Xbox 360 Repairs: Day Twelve

My replacement Xbox 360 arrived from the Repair Center today around 1 pm. They had put it in a real box instead of the fake box I had created to send it off. I transferred over all of my licenses and everything seems to work fine.

I was glad to see that the 360 Arcade they sent to replace the one I sent in still had an HDMI output. It seems to make a slight hum that my old one didn't, but it's not really that noticeable.

And while transferring over my licenses, I figured out that I never had from my first one to my second so the licenses from both are now transferred onto my replacement. I don't think it makes that big of a difference since I was always using the same harddrive so everything was there anyway, but it's good if you need to re-download something.

Now it's time for some gaming!

Xbox 360 Repairs: Day Nine

At 4:17 am this morning, Xbox sent an e-mail saying they had shipped back my 360. Which is technically not true since UPS hasn't picked it up from the repair center yet (according to tracking).

I can tell that it's a replacement 360 by two things: 1) the fast turn around and 2) the new serial number. It's that second one which is the real giveaway.

But I'm looking forward to my 360 coming home. While it's been gone, I've bought three different games that I found on the cheap. So that should keep me occupied and provide a good test on the "new" system.

Xbox 360 Repairs: Day Eight

After two different delays from Hurricane Dolly, my Xbox 360 was finally delivered to the Repair Center this morning around 9:30 am. Microsoft e-mailed me about two hours later to inform me that they received it.

Now it's time for more waiting. From everything I hear they won't actually repair my Xbox and send it back, but simply send back one that's already been repaired. Hopefully soon since I already lost about four days due to weather.

Xbox 360 Repairs: Day Four

So, my 360 was supposed to reach the repair center today. It was well on its way. Do you know where the repair center is? It's in Mesquite, Texas. You know what else is in Texas? Hurricane Dolly!

Okay, I think technically it's been downgraded to Tropical Storm Dolly now, but it's still fucking with my Xbox 360. UPS actually has my 360 in Mesquite, Texas. It arrived there last night. But UPS says they can't deliver my package until weather conditions improve.

God hates my Xbox 360. At least it's encouraging me to use my Wii Fit while the 360's gone. I'd just like it back before something good comes out for the 360...

Xbox 360 Repairs: Day Two

Within two hours of my repair being put into Xbox, I received an e-mail with the UPS shipping label. I didn't receive the e-mail from Xbox explaining the shipping options until this morning. (Although they sent the exact same e-mail again 3 hours later.) There are three different options. I thought I had asked for them to send me a box with prepaid shipping on it, but apparently, I went for the they send me a shipping label and I find my own damn box. Faster, yes. More annoying, also yes.

I used to have lots of boxes around, but I threw them out recently so I created this monstrosity from a larger box I had. Supposedly, they will ship back my repaired or replaced 360 in the same box.

After creating the box(which took a trip to two stores for packing tape), I wrote my Repair Reference Number on a slip of paper and attached it to the 360. I then packaged the 360 with some newspaper in the box and sealed it up. After attaching the shipping label(which also took me a while because my laptop wasn't synched with my printer), I braved a little downpour to get the box into a UPS drop box nearby right before pickup time.

The box barely fit, but it did fit. Now I wait for 2-3 weeks supposedly for a return. I can track my 360's repair status on http://www.xbox.com.