my xbox is modded and i got the red ring of death
ive had a few friends who have this problem and sent it away and got a new one within a week, is there anyway i can still get it repaired/replaced after its modded?
or am i just totally out of luck?
thanks

take the mod off before you send it in. If it's firmware I think it can be reversed.

restore the drive
apply a Ms Warranty Seal

send it in

hell, i left the FW on mine when i sent it in. its wasnt like they were going to check and see if it played burnt games. i just made sure when i flashed it the first time that i didnt screw up the seal, and all was good.

While it's not illegal to flash your drive, it's bad advice to tell people to send there's in that still have a modded firmware.

It's not hard to flash the 360 back to original firmware. If you had someone else do it for you, have them flash it back for you. And if they are a good modder, they SHOULD give you the warranty sticker in perfect condition back to you after modding. So there should be no worries there. Unless you dealt with a crooked modder that likes to keep them, or did it yourself and ripped the sticker off.

Don't forget..they have your info....things could (but I doubt it) come back to you later.

actually it is illegal to flash your drive

Originally posted by homesick:

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actually it is illegal to flash your drive

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not in every country its not.

to CL: i just didnt want to waste the time flashing it back to original FW before i sent it in. it wasnt worth my time to take it apart and do it, i had more important things to do at the time.

for the majority

majority isn't everyone now is it? lol.

:)

Originally posted by wabashman:

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Originally posted by homesick:

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actually it is illegal to flash your drive

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not in every country its not.

to CL: i just didnt want to waste the time flashing it back to original FW before i sent it in. it wasnt worth my time to take it apart and do it, i had more important things to do at the time.

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Hey, I wasn't directing that at you really...just in general.

How is flashing a drive illegal anyway? You own the product. It's your to do what you want.

something to do with FW is copyright protected.

Originally posted by homesick:

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something to do with FW is copyright protected.

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That may be... their FW, they can keep it. But when I buy something with my money...I own it. I can do what I want with it.

I will respect copyright laws (media), but a device that I bought...I own.

I can see how this can get ugly, so i will leave it at that.

i agree with you cl but laws are laws, and they are ment to be broken :)

ok, so i looked at the sticker, and it looks to be good
but there is 2 spots that are very small that look damaged
is that totally fucked?
i read somewehre that if you take it right off and wipe it with alcohol they will take it back? total rumour?
like i need my xbox back, im just curious whether i should sell it for parts or should i go throught the hasle of trying to send it in

ok, so i looked at the sticker, and it looks to be good
but there is 2 spots that are very small that look damaged
is that totally fucked?
i read somewehre that if you take it right off and wipe it with alcohol they will take it back? total rumour?
like i need my xbox back, im just curious whether i should sell it for parts or should i go throught the hasle of trying to send it in

just send it in. if they dont take it back, then sell it for parts.

what would happen if they "dont take it back"
send my old one back?
or keep it? lol

they throw in a huge trash compacter, smash it all up, send it back and say 'nice try, you almost got away with it, have fun fixing it now you stupid consumer.'

just kidding, they just send it back saying, we arent going to fix it, it appears its been tampered with, blahblahblah.

ok so where can i call to ask them to send me a package to send it away? and does anyone know how long it will take me? is it a quick whsats ur adress and itll be there soon? or do i have to talk to a machine for half an hour?

easiest way to do it without having to talk to anyone is login to your xbox account on the internet www.xbox.com and hit the support tab, register the console, request repair. otherwise call 1-800-4-my-xbox. and youll talk to some indian for about 20 minutes while he 'trouble shoots' the problems with you, then hell register it perhaps, and then just say you need a coffin for it, and they will mail it out. should take about 4-5 weeks total.

Shoot, mine only took a week and a half, thats with them sending me the box too.

am i bet you live a lot closer to TX than i do.

Try to look for another warranty seal on Ebay. I bought a warranty seal off there earlier this year and sent my modded xbox to MS. I even did the x-clamp fix on the console, but after it RROD again a week with the x clamp fix, I decided to try my luck and buy the seal from Ebay, put the original x clamps back in the console and sent it in. They sent me a refurbished one in two weeks. I paid like 25 bucks for the new seal.