Our drive ist kaput - Phillips LiteOn drive. I can buy one new online for $50 with a month warranty, but swapping the PCB with the flash memory requires desoldering and soldering the connections to the drive. They'll do it for me for $10, but I have to send the old one in and that'll take some time. The new drive ships overnight weekdays and it wouldn't take long to install.
Has anybody done this successfully? If so, does the replacement last? Ths box isn't even 1-1/2 years old yet and the drive is shot. It's very disappointing and, naturally, out of warranty.
The lack of "Bah! It's easy. I do this daily and twice on Sundays." responses is unnerving.
The lack of "Bah! It's easy. I do this daily and twice on Sundays." responses is unnerving.
I'm sorry, Treppa! I wish I could help!
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Has anybody done this successfully? If so, does the replacement last? Ths box isn't even 1-1/2 years old yet and the drive is shot. It's very disappointing and, naturally, out of warranty.
Did you try talking to Microsoft? I have gotten them to twice fix my Xbox 360s for free even though they where out of Warrenty.
Did you try talking to Microsoft? I have gotten them to twice fix my Xbox 360s for free even though they where out of Warrenty.
Has anybody done this successfully? If so, does the replacement last? Ths box isn't even 1-1/2 years old yet and the drive is shot. It's very disappointing and, naturally, out of warranty.
Really? I didn't talk to them, but I did follow their diagnostic process to "Send the box in with $100 and we'll take a look at it." Our old Xbox failed with similar problems. If I didn't have so much invested in games, I'd switch to PS3.
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If I didn't have so much invested in games, I'd switch to PS3.
Don't believe the Hype that it does not break... I have also returned My PS3 back twice to be fix.
Just be nice on the phone, but explain your disappointment in the drive not surviving long and tell them you want to know if there is anything that can be done, because you most likely got a bad drive if it barely lasted more then a year.
If I didn't have so much invested in games, I'd switch to PS3.Don't believe the Hype that it does not break... I have also returned My PS3 back twice to be fix.
Just be nice on the phone, but explain your disappointment in the drive not surviving long and tell them you want to know if there is anything that can be done, because you most likely got a bad drive if it barely lasted more then a year.
My old school ps1 STILL works after all these years. I did have to replace my ps2 but it also lasted a very long time. I do not care for these glass jawed new systems, especially considering how slimy the companies can be about honoring the warranty.
My old school ps1 STILL works after all these years. I did have to replace my ps2 but it also lasted a very long time. I do not care for these glass jawed new systems, especially considering how slimy the companies can be about honoring the warranty.
You have electronic games, Freehold? I thought you only played board games by oil lamp light. :P
If I didn't have so much invested in games, I'd switch to PS3.Don't believe the Hype that it does not break... I have also returned My PS3 back twice to be fix.
Just be nice on the phone, but explain your disappointment in the drive not surviving long and tell them you want to know if there is anything that can be done, because you most likely got a bad drive if it barely lasted more then a year.
Shenanigans.
My PS1 still played fine up 'til I got my PS2, but it had to be played upside down due to heat issues and such.
My original PS2 still works, though the optical drive tray failed so I had to use the manual open hook-tool to change disks. I got a slim PS2 for purposes of soft-modding for ISOs and imports, and it still works.
My PS3 is a first run 60G with backwards compatibility, and I upgraded the HD to 500G. Works like a champ.
(but then, I work in IT, taking things apart and putting them back together is sort of par for the course)