Figures.
Seven days away from my first decent vacation since May, a full 10 days off, and I wake up this morning to this:
I guess I won’t be getting caught up on games after all. At least I’ll get some reading done.
I hate my fucking luck (or lack thereof) some days.
It was…taken over by Skynet?
Said by Widge 15 December 2007 at about 1:49 pm
Is kaput. “General hardware failure,” a.k.a., the “Red Ring of Death.”
Fortunately, MS extended the warranty to cover this particular failure on all the launch-batch of consoles, so it’s a free fix, but I suspect they won’t get it turned around and back to me in time for my holiday geekage.
Said by Doc 15 December 2007 at about 2:09 pm
Poor dear. At least there’s still the DS to play with.
And you never know… they might pop for FedEx or 2-Day UPS. Meanwhile, I’ll get caught up on my craft shows; prepare to hear “hi, I’m Alex Anderson…” about 100 times in a row.
Said by Dindrane 15 December 2007 at about 2:48 pm
Ewww…Red Ring of Death!
There’s a sight to turn any gamer’s blood to ice water.
Said by Iruka 15 December 2007 at about 5:58 pm
It could always be worse. You could live in the 15th Century. I’m sure the “Red Ring of Death” was a completely different ball game back then…
Said by Widge 15 December 2007 at about 10:45 pm
I’m on my fifth box since launch. My launch box lasted for a year and a half, and then I went through 4 in 6 months. I’ve got one with the HDMI port and the new chipset now, and it’s quite a bit quieter and runs like a charm.
But that really sucks, man. I’ve heard of 5-6 day turnaround time, maybe you’ll get lucky?
Said by Ripp 16 December 2007 at about 12:16 pm
Well, as we are now on day 6 and I haven’t received my shipping container from MS yet, I’m guessing no. Suckage.
Said by Doc 20 December 2007 at about 5:21 pm
Doc…sucks on the red ring, but Merry Christmas late and cheers for the new year
Said by Service 28 December 2007 at about 9:11 am