if he digs around i "think" this is relatively fixable, but then again this kid prolly has 0 technical experience, so its not a very viable solution..... fork out the 80bux, no company can insure every part for this long, a 3 year warranty is nearly unheardof for free on a less that 500$ item, sell ur halo 3 do a few hrs of work and get a new brick

I had a call at the Game Crazy I work at about something like this. I tried to tell the kid it was probably his power brick, and that he could bring his 360 in to test it. He never did though, so I don't know if it was or not.



Anyway $80 isn't too bad... the cheap third party ones we sell at my store cost $100... we haven't sold one yet, and we've had them for about three months.

Things break... It's sad but not worth all this attention...



Fork out the cash and quit calling the whambulance when your expensive 'toys' break down!



SORTED.

They dont deserve to be in this market after taking a gamble with the untested 360.



Consumers are the ones who suffer the most.



I guess thats one game less for the kid this year

My power unit broke down a year after I bought the 360 and microsoft customers service sent me a new one for free without asking questions and without asking for the broken one back. There is no such thing as 3 month warranty. They were quite clear about that when I asked them.

My power died just after i got it back from repairs. (RROD) That was not even a week ago. We will see though if i get a new one.

I don't know what it's like in the US but in Australia they would have to replace it. All electrical products must have a 12 month warranty and we have all sorts of government organizations that makes sure companies trade fairly.



There has to be some sort of Agency in the US and it's a bit much to count a power supply as separate, it could of been internal I hope they didn't take it out just for this loop hole.



I wish the guy good luck, I'm sure if he makes a fuss to the right person he can get the problem solved.

They have since changed their warranty policies so maybe at the time they didn't have just a 3 month warranty but apparently they do now. In any case, $80 is way too freakin much for a power brick.

We are currently on our SEVENTH xbox 360... 5th in the last 6 months, technically. Microsoft has honored the warranty on all but our Launch-Box. I'm still regretting getting rid of that one, the only thing broken was the rear USB port for the wifi adapter, and Game Crazy covered it with a straight swap. Anyway, back when our 5th one red-ringed, we started hearing rumors that the 360 NEEDED to be plugged into the wall instead of a breaker-strip. When we got the 6th one back, we plugged it in to the strip and it immediately red-ringed, straight out of the box (our 3rd one had red-ringed within two days of use as well, video here :http://youtube.com/watch?v=OkXDVl6kiKc). I decided to test the "wall theory" and plugged the powerstrip in the way... another red-ring. THEN I went and got my roommates powersource (ours was still from the Launch-Box), plugged it into the wall and low-and-behold, it WORKED. My husband called our "personal rep" (Microsoft gives you one after your 4th complaint... they have other benefits too for repeat 'customers' of the repair department). He talked him into sending us a new powersource. I took our old one to the game store I originally got it from and they straight-swapped it again because they love me there. SO... microsoft did NOT demand the "broken" powersource back... and we now had two. The hubby ended up selling the old one to another Gamestore for $40/The Orange Box (used).



ANYWAY... when the 6th one broke, it stopped reading game-discs after we got the HD drive... this time Microsoft demanded we sent the powersource... and they sent us a totally designed powersource. The morel of the story? If your powersource red-lights... DON'T TELL THEM. Instead, tell them it was the xbox... it stopped reading discs or something... they should demand both the 360 and powersource back, and send you knew ones... all under a new warranty (IF you tell them it red-ringed.)



Also... demand more benefits if you have a history with xbox... we've got a game, the powersource, AND a brand new controller.

I want them out of the gaming market. If they do make another next gen console, i wont be surprised if it doesnt have wifi. They' ll just make an add-on but slightly more prettier.



realisticly, they will probably have a console comparitive to the current gens - PS3.





My experience with MS's much hyped Vista so far is meh and fustrating. Does same thing as XP with prettier glowy visuals. Compatibility is stressful, stops responding. Very similar with much hyped Halo 3 lol



Buy MSs stuff, but DON'T BE AN M$ FANBOY