So as you know (or don't), I got a broken XBox 360 off of Ebay. (Note to all: Do not attempt.) I got it with the red ring of death because once it's fixed, you won't have problems. Aparently.
So I got it fixed by a good friend of my bro's, who fixes and mods systems. He's extremely tech-saavy, so I thought "Hey, why not him?" So, he fixed it for me.
I get it back, and on a hot summer day, it gets the ring again.
Now I heard through the grape vine that once you add a ton of thermal glue and some heat sinks (among other goodies) to your 360 with the RRoD, it will never have that issue again. Mine got it at least 3-4 times after I got it fixed. And re-fixed!
My conclusion: I was cheated. The guy I got the piece of shit from was a huge jerk, and had a terrible additude. You see, he/she put on the eBay page that it came with a 20G harddrive (HDD). When I got it, it was not there. When me and my dad (who has the account) contacted him/her, they pulled an additude and said that it "clearly" stated console only in the description.
Y'know, you're bound to have problems when your page says two different things about what the system comes with.
The only thing he/she could say about it was that he/she could give us a refund, even though he/she said clearly that there would be no refunds. I just said F-U about it and I kept it. I got all the parts (cords, HDD, controller) and got it fixed twice, to no avail. I used the towel trick a couple of times too. The first time, it lasted a couple days. The second time, it lasted a week or so. The third time, it lasted a couple minutes, and same with the fourth time. The fifth time, the video stopped working.
At this point, I think I fried my system. Which sucks; I spent 150 bucks (all of my graduation money) on the damn thing and it's a bust. For about another two weeks, i'm completely bummed.
So, this whole spat took about a month and a half. Half of my summer, that I could have been swimming or hanging out with my friends, I spent wasting my time on getting the parts, getting it fixed, and getting screwed over my piece of crap XBox 360.
Then, for my birthday, I got a brand-new 360. And a game! (note: after buying stuff for/fixing my 360, I had no money left. So, I couldn't buy a game, and I borowed games instead. Yeah, i've owned a 360 of some sort for almost two months now, and i've owned a game for about a week. Yeah.)
So, I feel awesome now. After all i've been through, I have an '09 model XBox 360 Arcade machine, that purrs like a kitten and plays like a tiger. My old '05 360 arcade hums like a tone-deaf hobo and plays like a tiger that was run over by a truck.
Maybe it's because it's an '05...
Yeah, i'm super hyped. And my friend is getting high-speed, so I might be able to use that free month of XBox Live gold, if I decide to hang there for a while. Who knows?
I'm totally pumped. I'm getting my game face on in Halo 3, so that when I get on XBox Live, I won't get, er... "Pawned by some noob" or something like that.
Guess I need to work on my geek-speak, or whatever they call it.
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