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2011/10/16 09:13:29
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Wight Lord with the Sword of Kings
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Just had it, and have an old xbox. Its around 5 years old, so cant get it returned by Microsoft.
My parents are going to buy a new one for me (whew), but is there a way for my savegames to get on the new one?
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2011/10/16 09:37:51
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Lady of the Lake
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Yes, just copy the saves to a USB and transfer them over that way. It will have to be formatted for use with the 360 though.
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2011/10/16 13:10:22
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
Through the looking glass
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What do you plan on doing with the xbox? I used to mod them for people in various ways, one was to fix the red rings. I could ship you some of my supplies if you want to take a shot at fixing it yourself.
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
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2011/10/16 13:32:56
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle
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That happened to the first two that I owned. The second time it happened I used to wrap it in towels whilst running for ten minutes and it worked fine for around ten minutes. Maybe long enough to copy your saves?
I was lucky/unlucky enough to own one of the first 1000 shipped to the UK, whilst I was looked after well by Microsoft customer services, I just didn't want to go through that storm again and bought a PS3 shortly after the second one went kablooey......
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2011/10/16 13:44:35
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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I just turned it off and on again...
Worked fine.
Got the RRoD about 5 times give or take...
Now the 2 red lights was a problem 'cos the overheating eventually set the damn thing on fire...
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Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
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2011/10/16 13:49:17
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Stubborn Temple Guard
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Your saves should be on the hard drive. Just put your hard drive on the new Xbox, or get a transfer cable to swap the files onto the new hard drive.
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2011/10/16 17:48:11
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Wight Lord with the Sword of Kings
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Allright, its possible.
Now, there is an Oblivion disk in it and I cant get it out.
Possible to get it out at all?
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2011/10/16 17:49:15
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
Through the looking glass
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You can pop it open. This sorta goes hand in hand with my earlier post.
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
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2011/10/16 18:02:41
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Wight Lord with the Sword of Kings
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How can I pop it open? The button doesnt work anyways.
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2011/10/16 18:29:51
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle
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If you are certain it's beyond repair then you should be able to take the outer casing off and unscrew the disk drive. If you are careful then maybe you can take the disk drive apart?
I've never done this. But if it is truly shafted, then at least it will be fun picking it to pieces! 
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2011/10/16 18:53:36
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Implacable Skitarii
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Google for 360 toweltrick and try it out, I've heard people being able to get some extra runtime from their RRoD 360 that way.
And the savegames are on your HDD, so just plug into another 360 or a computer if you have the correct equipment and retrieve them from there.
To get the DVD out, either unscrew the whole box, you could try sliding in a screwdriver and bend it open or remove the "blank casing" on the front of the drive, grab the tray and pull it out.
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2011/10/16 18:54:32
Subject: Re:Red Ring of Death
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Shrieking Guardian Jetbiker
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You should be able to just remove the hard drive for your saved games.
If you don't want to screw off the faceplate, it is possible to jam a butterknife in to open it. I had a friend whose xbox was a wreck (You literally had to stick it out the window, turn it on, and jam a butterknife through the disk slot to open it. If it would even turn on.) I don't recommend it, though.
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2011/10/16 23:09:14
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Battlewagon Driver with Charged Engine
somewhere in the northern side of the beachball
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Well you could put it in a freezer and try boot it after an hour or so. Although this won't give much time to save your saves (maybe 10 mins)
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Every time I hear "in my opinion" or "just my opinion" makes me want to strangle a puppy. People use their opinions as a shield that other poeple can't critisize and that is bs.
If you can't defend or won't defend your opinion then that "opinion" is bs. Stop trying to tip-toe and defend what you believe in. |
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2011/10/16 23:21:15
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Violent Enforcer
Panama City, FL
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2011/10/16 23:53:21
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
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Looks right. Follow this guide. You'll be able to fix your xbox and get the game out. At least you'll def get the game out.
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
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2011/10/17 05:03:15
Subject: Re:Red Ring of Death
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Fresh-Faced New User
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I have personally fixed several 360s that have gotten the red ring of death. All it takes is the PDF guide I have and about 7-10$ of materials from your hardware store. If your interested in looking at the guide you can send me a PM with your email and I'll send it to you. If your just going to trash it(and live in the US) I'll take it off your hands!
