Post by: SargeZT on July 17, 2004, 01:29:00 AM
Post by: adil786 on July 17, 2004, 02:16:00 AM
| QUOTE (SargeZT @ Jul 17 2004, 10:29 AM) |
| Just a quick question. This does not apply to me personally, as I have opened my XBox too many times to count. However, has anyone here who has done a pure softmod tried to redeem their warranty? |
when u have a softmod, you dont have a warranty, but if you delete all the softmod files to bring back to virgin state, then you have a warranty.
Post by: SargeZT on July 17, 2004, 02:40:00 AM
However, as much appreciated as the post was, my original question remains unanswered. Has anyone tried redeeming their warranty, and been denied because of software modification?
Post by: krayzie on July 17, 2004, 02:47:00 AM
Post by: adil786 on July 17, 2004, 02:55:00 AM
| QUOTE (krayzie @ Jul 17 2004, 11:47 AM) |
| it's true that any modification voids the waranty so basically any of us softmodders don't have waranty anymore. The thing about softmods however is that you sometimes can restore what you have changed on the xbox and don't leave any traces so nobody would know the waranty was broken one time. |
correct,
but i belive any hd leave traces, even formateed. so if they wanted to, they could probally find some files.
Post by: bucko on July 17, 2004, 10:48:00 AM
Post by: krayzie on July 17, 2004, 10:54:00 AM
Post by: adil786 on July 17, 2004, 12:15:00 PM
| QUOTE (krayzie @ Jul 17 2004, 07:54 PM) |
| Well it lasts a year here. |
always a year.
Post by: RiceCake on July 17, 2004, 02:29:00 PM
Am I stupid? Hell no! So far I've gone through 4 XBox'es (First the hard drive crashed, next two had bad Thompson DVD's so I returned them, fourth was a refurbished unit that was already bad).
First three retailed at $306.16 CAD each, so $918.48 there, plus $263.92 for the fourth after the price was discounted...
If it wasn't for buying that warranty I would've spent over $1182.40 on the new Xbox'es. Lol, not my problem, its FutureShop's now.
Post by: adil786 on July 17, 2004, 03:15:00 PM
| QUOTE (RiceCake @ Jul 17 2004, 11:29 PM) |
| I bought a 3 year extended warranty for $50... Am I stupid? Hell no! So far I've gone through 4 XBox'es (First the hard drive crashed, next two had bad Thompson DVD's so I returned them, fourth was a refurbished unit that was already bad). First three retailed at $306.16 CAD each, so $918.48 there, plus $263.92 for the fourth after the price was discounted... If it wasn't for buying that warranty I would've spent over $1182.40 on the new Xbox'es. Lol, not my problem, its FutureShop's now. |
ya gotta love these exteneded warranties.
ive gone through over 5 hoovers in 2 years lol,
altoghther inc. exteneded warranty = £250
WOuld have cost more than about £1000 if i bought all hoovers seperateely! still got a few months, time to get the latest model...
lol
Post by: krayzie on July 17, 2004, 05:06:00 PM
Post by: RiceCake on July 17, 2004, 07:20:00 PM
Post by: krayzie on July 18, 2004, 12:27:00 AM
I thought he meant a craft 
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Post by: adil786 on July 18, 2004, 04:27:00 AM
| QUOTE (krayzie @ Jul 18 2004, 02:06 AM) |
| a hoover? isn't that like a vacuum cleaner or something? |
yup,
UK for vacccum cleaner!
Post by: total_ass on July 18, 2004, 04:53:00 AM
| QUOTE (adil786 @ Jul 18 2004, 12:27 PM) |
| yup, UK for vacccum cleaner! |
don't you mean UK for hoover.
I live in U.K and i call them vacuum cleaners. Wait, why are we even having this conversation!
Post by: YoshiKool on July 18, 2004, 04:55:00 AM
edit: I suppose the xbox warranty might have different terms... hmm, do MS have an email address for xbox-related stuff?
edit2: oh, and adil, you could zero out the hdd to erase that...
Post by: adil786 on July 18, 2004, 05:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (YoshiKool @ Jul 18 2004, 01:55 PM) |
| Using the theory that even software modification voids your warranty - Do PC manufacturers still repair PCs if you uninstalled windows and put linux on? edit: I suppose the xbox warranty might have different terms... hmm, do MS have an email address for xbox-related stuff? edit2: oh, and adil, you could zero out the hdd to erase that... |
and how do you epxect to zero out the hd?
there is always traces.
Post by: YoshiKool on July 18, 2004, 05:07:00 AM
Post by: adil786 on July 18, 2004, 05:11:00 AM
| QUOTE (YoshiKool @ Jul 18 2004, 02:07 PM) |
| oh wait i just remembered, to zero out the hdd and restore you'd need to open the xbox to put hdd in pc... silly me |
exactly,
SILLY YOU F00L
Post by: YoshiKool on July 18, 2004, 05:15:00 AM
Post by: SargeZT on July 18, 2004, 02:17:00 PM
Secondly, you could use XBoxLinux to zero out a hard drive using the 'dd' command. But, the data would still be recoverable at that point, you'd need a sequence of zero'ing and writing random data to every sector of the hard drive, and repeat several times before the possibility of data recovery is a pipe dream.