My first got the red ring of death like 1 month after launch, waiting at game crazy with my older brother who was infuriated because we had been dooped on a protection plan because they couldn't replace a console that they didn't have in stock in the first place. So we had to wait for microsoft to ship one from california and repair the one I sent and it was truly a circus.
Fast forward a year later, the repaired one breaks yet again. This time out of the game crazy warranty, yet another 3-4 week wait as it's sent to california for xbox to deal with.
Get it back, have it modded with a nice blue see through case that completely destorys it's warranty but I think the warranty expired by than anyway.
1 year later, open tray error. Wouldn't read games. Bring it to a game repair shop in my local area. 20 bucks and they fix the error. back on my way.
Just 4 years ago. Red ring of death. I managed to fix it myself by cleaning this little rod that moves the eye under the metal sheild of the disc tray. I put a tiny bit of WD-40 and wiped down the rod to make sure it moves fluently.
And finally last month, it will no longer read games with any repair and I no longer want to bring it to the repair shop due to the cheapness of the upgraded slim versions of the console and next gen dominating my play time anyway.
So with all those said, like 6-7 lol.
. It was quite simply the most laughable poorly made console of all time. I hate to say it. I do love the console and it's library of games but man was it independant in my experiences.
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