Today, woke up and looking forward to conquer Lost Planet mission 07 but my console (not modded) which is 6 weeks old couldn't start the game.

Put in the cd, reading.. reading.. reading.. 'open tray' status on dashboard (not physically).

.....

Tried with other cd like GoW, R6V, GRAW, Lost Planet and Burnout.

GoW was able to load once out of alot of times.

R6V could could load twice out of many times. Took 1 minute to load though.

GRAW, Lost Planet and Burnout couldn't load at all.


Sent it to GH for repair and did some quick test with Marvel Alliance which could load 3 out of 3 times. GoW couldn't be read even once.

Apparently Djinn said he has never encounter this problem before among his customer. I guess I'm his first.

It's such a shame really, just gotten Lost Planet LE yesterday evening, didn't even get to try the multiplayer. Plus I just loaded my live account early this month with 3 month prepaid.

Well, hope this post will get some of u mentally prepared when you encounter it. But of course touch wood la!

I hope to see all of you soon!

This post has been edited by iv'N: Jan 13 2007, 05:57 PM

Apparently some ppl encounter this as well. The thread started last week.

http://forums.xbox.com/9339291/ShowPost.aspx

zOMG, I'm getting a major depression everytime I come to the forums! It's only been gone for 3 days. lol.

Weekend was totally a drag! bah.

Have been lurking around xbox.com forums regarding warranty and RMA issues, and to my horror lots of ppl are actually on their 3-5 consoles. Apparently many users whom return their sets, actually received a refurbish unit (which was definately spoilt to begin with, and had a quick fix). Failure rate for refurbish units are around 63% as some reported. This is in the US though. I knew bout it, but didn't really know it was so bad till it read it there. Really starting to get disapointed with M$.

Imma gonna hangout at the Nintendo forums. Maybe get a DS while waiting for the console to be back. Need to confirm with Djinn if he decides to send it back to Sg which takes over 1-2 months before I can get it back.

And even when I get it back, I really hope I get back a working unit, not a machine that will last me like 6 weeks or less again. I'll be fcukin' pissed if I have to send it back for the second time. All the worse case scenario thoughts are running wild in my head.

Oh my mint condition console, would I get a banged up looking refurbish console? Ya, I read some stories over on xbox.com too. ;P

Sorry guys, I just needed a space to rant. I feel much better. Cheers.

This post has been edited by iv'N: Jan 15 2007, 02:36 PM

What's up Katana. Guess I wont see you on Vegas for quite some time. hah.

What was the manufactured date for your first console? I'm guessing the manufactureed date for the refurbish set is older than your first?

How long did u take to get a refurbish set?

If I'm really gonna get back a refurbish set, hope it works like a charm and at least look good. I really took good care of my console and can still consider very very new. It's still a nice deco. lol ;P