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2011/10/17 12:38:15
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Alluring Sorcerer of Slaanesh
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sarpedons-right-hand wrote:That happened to the first two that I owned. The second time it happened I used to wrap it in towels whilst running for ten minutes and it worked fine for around ten minutes. Maybe long enough to copy your saves?
I was lucky/unlucky enough to own one of the first 1000 shipped to the UK, whilst I was looked after well by Microsoft customer services, I just didn't want to go through that storm again and bought a PS3 shortly after the second one went kablooey......
You can try the 'Baking' technique like Sarpendons said although I wouldn't recommend doing it unless it is totally on it's last legs and you aren't going to attempt to fix it. Like Sarps says, you'll maybe be get 10 minutes out of it, hopefully enough time to transfer to your saves etc across.
You can buy kits off of ebay that come with guides on how to fix the RRoD. I repaired my Sons one a couple of times but eventually fixing it didn't work anymore and we had to buy him a new one. The updated versions don't, as far as I know, have the same issues with overheating. This is the one I used
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/E74-XCLAMP-FIX-KIT-4XBOX-360-RROD-P-H-PASTE-ISO-WIPES-/190582107820?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameAccessories_VideoGameAccessories_JN&hash=item2c5f942eac
I would do what Sarps done and buy a PS3 myself
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2011/10/17 15:06:36
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Fixture of Dakka
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*whistles as his NES still works fine...*
I know it's not a popular solution, but maybe try fixing and if that doesn't work, just moving on to another console? It would suck for it just to happen again.
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2011/10/17 19:58:31
Subject: Re:Red Ring of Death
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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I was able to sell my last RROD 360 for $20 because I didn't do any stupid towel tricks or anything like that. Those thermal tricks are just causing even more damage to it, don't bother with them
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2011/10/17 23:21:12
Subject: Re:Red Ring of Death
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
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KamikazeCanuck wrote:I was able to sell my last RROD 360 for $20 because I didn't do any stupid towel tricks or anything like that. Those thermal tricks are just causing even more damage to it, don't bother with them
Wow, if people are just giving them away maybe I should get back into fixing them. For 15 minutes work I could turn a loss of 20 into a gain of like 100+
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
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2011/10/17 23:29:04
Subject: Re:Red Ring of Death
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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Necroshea wrote:KamikazeCanuck wrote:I was able to sell my last RROD 360 for $20 because I didn't do any stupid towel tricks or anything like that. Those thermal tricks are just causing even more damage to it, don't bother with them
Wow, if people are just giving them away maybe I should get back into fixing them. For 15 minutes work I could turn a loss of 20 into a gain of like 100+
Pretty sure that's what he was thinking. If I were you though I wouldn't buy any that had the "towel trick" done to them.
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2011/10/17 23:34:44
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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I remember that It was horrible D:
That stinks mate!
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2011/10/18 09:08:04
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Alluring Sorcerer of Slaanesh
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Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:*whistles as his NES still works fine...*
My Megadrive is still going strong as well 
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2011/10/18 11:44:55
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Krazed Killa Kan
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Pilau Rice wrote:Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:*whistles as his NES still works fine...*
My Megadrive is still going strong as well
As is my gf's SNES and my N64
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2011/10/18 11:55:49
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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As is my dreamcast. Not that I use any of my old consoles anymore.
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2011/10/18 12:04:36
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Lady of the Lake
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Though out of all my old consoles only the Playstation died.
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2011/10/18 12:08:50
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Wing Commander
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Buy a Playstation 3...
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2011/10/18 12:18:30
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Yes, because buying a more expensive console, that doesn't run any of the games you own seems like a good choice.
Besides, the current 360 doesn't have any of these problems.
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2011/10/18 12:50:22
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
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thenoobbomb wrote:How can I pop it open? The button doesnt work anyways.
You can open the disc drive with the console turned off with a paperclip (or similar thin, stiff object). This page should guide you through it: http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/troubleshoot/kb/how-to-manually-eject-a-disc-906935
Or if that doesn't help just search for another guide, but it's definitely possible.
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2011/10/18 21:35:32
Subject: Red Ring of Death
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Fixture of Dakka
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That is a great guide. But, there's actually several different drive manufacturers for the 360 and the MS website only covers one. 
May I suggest this site once you get the faceplate off: http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/manual_eject_xbox_360_dvd.htm
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