. what do big (old) boys do with them ?
and no I am not beening a gruppy old man just woundered

:?


Run around in virtual worlds killing other virtual inhabitants or race virtual vehicles around virtual tracks against others globally. Oh and stream movies from Netflix through it too :)
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Postby ned1 » Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:58 am

I have played a shooting game on my pc before.
So why not use the pc !!
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Postby popsky » Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:14 pm

ned1 wrote:I have played a shooting game on my pc before.
So why not use the pc !!
:)


I used to play Call of Duty on the PC, but there are too many variables as in how much you've spent on the rig, with a console it's just how good the TV is and how much input lag it gives you, and I prefer to use a game pad as opposed to keyboard & mouse.
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Postby ned1 » Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:24 pm

Hi Phil,
I can understand that if you play a lot.

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