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« Reply #15 on: Friday, October 21, 2011, 07:53:38 » |
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Yep. Had mine since release day and it's running like a dream. |
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Nomoreheroes
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« Reply #16 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 16:48:45 » |
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Guess what?
Got it fixed and it worked for just over a year and has gone again.
Repair price is now £30. Wondering now whether to do it or get a new replacement?
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You're my incurable malady. I miss the pleasure of your company.
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« Reply #17 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 17:00:16 » |
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No guarantee on the repair NMH?
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blinkpip
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« Reply #18 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 17:16:30 » |
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Yep. Had mine since release day and it's running like a dream.
My PS3 broke the other week. Original model, just had the green light and was very quiet (think the fan stopped) No output. Seemed dead with a green light. |
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ee the trick is only pick on those that can't do you no harm
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #19 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 17:28:18 » |
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Guess what?
Got it fixed and it worked for just over a year and has gone again.
Repair price is now £30. Wondering now whether to do it or get a new replacement?
What was wrong with it before when it got repaired and is it the same problem? |
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Nomoreheroes
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« Reply #20 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 18:26:54 » |
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No guarantee on the repair NMH?
Guaranteed for 28 days. The fact that the kids have used it constantly for 14 months has been worth the £20. What was wrong with it before when it got repaired and is it the same problem?
Same problem. Three red lights with a secondary code of 0110 GPU error. |
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« Reply #21 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 18:31:58 » |
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Guaranteed for 28 days.
I somehow read read 'year' as 'week'  |
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Benzel
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« Reply #22 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 18:51:42 » |
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My PS3 broke the other week. Original model, just had the green light and was very quiet (think the fan stopped) No output. Seemed dead with a green light.
Not heard of that one before, my PS3 has had YLOD twice in the last 6 months, bought a super slim the other day for £125. Also suffered RROD and faulty disc drive on 2 xboxes. Bad year for my consoles. |
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #23 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 18:53:44 » |
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Guaranteed for 28 days. The fact that the kids have used it constantly for 14 months has been worth the £20.
Same problem. Three red lights with a secondary code of 0110 GPU error.
They probably reflowed (heated up the old solder) or reballed (cleaned off old solder and added new solder) to the GPU chip. If they did the same again it should last for a similar amount of time minimum. Chances are there will be a brand new console out by then that the kids will nag you for. I personally wouldn't waste money on another console which has the same technology. |
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Nomoreheroes
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« Reply #24 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 19:11:19 » |
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They probably reflowed (heated up the old solder) or reballed (cleaned off old solder and added new solder) to the GPU chip. If they did the same again it should last for a similar amount of time minimum.
Chances are there will be a brand new console out by then that the kids will nag you for. I personally wouldn't waste money on another console which has the same technology.
Thanks for that. When you put it like that it seems worth spending £30 rather than buying a new one for the best part of £200. |
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« Reply #25 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 19:21:22 » |
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My PS3 broke the other week. Original model, just had the green light and was very quiet (think the fan stopped) No output. Seemed dead with a green light.
had the same fault. Phoned Sony who replaced the 60gig one with a slim 160gig one. Had to pay 110 quid though. The fault you mention is a hard drive failure in most cases |
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« Reply #26 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 20:11:38 » |
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If its just a hard drive failure then its a cheap and piss easy thing to fix on the original. Hopefully someone will have a spare hard disk to try before having to commit to buying a new one..
Bit of a pisser you lose all your data though.
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« Reply #27 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 21:29:24 » |
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Had my xbox 4 years now and never had a problem. That's the equivalent of living till 100 isn't it?
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Nomoreheroes
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« Reply #28 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 21:31:12 » |
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Had my xbox 4 years now and never had a problem. That's the equivalent of living till 100 isn't it?
Think mine was about 4-5 years old when it first went wrong. |
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Iffy's Onion Bhaji
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« Reply #29 on: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 23:16:45 » |
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My old 360 broke about 18 months after i originally got it (2006) then i decided to flog it a few years back and 2 weeks later it broke again so i got a lucky escape. The newer model is supposed to fix the problem with the vent built in at the top of the console.
I've had a PS3 since 08 and never had a single problem with it. deffo more reliable. That said i havent used it as much as i have the xboxs.
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