Ah damn, it's finally happened my Xbox is dead. Tried turning it on yesterday and nothing - no lights, no sounds, just nothing :(

Changed to a different powerpoint and triple-checked all connections and nada. Real damn annoying especially since it was working on Saturday, and we haven't had any power blackouts or anything.

Anyway, I called up Xbox support, and it's going to need a repair, which is going to cost me AU$160. :argh: I'm hoping it's just the power source that's screwed, and the HD is still intact, otherwise I'm going to lose a lot out of this.

Ah well, I just needed to bitch about it. :crying:

Another thing to worry about is that they may just send out an entirely different console that has previously been repaired.

That's a real bummer, CLL, hopefully things work out though.

At that repair price it may just be better waiting until the Xbox lowers in price and buying a brand new one. That is a real bummer though CLL.

Did you remember to turn on the power point?
:P

Joking aside, I feel your pain. It's not good when devices don't turn on altogether let alone a console.

Mate, look in your local paper and you will see advertisements for Console Repair places. Ring them up and get a quote; it will likely be a fair bit less than that.
It sounds like a power supply problem which is most likely easily fixed.
If you're a do-it-yourself man, occasional power thingies go on eBay.
Like this one

I don't know anything for certain, so don't trust my word; ring up those local places.

That's gotta suck. My SNES died in a similar fashion so I know what you're going through.

And how old exactly was this Snes before it died? :P
If it was say, last week, it's only $10 to purchase another one

The only way I can see my Xbox suddenly stop working is from under-usage.

I've read alot of reports about Xbox's suddenly dying for unknown reasons from other forums, a rather strange thing considering that all other consoles last for, well, nearly forever. I'd say one of the reasons why it died was because there was too much dust clogged in the fan, which then causes the console to overheat and burn in a massive pile of melted plastic. Or it could be the hard drive, I don't really know these things

LOL, yeah the power point was on. It was connected up to the same powerboard which the TV is on, and everything else was working. I even switched to a different and separate powerpoint but to no avail.

Been talking at home, and most of the family agrees it's not worth the price to get it repaired by MS. I'm thinking it is just the power supply which has been stuffed, so fishonthecarpet's idea of looking for a local repair seems to be the best bet at this stage.

Best case scenario is we get it fixed for reasonable price and the HD is still intact. Hopefully, we don't lose all the save games cos I had some great Fable/KOTOR chars, as well as my 100% Vice City. Worst case is we just get a new one in a couple of month's time as DC suggested.

My PS power supply blew only after a couple of years after I bought it, so a mate put a new power supply in, and all was fine. cost me like $50.

Hmm... my Xbox has been experiencing a few problems, actually. I was watching a DVD and several occasions the screen went blank and the green LED on the front of the console (y'know, the one around the eject button) started flashing orange. Now, from memory that signifies something, it was in the manual but I think I lost mine. Anyone kind enough to remind me what it means?

Oh this happened about half-way through the SNES days. Parents bought me another for $175.

If you want to preserve your files, I'm sure there's a way to do it, something simple like ripping out the drive and plugging it in your PC... but only if you know what you're doing, I think.

Dude, one thing that you haven't considered is that you could probably sell it for a fair bit on eBay. I honestly think you'd get over $100, people would salvage the parts (mainly DVD Drive) or repair it if it's the simple problem I think it is. People sell broken xboxes all the time on eBay. With that money you could put it towards a new one (Y)