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How Much Will My Xbox 360 Repairs Cost?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:53:16 -0500

Are you wondering how much your Xbox 360 repairs cost will be? Gaming is an expensive hobby. The cost of new games, controllers, memory upgrades and updating consoles every few years can really add up. When you are spending so much money on an item, you want it to work and keep working. When faults happen and repairs are needed it seems like the one expense too many, but what can you do? You want your game console working so you suck it up and pay the repair fees no matter how astronomical. Many quality products, like Xbox, come with warranty protection. If your Xbox console is still covered by warranty then repairs on faults like the Red Ring of Death will be free. But just because it is not costing money does not mean that there is no cost. With Microsoft warranty repairs the cost is not in dollars - it is in time. First you must call the support line which will verify that the fault is covered by warranty. They will send, by post, the packaging for you to pack up your console and mail it off to the service center. **End Summary** Topics: xbox repair cost]]> xbox 360 repair]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Xbox 360 Repair is not hard to do, in fact anyone with a good Repair Guide and common household tools can perform them inexpensively.

Xbox 360 Repair cost: DIY the key to Cheap Xbox 360 Repair cost

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:47:47 -0500

I don't have to tell you that video gaming systems are really hot these days. From Nintendo WII to the Xbox 360 to the various portable hand held units, video gaming has been big business since the early days of the Atari and a few of its contemporaries. The technology that goes into these highly advanced pieces of machinery is truly remarkable. The graphics that these systems produce today versus what some of the earlier gaming systems put out truly is the difference between night and day. That in large measure is why people today absolutely love their video gaming systems. The Xbox 360 is one such system. The dreaded "Red Ring of Death" Today there are 10's of millions of owners of the Xbox 360 and every day many of them "go on the fritz", suffering what is commonly called the Red Ring of Death (RROD), or you may know it as an e74 error. This happens when the console or the power supply (as Microsoft states) suffers some type of hardware failure, which in turn causes 3 red lights to begin flashing in a semi-cycle on the front of the console itself. **End Summary** Topics: xbox 360 repair]]> cost]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Xbox 360 Repair is not hard to do, in fact anyone with a good Repair Guide and common household tools can perform them inexpensively.

Xbox 360 repair can be costly: Preventing the 360 rrod won't cost you a thing

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:35:20 -0500

According to some reports as many as 30 percent of all Xbox 360 gaming systems have experienced the dreaded red ring of death or as some like to call it 360 rrod. And because of all of the negative publicity surrounding the issue Microsoft was forced to extend their warranty on the system. "A Pound of Prevention a day keeps Xbox 360 repair away" The Xbox 360 is an awesome video gaming system. In fact there are not many other systems like it. Unfortunately the cost of the system itself as well as the collective cost of the games purchased can be substantial. For such reasons preventing the 360 rrod from ever occurring should be paramount as it may account for possibly as much as $170 in savings in your pocket. Money you can possibly use to purchase more games. Taking the following steps in caring for your Xbox 360, 3 rings should be something you should never see on your console, red ones or otherwise. Basically, a 360 rrod happens due to general hardware failure. This means that the GPU or the CPU have burned out. **End Summary** Topics: xbox 360 repair]]> 360 rrod]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Xbox 360 Repair is not hard to do, in fact anyone with a good Repair Guide and common household tools can perform them inexpensively.