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Post by Weasel on May 14, 2012 1:08:30 GMT -5
Okay, so I've got a mostly-useless XBox 360 in my closet. I can't do anything with it as it stands - the power brick won't actually give any power to the system, and even if the system would power on, the disc drive is stuck shut (something dead on the motherboard, if that Game-On sales rep wasn't bullshitting me). That said, though, this machine was not, to my recollection, anywhere near red-ringing - it is also not banned, for those that care about that sort of thing.
The thing is, though, I can't really use this machine for anything. I wonder what its value would be for someone to buy it for parts. Opinions?
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Post by Ike on May 14, 2012 13:33:45 GMT -5
For parts? Virtually nothing. Trade the HDD and controller in, chuck the rest.
edit: if you have the Composite/Component cables, trade those too. Now that the slims are out the fats aren't worth crap for parts.
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Post by Weasel on May 14, 2012 14:17:52 GMT -5
Yeah...won't be trading in the hard drive (don't want to lose my saves) and keeping the controller (useful for PC games).
Sad to hear that this thing is basically destined for the dump. Damn you, Microsoft...
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on May 21, 2012 1:49:32 GMT -5
I'm currently trying to repair a RROD fat 360. If it weren't for the fact the Atlantic separates us, I'd take the unit off your hands and see if I couldn't attach the working disc drive from the current machine to yours.
You can never tell when it will RROD though. Guy who lent me his had it working fine. I got it, played for 5 minutes. Put it off to send an email, put it back on, and BOOM. RROD.
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on May 21, 2012 1:54:41 GMT -5
DO THIS FOR A BLOG IDEA!
I once had a game I didn't want and couldn't make money trading in. So I left it in plain view in the corner of a fence near a busy road next to the main high street near my old apartment. In plain view of my kitchen window. In about 5 minutes someone came along, picked it up, and took it away (it was one of those crappy Oddworld games for Xbox, hope whoever took it enjoyed it).
I never photographed it, and always meant to do so again for a hilarious candid camera blog entry, but never got round to it.
Find a place you can spy from, maybe a place from your apartment window, place the Xbox as is in plain view, on a fence or low wall, somewhere everyone can see it, get a digital camera, some coffee and reading material, and then make like Emlio Estevez in Stakeout.
Take 100 pictures of people passing it by, and snap the lucky winner of whoever picks it up. Someone, at some point, is going to want to take that Xbox home, JUST IN CASE.
Maybe leave a little cellphone number scrawled in the corner and see if they call you back, record this conversation then put it online.
This could be the best idea I've ever had.
DO IT WEASEL.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2012 16:07:06 GMT -5
I'm currently trying to repair a RROD fat 360. If it weren't for the fact the Atlantic separates us, I'd take the unit off your hands and see if I couldn't attach the working disc drive from the current machine to yours. You can never tell when it will RROD though. Guy who lent me his had it working fine. I got it, played for 5 minutes. Put it off to send an email, put it back on, and BOOM. RROD. Unfortunately, you can't just swap out DVD drives on a 360. You need to spoof the key, which usually ends up in getting you banned from Live. Might as well just flash your machine at that point. |
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Post by susanismyalias on May 21, 2012 20:26:56 GMT -5
DO THIS FOR A BLOG IDEA! I once had a game I didn't want and couldn't make money trading in. So I left it in plain view in the corner of a fence near a busy road next to the main high street near my old apartment. In plain view of my kitchen window. In about 5 minutes someone came along, picked it up, and took it away (it was one of those crappy Oddworld games for Xbox, hope whoever took it enjoyed it). I never photographed it, and always meant to do so again for a hilarious candid camera blog entry, but never got round to it. Find a place you can spy from, maybe a place from your apartment window, place the Xbox as is in plain view, on a fence or low wall, somewhere everyone can see it, get a digital camera, some coffee and reading material, and then make like Emlio Estevez in Stakeout. Take 100 pictures of people passing it by, and snap the lucky winner of whoever picks it up. Someone, at some point, is going to want to take that Xbox home, JUST IN CASE. Maybe leave a little cellphone number scrawled in the corner and see if they call you back, record this conversation then put it online. This could be the best idea I've ever had. DO IT WEASEL. Instead of leaving them a phone number, give them the url that you're gonna upload the images to, and have them leave it on another corner and repeat the cycle. |
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on May 22, 2012 3:32:41 GMT -5
Instead of leaving them a phone number, give them the url that you're gonna upload the images to, and have them leave it on another corner and repeat the cycle. Hell yes. Like some kind of chain-letters cult thing. How far will the Xbox travel? Across the country? Around the world? |
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