Red Ring
Monty was always brought up to believe that getting a red ring was not something one should aim for in life. Years of sage-like, puerile, peer based wisdom, explained that such an experience would be as painful as it was unwelcome. Alas, seven days ago, in 360 terms, the Mont was caught with his pants down (no memory card to enable playing his own profile on a friend’s machine) and the experience only confirmed his worst fears.
E74 error!
Machine back to shop and 14 days for repair. Is Monty the only one to get suspicious about a machine seemingly pre-programmed with messages to tell you why it has broken? Gone are the days when some techno genius could hand out priceless advice such as, “Switch it off and then switch it on again,” to get things working once more. Old technology used to die in a manner that could be handled better. Like that Panasonic TV that worked sweetly for 25 years which belonged to the mother-in-law (who herself is perhaps the only thing on this planet more painful, annoying and unwelcome than the dreaded red ring) the screen on that would wobble and the troubled viewer could simply apply a firm slap to the side of the box to restore order.
Come to think of it, that might just work with the mother-in-law.
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Re: Red Ring
Microsoft always gives you some sort of code or some other gibberish to explain what THEY f.... up.
If it was not for the rings of the console then we would just say 360 is dead and not the red ring of death or whatever graphical explanation.
Shameful hardware quality control by MS.
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Nothing to beat up yourself about dude, we have all experienced the shame of the red ring. Isn't is strange that we know about the problem, swear at M$ when it eventually happens (and it will if it wasn't) and then fork out another couple of hundred quid to get back in the game? Maybe we are the shameful ones.
Remeber there is always someone in a worse position than you ...
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That's the sh*t right there, damn straight. Great line. Line of the month for me. Although there are some dudes who would prefer their mother-in-law got a RROD.
As for the RROD you got lately, i feel for you man. Your first will hit you hard. By the time you get your 4th, you won't be trippin' anymore. So far i got 3. The 4th is inevitable and when it happens i've got other consoles with some great games waiting specifically to rise to the occasion.
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