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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
30,303 views, 90 comments

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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
24,666 views, 38 comments

chilly

Xbox 360 Getting Added Cooling After Being Repaired

French Xbox 360 owners who've sent in their defective or broken Xboxes to Microsoft to fix are finding that the return console have a little extra "wooooosh" in them. More »

1:00 PM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Jason Chen
15,520 views, 28 comments

home entertainment

Fix a Broken Xbox 360 with a Towel

You know, there is something funny about electronics sometimes. If you are an Xbox 360 owner it is likely that you have heard of the blinking red lights of doom. This is where the lights around the power button illuminate red meaning the 360 is done busted. Someone managed to fix this problem by doing the unthinkable—overheating the 360, in a way. The red light broken 360 was fixed by wrapping the console in a towel, turning it on, letting it run for 10 minutes, then turning it off and removing the towel. For some people overheating the 360 fixed the problem entirely, for some others it fixed the problem temporarily. Regardless, it rendered your $400 console useful again. Gizmodo is not responsible for any damage done with this fix. –Travis Hudson More »

1:33 PM on Mon Jan 15 2007
By Travis Hudson
29,958 views, 30 comments

Latest by dan21: Whoever thought of this idea is great, you saved great hassle. This idea rocks my socks and works, thanks! more »