I put in Oblivion for the first time yesterday and after playing for a little while I hear a horrible screeching sound, the screen gets all corrupted and goes blank, etc...

Now every time I play a game the thing locks up within 2-5 minutes of gameplay. I thought maybe it was overheating, so I left it off for 24 hrs, but the same thing happened today. It happens regardless of what game I put in.

It's no longer under warranty (no I did not hack, softmod, harware mod, or anything like that). I am aware Microsoft extended the warranties on all their consoles but this one is not covered because I took it apart and painted it between the time the original warranty expired and 2 days before Microsoft announced all their consoles manufactured after X date would have a warranty extension.

Is this something that can be fixed? I'm tempted to just go pick up a new one. If I sell the controller, power supply, and A/V cable from the new one and sell just the old system on ebay, I can pick up about $120 of the $300 it costs for a new core system.

/rant

8/31/2007 12:44:59 AM

i say sell your pieces and get a used core from ebgames. at very least it should have 15 months of warranty left on it. same thing with me, only my xbox broke 5 months after the warranty went out and i just said fuck it and cracked it open myself. then last month i hear that the assholes have extended the warranty. tangent. used core from ebgames.

8/31/2007 1:02:42 AM

i dont suggest getting a core

8/31/2007 1:06:19 AM

why?

8/31/2007 1:07:26 AM

because when they start making games even better and they require the hdd, you'll want to have it, for starters. and there's a very good chance that's going to end up happening unless M$ wants to lose a lot more money after the disasters that have already happened with GTA4 and UT3.

8/31/2007 1:13:08 AM

i sold everything BUT the hard drive on ebay. keep the hard drive, sell the rest. some idiot gave me like 178$ for my busted xbox 360 on ebay.

8/31/2007 1:22:31 AM

^^ i already have a hard drive. i'm keeping the HD cuz it's got all my shit on it. i'm not gonna sell it and get a new one.

8/31/2007 2:06:31 AM

k good, didnt know that part

8/31/2007 2:21:33 AM

I'll give you $20 for your broken one

8/31/2007 7:43:54 AM

the xbox works, it just overheats. xboxes in this condition sell for around $100 on ebay. i wish i knew what it is they did to fix and resell them.

8/31/2007 10:22:18 AM

I just bought the last XBox 360 core system for sale in any Wilmington store. I would have bought a used one but no one had one that was less than 18 months old. I went to every video game store in the area. It figures that the one that actually had one was the one I checked last.

9/1/2007 2:34:38 AM