Sciclone 2 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Main thing? XBox 360's.... we usually have at least 3 people working fulltime on them.. reflowing solder and temporarily fixing problems caused by overheating and bad design... Majority of PS3's that are traded in are fine. We only see the bad ones that need new BR lasers or whatever. For most of the other disc based consoles its lasers and with hand helds its the screens/faces looking like they've been dragged through gravel.. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 How much do you charge for things like that? Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 I bet you can't fix the red lights of death or whatever they call them on the 360's? Link to post Share on other sites
bournville 0 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Used to be mostly the 360 I used but recently I'm on the PS3 more. Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Originally Posted By: klingon I bet you can't fix the red lights of death or whatever they call them on the 360's? Actually, that's what reflowing the solder is for. They over heat, the board warps and the puny little solder they have on the graphics chip and cpu breaks... Even then, RROD is caused by a terrible design flaw, and reflowing the solder is only prelonging its life, rather than curing it. If they have been reflowed twice, then we scrap them. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Is that with earlier 360s Scicloe? I thought that they had sorted that particular bad design problem out in later models. Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 yeh, right ... we have been getting 09's back that need reflowing... and a couple of pallets each with at least 180 odd 07/08 models as well.. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Later models have been improved but still suffer from same problem,albeit at all a lower percent. Still wouldn't get rid of mine though. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Is the story of them basically rushing it out in the first place to grab the early market true? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Yep. Like most things Micro$oft, it's poorly designed, and the components are sourced to be as cheap as possible.. the samsung drives (while I don't have anything against samsung) are prone to tray errors that should have been corrected after the original xbox. The design of the system lends itself to very poor flow characteristics, and with so many heat producing items, the heat sink and heat evacuation should have been designed first, not left until an afterthought.. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 maybe they outsourced the design Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 They signed off on it though, right? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Originally Posted By: kotaku Forza Motorsport 3 isn't out until October, but eager racing fans can get an early taste later this month when the Forza 3 demo hits Xbox Live. Forza 3 has gone gold, and to mark the occasion, Microsoft and Turn 10 have announced that a demo for the game will be hitting Xbox Live on September 24th, giving players over a month to familiarize themselves with the game in advance of the October 27th release date. The demo features five cars ready to race on the Camino Viejo track in the mountains of Spain. The five cars playable in the demo are: 2007 Porsche #80 Flying Lizard 911 GT3-RSR 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro 2009 Ferrari California 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR 2009 Mini John Cooper Works All five can be driven in full cockpit view, with rollover, damage, and the game's new rewind feature firmly in place. The demo also supports online leaderboards, so you can start bragging a little bit earlier. whoop getting excited by this - my last game for this year! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Is that more arcade or simulation style? Link to post Share on other sites
Zer0star 0 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 pure sim Link to post Share on other sites
Error404 0 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Needs a lot of time investment I prefer a more arcadey type racer. Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Pure sim my bollocks, currently playing Forza 1 while I work on the original Xbox, and my brother has played forza 2 through a few times... Its a sim, yes, but some of the handling etc is pure bollocks.. Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Pure bollocks as in bad bollock or good the dogs bollocks? Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 bad bollocks.. some of the fwd handle like rwds, and some of the supercars handle like civics.. Link to post Share on other sites
Nisoko 6 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Where does the expression the dogs bollocks come from I wonder? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Don't know but the dogs bollocks beer is the dogs bollocks Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 It's the same as "the ducks nuts/guts".. Not sure on the etymology, but it also is used to highlight the idea of something being the best.. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Whatever, great game! Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Any Wii owners or players here had a go at the Wii Resort thingy? Any good, one wonders and mumbles. Link to post Share on other sites
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