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red ring

How To Repair Your Xbox 360 In 4 Easy Steps

1. Call 1-800-4-MY-XBOX
2. Demand your reference number ASAP.
3. Call escalated support at 866-506-3826.
4. Speak to someone who can actually help.

Make sure to write this down. You're gonna need it. [consumerist]

7:30 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Mark Wilson
13,091 views, 53 comments

microsoft

Xbox 360 Bill Gates Edition (1 of 1 Limited Apology Run)

A few weeks back, an unlucky Xbox owner shipped off his customized Bungie autographed console to Microsoft's repair center, and to his horrors they wiped it clean. Bungie resigned a console for him, but now, Microsoft is chiming in with a new console with Bill's signature on it and hundreds of dollars worth of new video games. More »

5:30 PM on Sat Mar 22 2008
By Haroon Malik
30,301 views, 90 comments

Latest by themediaguy: more »

gaming

Do-It-Yourself 360 Red Ring Repair Kit

Giving up your Xbox 360 to Microsoft for four to six weeks while they repair a red ring error is fine if you can survive that long without gaming or using it as a Media Center Extender, but why would you own an Xbox 360 if you could? Team Xecuter, a mod/hacking group that's famous for making stuff like modchips, is releasing a do-it-yourself repair kit for the 360. It's worked on 18 out of 18 broken Xboxes (according to them), but we don't have any details on how the kit works. We'll check into it some more, since $12.95 is a pretty cheap price to pay for a fix you could do by yourself in your spare time. [Team Xecuter via Xbox Scene via Crunchgear]

4:20 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Jason Chen
15,966 views, 43 comments

Latest by BigViper: @bknoob you cut me like a knife snff...snff... ;) more »

fix in a box

Give the Gift of No Confidence: Blue Raven iPod Repair in a Box

What exactly are you saying when you give someone one of Blue Raven's Mail-In Service and Repair Kits for iPod? You buy the box at the store, wrap it up and put it under the tree. When your loved ones finally open it, they learn that they have received a fast-turnaround repair session for their iPod. So you're basically saying one of three things:
• Apple doesn't build iPods well.
• My loved one is an idiot who will most likely break or otherwise abuse his/her iPod.
• I don't love him/her enough to buy a new iPod for Christmas.
Nevertheless this often-needed service, including two-way shipping and three-business-day turnaround, comes in three flavors: $130 iPod Service and Repair Kit for all iPod versions, including any repairs and a free battery replacement; $60 iPod Replacement Battery Kit; $130 iPhone Cracked Screen Repair. [Blue Raven]

9:06 AM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By Wilson Rothman
1,250 views, 11 comments

Latest by rangren1983: Hi, our company specialize in providing all kinds of ipod parts,and i'd like to introduce three products to you,one is ipod video logic board,if you want to buy 50pcs,the price is USD65/pc,if 100pcs,that would be USD60/pc,others are ipod video 30GB more »

how to

Hardcore Data Recovery: Double Boil Your Drive?

If your hard drive is seriously f*cked, and you have some big shiny balls (or you're dumb as hell), you might be interested in how a fellow from Mandible Games claims that he recovered data from his drive. According to the article, he noticed that his drive would spin, but it would not show up in BIOS and there was a distinct and repetitive clicking noise. More »

9:50 PM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Sean Fallon
18,045 views, 45 comments

how-to

Extreme Repair For Extremely F*cked Up CDs

Instructables has a tutorial on a CD repair technique designed to bring nearly any disc (barring any cracks, breaks, etc...) back from the dead. The fix requires you to heat the underside of the CD over a gas burner, boil it in water and dry off your freshly resurfaced disc. The process seems to leave a slim margin of error, so if you're trying to recover something valuable, you better know what you're doing. [Instructables]

9:55 PM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By Adrian Covert
9,836 views, 21 comments

microsoft

Xbox 360 Repair Turnaround Times Are Down in the Crapper

The recent Xbox 360 warranty extension to three years has really done a number on the repair queue. Everyone must be sending in their broken Xboxes, since the turnaround time has increased from two weeks to as much as six. Anecdotally, it so happens that three people I know sent in their 360s around this time, and it took them about three or four weeks to get theirs back, with one still Xbox-less. [Kotaku]

6:00 PM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By Jason Chen
24,643 views, 38 comments

gadgets

Never Lose a Screw Again with Magnogrip

Whether you are a gearhead or a computer repair monkey, dealing with small metal parts is inevitable. The Magnogrip is a powerful, wrist strap that can hold all things metal with the help of magnetism. It may not hold a sandwich (unless you enjoy an aluminum hogie), but the Magnogrip will make sure you never lose a screw, nail, bolt or nut again. $15. –Travis Hudson More »

3:30 PM on Thu Mar 15 2007
By Travis Hudson
1,831 views, 16 comments

gadgets

CarMD Saves You from Mechanic Monetary Rape

That "Check Engine" light is on nasty son of a gun, and if you are anything like me you have a damn clue about anything under the hood. Before handing over a couple c-notes to a mechanic so he can plug in a fancy computer to figure out what is wrong and fix things that aren't broken—just do it yourself. The CarMD will plug into any vehicle made after 1996 thought the Data Link Connector. Once the CarMD does all of its fancy diagnostic work, you can plug it into your PC to download the diagnostics and maybe figure out what is wrong on your own. Only you can prevent a mechanic from screwing you. $90. – Travis Hudson More »

3:05 PM on Fri Dec 8 2006
By Travis Hudson
2,491 views, 19 comments

Latest by Thurnok: ... and here we are over a year later, and the FixDAT website is still a one pager basically saying "Coming Soon". more »

gadgets

Cyber Snipa Tool Kit Dogtag

Yes, we've all been there. Casually lounging around the coffee shop when suddenly a frantic person comes running into the coffee shop needing help with their computer. No longer will you have to delay the inevitable by going home to get some repair tools, now it is all stored right on a handy, geeky dog tag. The Cyber Snipa dog tag comes loaded up with enough tools to crack open that computer case and fix whatever the problem is with the help of the included LED flashlight. If it is a software problem the dog tag also comes with a 512mb removable flash drive perfect for storing spyware and virus removal tools. Once you are done you can even crack open a cold one with your rescued damsel/dame in distress with the included bottle opener. This tool set will set you back $46 or so. – Travis Hudson More »

12:12 PM on Tue Dec 5 2006
By Travis Hudson
335 views, 9 comments

Latest by TurboFool: I'd rather stick with a Victorinox Cybertool and a separate higher-capacity flash drive. more »

Leica's Plans To Fix the Flawed M8 Flagship...Kinda After recognizing that its Leica M8 camera had various problems like IR sensitivity and banding, the company's announced a plan to fix early adopter's cameras free of charge. The plan is tricky, though:

5 comments

laptops

How To Get Applecare's Executive Customer Service

Don't abuse this how-to, but if regular Applecare can't get you the satisfaction you deserve—or think you deserve—here's how to get in contact with people who have the power to do anything (within reason). More »

5:45 PM on Fri Oct 27 2006
By Jason Chen
1,063 views, 19 comments

home entertainment

Microsoft Fixes Old Xbox 360s For Free

If your Xbox 360 was manufactured before January 1, 2006, Microsoft's extending you an olive branch and fixing your (most likely broken) Xbox 360 for free. Microsoft says that there's been a higher than usual amount of consoles coming back for repair, something that's been talked about endlessly for the past year. More »

6:45 PM on Fri Sep 22 2006
By Jason Chen
1,264 views, 22 comments