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XBox 360 recall?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief July 5, 2007 · 1 min read

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While shopping for a gaming console last week-end, I asked around the mall how much the big 3 were selling for. The Sony PS3 is now at Php32,000+; the Nintendo Wii at Php16,000+ and the Microsoft XBox 360 at Php19,000+. The bundle comes with controls and several games. These prices are way cheaper than what they used to be early this year.

What I specifically noticed was the absence of XBox 360 consoles in several shops and when I asked one of the sales ladies, she explained that the XBox 360 were pulled out by Microsoft because of defective motherboards. Apparently, she says a lot of customers return their units because of such defects. That’s weird because several friends I know who has the console have had them for months without much problem.

I searched online for any cases related to this but the only ones I’ve stumbled into are the old issues. There aren’t any in recent months. The wikipedia entry for XBox 360 does not mention anything.

Is it possible these units are the really old ones? Anybody else who has an XBox 360 knows about this? I haven’t asked the shops in GreenHills though if they have the same issues.

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Free Gadget · 17 years ago

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edmond · 17 years ago

my xbox360 last friday suffered the dreaded RROD.. d ko alm ggwn sigh.. pinas is not supported by the online repair by microsoft.

Brandon · 17 years ago

Thanks for sharing. That was EXACTLY what I had in mind.

Poppy · 17 years ago

Does someone know when Ninja Blade for Xbox360 will be released?

Gypsy · 18 years ago

I bought a 360 in February. We started having problems with it locking up mid-game in May, bought a cooler fan in July thinking that’d help…it did for a few days. So we just resorted to watching DVDs on it…now, here it is mid-August and it will no longer even boot up. X( I am not pleased!

JR · 18 years ago

dudes, i have an xbox 360. its all fucked up now coz of the ‘three red lights’ problem. yun 3-year warranty, covered namn yun Philippines di ba? how can i send my xbox back to MS? someone pls help. :c

Jeranie · 18 years ago

well i had a 360 and it did have some problems. i got the red ring of death. and i was wondering if they can fix that problem in the philippines? and if they could how much would it be?

paul_likes_consoles · 18 years ago

The dreaded 3rl or red ring of death. Some Xbox 360 have it some don’t. Play russian roulette when you buy an Xbox 360.

kevin kosme · 19 years ago

hello!(^_^)

my xbox 360 also had a problem, and its hard to find a repair shop, the problem of my xbox is what they called red ring of death, i think it has a big problem in my xbox360, but my problem is my xbox360 is by from japan, that’s i cant back it, it has a warranty, I DONT LIKE XBOX 360, IT HAS MANY DEFFECTS AND PROBLEM, IT SPEND ME A LOT OF MONEY.. SHIT XBOX360 TEAM!,

edwin sinchon · 19 years ago

i heard about the ring of death of the 360,i have a premium edition and also bought a core system it here in denmark for only a 1000kroner thats equivalent to 7500psp the good thing about the store here is they wil give you a 2year warranty,and if you are not satisfied to the product that you bought you can send it back to them and get your money back..consumers are very important to them,unlike in manila,no return,no exchange..i also want to buy a nintendo Wii but the games are very xpensive..when u buy a nintendo Wii herein denmark or norway,they incude a Wii SPORT for free

jason · 19 years ago

i will try that

Jen King · 19 years ago

Reply to Dusty: My Firefox took a dump on me too.

As for the XBox..My nephew got his for Christmas ’06 and it’s no longer working. He’s now trying to figure out how to send it in for the recall on the m-board.

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FireNight · 19 years ago

my 360 keeps messing up on lost planet but no other game it will say theres no games avbl. online when i got friends playing on it as its telling me this it kicks me out of random games sometimes all of them and the only way i can play is to make up my own game if anyone knows why this is happening let me know thanks

Kiven · 19 years ago

Dreamcast FTW! oh… Sega Saturn too!

Jerome · 19 years ago

Nintendo Wii forever ;-)

Jerome · 19 years ago

Nintendo Wii forever ;-)

girlygirl · 19 years ago

http://www.cnbc.com/id/19620118

oops try this

girlygirl · 19 years ago

Check out this link. It irritates me because my first one died within the original 90 day warranty. When I sent it off for repair the talked me into buying thier extended warranty…..So paid for what is now free? WTF

Click here: Microsoft Takes $1 Billion Charge to Fix XBoxes, Extend Warranty – News – CNBC.com

Jim · 19 years ago

here’s another source about this news: http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/05/technology/microsoft_charge.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

Giancarlo Angulo · 19 years ago

hi!

http://digg.com/xbox_360/Microsoft_Announces_3_Year_360_Warrenty_Extension

got this from digg, seems M$ might be extending the one year warranty of the xbox to 3 years, for only a specific type of error.

towr · 19 years ago

guys, it is true that there are problems with Xbox. According to the news, the rate of Xbox failure is between 30 to 33 percent!

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9977

Kiven · 19 years ago

some 360’s go the 3rl route even if naka aircon at me cooler pa…lol

thats why get one with a 1 year replacement warranty…

jayvee f. · 19 years ago

once the xbox heats up to a certain level, it dies and is beyond repair. i read of someone who had to have his xbox 360 changed more than 10 times.

higher likelyhood of it occuring here as we live in such a hot country.

AnitoKid · 19 years ago

I’ve read posts on the Red Ring of Death and all. Never had the opportunity to own Xbox – am still loyal to the PS – PS3 is great! The Wii is also fun to have around during large gatherings.

Oh, by the way, you may want to check this out – Top 10 Richest People in Tech (though, exclude number 11, kabayan).

The link is at
http://anitokid.blogspot.com/2007/07/worlds-top-10-richest-people-in-tech.html

AnitoKid at http://www.anitokid.blogspot.com

Dusty · 19 years ago

Hmm .. I’m thinking of buying one though. I wonder if I should wait a bit now.

P.S. My Firefox keeps crashing when I click on your posts. I’m forced to use IE now.

Marc · 19 years ago

Aha, somebody’s on the HD warpath. Mag HD DVD ka ha, wag BR (para makahiram ako titles hehe)

Once you go HD, supot na pag DVD lang :)

Benjie · 19 years ago

My friend is a distributor of XBOX hmmmmm haven’t heard any complain about MOBO issue…

Kiven · 19 years ago

yep, they say that it is as high as 30%. as for recall, no, Msoft didnt issue any overt announcement. although they have started refitting returned 360s (3rl, etc) with an additional gpu cooler.

swertehan lang din naman 3 red lights of death, sometimes it occurs after you dont play your 360 for a long time (dust buildup on the cooler?) , others say its due to electrical spikes. who actually knows?

even the elite version is said to have a similar failure rate (but given the sold units…)

wag na kayo bumili sa mall. get one from those with a 1 year replacement warranty.

Also, the Msoft “banhammer” is still in effect for modded consoles. so unless, you wanna just play offline, orig is still the way to go for us XBL fans.

Richrad · 19 years ago

I haven’t heard anything about a recall, but the 360 is notoriously unreliable. Microsoft won’t release the exact rate of failure but the consensus seems to be that it’s at least 30%.

That said, there’s some great games on the 360 that you’ll have a blast playing when your unit isn’t in for repairs. Good luck finding one!