UK electronics repair specialist Micromart is throwing in the towel in the war against the red ring of death. Micromart, who acts as a repair service for major retailers, announced that their company will no longer fix Xbox 360s that display the three ring of light error stating that its a problem that is both too common and too expensive to fix. "We were seeing about 30 a week before we pulled the plug on the service" said a Micromart rep and that the motherboard is the main cause of failure in the consoles. Micromart will still repair 360s that display other errors, but from now on will be directing customers to Microsoft if they experience three red light problems.The negative press the Xbox 360 has been receiving due to hardware failures keeps on surfacing. How long will it take until Microsoft cracks and either discusses the problem or acknowledges that they are looking into resolving the hardware failures? Only time will tell, but we have to agree that this is getting a little old by now.
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Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
6-29-2007 @ 11:07AM
SToNeP2277 said...
i got the one red light of death e74 sent it in like 22 days ago and it just Came Back To Me Yesterday and so far it's working good *knock on wood*.Microsoft NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THIS Big Problem That'S Going On With These Consoles.
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6-29-2007 @ 2:07PM
Nathan said...
At CCC and BobTheMonkey
Yeah, I'm really worried about it. I think I'll go turn myself in right now. HAHAHAHAHA!!
assholes
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6-30-2007 @ 3:10PM
Tony said...
Well, all my "It hasn't happened to me!" comments have come back to haunt me. Mine is out in the open, I take great care of it.
3 red rings out of nowhere today. :(
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6-30-2007 @ 3:16PM
Tony said...
Actually, they said to remove the hard drive and try turning it on... that actually worked for me.
Phew. I hope it stays working!
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7-02-2007 @ 12:44PM
fix360guy said...
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7-05-2007 @ 12:40PM
Craig said...
I thought I was safe with my launch console continuing to work well for the first year and a half, until yesterday. 3 red lights on the 4th of July. Not the kind of lights I wanted to see yesterday.
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7-15-2007 @ 11:02PM
Alan said...
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8-10-2007 @ 5:30AM
Virgil said...
When I first got a 360, July 15, 2007 (I know I'm late), it recieved the red lights July 29, 2007. This was very suprising. LUCKILY! I had the product for less than 30 days so I could go exchange it for a new one at best buy. Now, I am completely afraid to play the one I currently have. I have 10 games for it, and about 4 or 5 that I have played. I wanna play them, but am afraid to...sigh...
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8-10-2007 @ 9:14PM
JR-Pilot Boi said...
I've had mine only for 2 weeks and today the 3 red ligths came on I cant bealive i decide 2 buy the 360 and not the PS3 !!! Can some body tell me if the 360 Elite does the same thing of the 3 red ligths or not ??? Or should i just buy the PS3 ???
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