360 dying

[Matblack]

:(

Looks like my 360 is on the way out, I just got a total graphics failure, no video at all but no red ring. From what I am reading this is not covered under the extended warranty and as I bought the 360 when Oblivion was released (early 2006) I'm a bit screwed :(

People recommend the towel trick and cracking it open and reseating the heat sink but my money says its just a temporary fix and it will happen again sooner or later.

I just tried it again and it seem to work so I'm tempted to go and trade it for an elite and just tell them I'm upgrading for HDMI etc.

Anyone got any idea on the trade value of an older unit?

MB

[leowyatt]

according to CEX you'll get £76 from them but if you exchange £126. More info here (http://www.cex.co.uk/products/gaming/games%20consoles/xbox%20360%20consoles/?mode=buy)

[Wellington]

DVD Drive on mine is making some awful sounds and stops reading the disk every so often :/ not sure what to do....

[Matblack]

Dead :(

Turned it on to try and save the games and it snuffed it and won't come back

Off to town to buy an Elite, bah!

MB

[Daz]

No red lights at all MB?

If you want a cheap fix then you can just buy an arcade (which now have HDMI ports) and whack your old drive onto it :)

[leowyatt]

gutted for you MB :(

[Matblack]

No red lights at all MB?

If you want a cheap fix then you can just buy an arcade (which now have HDMI ports) and whack your old drive onto it :)

Seriously considering this, I only really wanted the Elite because it was black :D but its a big premium to pay and I seldom use the HD at all for anything apart from saves, don't need HDMI as the amp doesn't do HDMI switching and I don't have a cable run for it anyway. Hmmmmm 20Gb should be enough to have one game stored to the HD under the new OS too. Damn and I wanted a black one too.

Do these new machine have a cooler CPU? I remember some talk of the chip being revamped at some point.

MB

[leowyatt]

20Gb is enough MB as with clearing my stuff off I have over 10 gigs free for a game plenty :)

[Justsomebloke]

I've had my Arcade for a year now & it comes with the new 175w PSU & Falcon (I think) chipset & HDMI. I bought myself a 20GB HD of M&M slotted on & haven't looked back since. One thing to note is that apparently you can get a 20GB HD off Microsoft for 20 quid as a special deal because of the new update.

[Haly]

Unlucky :(
I'd pick up a new Arcade if I were you, that's what I did when my first one died at Christmas. I know what you mean about the Elites though, I wanted one then but just couldn't justify the cost.

The Arcades have the Falcon chipset now which in theory is more reliable but then again my 10 month old one died and was a Falcon :p From what I've read though, they are more reliable. Mine probably just gets used excessively ;D

[Daz]

I've had my Arcade for a year now & it comes with the new 175w PSU & Falcon (I think) chipset & HDMI. I bought myself a 20GB HD of M&M slotted on & haven't looked back since. One thing to note is that apparently you can get a 20GB HD off Microsoft for 20 quid as a special deal because of the new update.
Indeed you can: http://www.xboxstorageupgrade.com/hh/web/home/hhauthentication.jsp

But they know how much free space you have, so either try it when it's new or never hook your HD to your arcade and fill the memory card :D

MB - Play will be doing the 60GB bundle for £49.99 (http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/8054952/Xbox-360-60GB-Live-Starter-Kit/Product.html). I got £25 trade in at Gamestation for my old 20G drive, but even taking £20 for it, £30 isnt a bad price if you need some space :) I still have my transfer kit so you'd be welcome to borrow that if you needed to.

[Matblack]

Job done, Arcade and Gears 2, £129.99 :)

MB

[leowyatt]

Woohoo :D nice one MB

[Haly]

Nice price :D

[Daz]

Indeed! Where from MB? Blockbuster?

[leowyatt]

with that price didn't he get Gears for free? I saw 60Gb with Gears 2 and Fallout 3 I think for £199.

[Matblack]

Yep Blockbuster, the guys there are good to me and refunded the free game against Gears which made it quite affordable. This new one is quieter than the old one by about 50% but it does have an annoyingly white CD tray front but its a small price to pay for such a big saving. Checking my HD I have about 11Gb now I've deleted all the old demos I never played so thats plenty big enough for the time being :)

MB

[leowyatt]

Swap the tray fronts :) don't you still have your old one?

[Matblack]

Swap the tray fronts :) don't you still have your old one?

Didn't realise you could :o, I'll have a look later :)

MB

[Daz]

You'll want this (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/licensemigration/) now MB :)

Having never had a silver tray front, I dont know what I'm missing :D It looks weird to me ;p

[Haly]

I've got an annoyingly white cd tray now since the first one died. It is a little annoying but ah well. Keep meaning to buy a faceplate sometime.

[Psymonkee]

Nice price....now if only I could convince my friend to trade in her Wii against a 360....