Broken 360, what to do
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So the audio crapped out on my xbox recently, its out of warranty and they want to charge me $120 + shipping to repair it, which seems a little nuts. Its about 3 years old so i think it would be better to buy a new one then spend that much repairing one(that has already been repaired after a RROD).
So, im thinking get the arcarde version and throw my HD into it, is there any reason why i wouldn't want to do this?
Then maybe sell my broken one on ebay, for whatever i can get for it...
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Maybe try to pick up a banned xbox on the cheap and repair it myself?
Also, would a new 360 arcade come with HDMI out?
So, im thinking get the arcarde version and throw my HD into it, is there any reason why i wouldn't want to do this?
Then maybe sell my broken one on ebay, for whatever i can get for it...
fucksticks
Maybe try to pick up a banned xbox on the cheap and repair it myself?
Also, would a new 360 arcade come with HDMI out?
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I would say pick up an arcade and just toss your hard drive on it unless you wanted a bigger hard drive. The pros have the 60 now and elites the 120 or the mw2 one with a 250gig.
I would say just grab a new arcade though. No sense in messing with a banned one that might not be fixable no matter what.
Perhaps your old one could be fixed. Might just be a loose solder connection. If thats the case. Mod her up..
Anyway, I upgraded to the Elite and I'm happy with it so far, the 120 GB HD is pretty nice. So I don't see any problem with getting the arcade version if you're throwing your own HD on it.
Not sure how much a busted 360 would go for, not much I would imagine. Better than nothing though.
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This happened to me too, and I just can't justify spending another 200-300 on a console i already own, maybe i'll go and sell my 360 games to gamestop for 25 cents each... i liked it alot, it was my console of choice, but then it died and there's lots of other shit i'd rather spend money on than buying another 360. maybe once they drop the price to 100-150, or once xbox 720 comes out i may buy another one, but buying a 360 twice is fucking retarded and I refuse to do that.
I stole mine from my Dad, hes like "this cable thing is left over from when they hooked up the tv, so I just left it in this drawer here"
*yoink*
he still thinks its there.
Arcade sounds like a plan, but yeah everyone's said that already.
If your a decent person youll get a ps3 ^^
The ones on newegg are listed as having HDMI, sweet.
THANK YOU!
Elites no longer have the cable either. Hell they don't even have the component cables any more these days as all the consoles come with now are the good ole audio and yellow video cable. YAY
But you have an hdmi cable so you are good.
I've been in many arguments with people who whole heartedly believe this does not count as stealing. Or any other crime for that matter.
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Also for cables this is the only place, really good price and excellent cables- excellent quality. I bought an optical audio cable it had a nice braided mesh that prevented it from bending past the 30degree max - nice feature! i think it was 2.50usd. amazing.
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The only time I have done anything like this is when the exact same thing is a lower price at another store, instead of repackaging the one I already opened, I buy the cheaper one and return it at the more expensive place.
and here's how to open the 360:
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fixing an RROD could be something as simple as a clout of dust blocking the cooling.
with some deft hands, you could try finding a fix for the audio, then modding it out to something like this: [ame]
and sell it for a lot of monies.
oh, if you're using HDMI for audio, try wiggling the cable around a bit in the socket and see if that fixes or changes the audio. could be your cable has gotten roughed up, and the connections have gone bad. in that case the solution is either to solder on a new socket for the HDMI, or get a new HDMI cable.
alternately, you could try an arrangement usually used for stereos, and connect the red and white cables into a scart, and then into the screen.
Take apart your broken one, sell the parts individually on Craigslist, you'll make up the cost of your new purchase pretty fast. Bunch of nubs trying to mod all the time, fuck up a solder or drop a drive, willing to spend the $30-$40 on a replacement part, not willing to spend it on a new machine.
also repair the other one and sell it back to gamesuck or something like that.
I now have a bust 360 that I wanted MS to recycle, but I've had no joy with that.
I considered chucking the fucked on onto Ebay (marking it as broken), but since the massive hardware banning a few weeks ago ebay have been actively warning people off used 360s. It'll likely end up in a skip.
edit: It seems that the CPU handles the audio so it's probably not that at fault which may be good news.
If not, then now is the best time to buy a new one. There are a crapload of deals out there right now for Christmas, and some of them I've seen including 5 or 6 games with the system. So, if anything, you'll get more games out of the deal
Then I remembered that my PC can run Crysis on high settings, and I haven't even overclocked yet... Who needs a console when you've got that?