hey Adam, fix my xbox

by **AArdvark** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:33 am

Not a problem. Just let me know. I work in Spencerport which is just a short range missile launch from Hilton, so after work is easy for me.

by js » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:46 pm

We should revisit this after next week, when I (presumably/hopefully) start my new job.

After which there will be more destinations to triangulate from.

And, (presumably/hopefully), the aformentioned $20. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

by **Guest** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:58 pm

I'm pretty wide open. Live in Hilton so the west side is easier to get to.

Next weekend the kid goes to her mom's, in the city if that's more accessible. Been to the new California Brewhaus since they painted it? It looks strangely.. almost.. inviting now =)

We have a backup so it's not a dire life or death situation that I get this XBox to you as soon as humanly possible.

by **AArdvark** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:38 pm

I know someone in Oklahoma that would just LOVE a C-128 and all the accouterments. I don't have room to support another system, having enough fun with Linux. Call it twenty and a job well done. What's a good time and place to meet up?

by **straw** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:59 pm

OK sweet!

Any interest in a Commodore 128 w/ green monitor? A box of disks and some <gasp> store bought software.. I hooked it up for me and the kid to mess around with and we couldn't get it to load anything with *, 8, 1 which should load anything on the disk right?

If not, I have the boring old money too. 20-30 is a fine deal for such proper reflow work.

by **AArdvark** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:41 am

Let me make the call and I'll post right back.

Edit: Thirty bucks. I bet I can talk him down to twenty, tho.

Let me know. Turnaround is usually 24 hours.

THE
SERVICE
AARDVARK

by js » Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:19 am

that was me, jack. what is he charging?

by **Guest** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:18 am

Hah, my xbox just died over the past weekend too. 3 red rings, no video or error codes.

It's a launch xbox, it has been opened a couple years ago to flash the DVD drive.
Think you could have your bro reflow me, Vark?

by CO » Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:13 pm

Casual Observer wrote:After playing fine one day it's now finding all xbox games and regular dvd's to be unplayable disks

Yay, it turned out to just need a new laser, I'm back in business for only $40 after a $10 discount they gave me for no obvious reason.

by **AArdvark** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:34 pm

Don't know if any of the 'boxes were modded or not. Just know they were once dead and now they aren't. I know they test them after the repair but I doubt they get on Xbox live. I'm not really involved in any of this, it's my brother's gig. I'm more amazed that there are so many of these units that just die. I figured that there'd be more people out there doing this repair work.

THE
CLASS ACTION
AARDVARK

by **Tdarcos** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:01 am

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I'M NOT REAL GOOD AT DESOLDERING THOUGH

WHAT MORON WOULD DRINK HIS OWN URINE JUST TO STAY YOUNG

The History Channel points out that because of the ammonia, this used to be used before someone invented toothpaste. While it apparently did do a good job at keeping teeth white, it did have it's drawbacks. No minty flavor here.

"Try Paul's raw ammonia - I manufacture it fresh, in small batches." The manufacturing method is a trade secret.

by co » Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:13 pm

Vark - do you guys ever get deals on xboxes to flip that are RROD and also banned from xbox live for being modified?

AArdvark wrote:Exactly. They've started buying broken units for cheap so they can flip them and turn a profit.

AArdvark wrote:(and over two hundred in profit, may I add)

THE
PAYDIRT
AARDVARK

by **AArdvark** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:58 pm

sorry Vark

No sweat! The current revival is now 15 machines

(and over two hundred in profit, may I add)

THE
PAYDIRT
AARDVARK

by **Casual Observer** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:15 pm

So I got my xbox's red ring fixed (wife insisted on not mailing it but instead getting done locally, $71, sorry Vark). After playing fine one day it's now finding all xbox games and regular dvd's to be unplayable disks. It works fine playing the awful demos included on the hard drive. Before I call back someone who just wants to make more money off of me I have a couple of questions I'd love to have answered. Do you think this means the drive is probably now toast and I'll have to get it replaced and re-flashed? If this is the case, I can just copy games to the hard drive and play that way or would I have to modify the box further before being able to do that?

by **AArdvark** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:22 am

Success rate is now seven out of seven. Boom times for the undead xboxing.

by **AArdvark** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:08 am

Exactly. They've started buying broken units for cheap so they can flip them and turn a profit.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:46 pm

He's reflowing the solder on these things? To fix the red ring of death issue?

by **AArdvark** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:55 pm

He's six for six in Xbox repairs. Whoo-hoo!

by **AArdvark** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:47 am

My brother says no problem. I'll send you an address via PM.

I guess him and his buddy are thinking of going into a small capital venture seeing as how there were over 70 hits on ebay for the RROD consoles. Many for under twenty bucks. He figured out how to remove the board from the case in under ten minutes and the average run time on the reflow machine is about ten minutes. He should see a decent profit.

THE
THIRD PARTY
AARDVARK

by CO » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:10 pm

AArdvark wrote:My brother took his son's xbox board into work where they have one of those big laser re soldering machines. (deleted) Thing has a camera that can look under the IC chips and flow the solder on individual pins. I guess it preheats the board to a certain temp then uses a laser to melt the solder. Sounds cool as hell to see. Anyway, he fixed it right up. Now he wants to buy a bunch of RROD boxes off of eBay for cheap and refurbish them and make a profit. Sounds like there's a market for it. I guess this is the third xbox board to get the treatment and the third successful fix.

THE
WATER COOLED
AARDVARK

Hey Vark, can I ship mine to you and pay your brother to do mine? That would be great!

hey Adam, fix my xbox

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