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Old 23rd August 2009, 08:58   #11
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If the warranty has expired and the 360 dies, it's a matter of fixing it yourself . Fixing a crappy coolingdesign won't be a problem for most enthousiasts and fixing broken BGA soldering wouldn't be a problem either. Too bad that the amount of 'entouhiasts' is probably extremely small compared to the amount of sold 360's.
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Old 24th August 2009, 02:30   #12
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Hm, that'd be a great deal of delicate soldering, not many tech enthusiasts could do that. Not to mention by the 3+ year mark the caps are usually showing signs of overheating and some would need replacing, would be plenty to replace from what I've heard.
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Old 24th August 2009, 10:13   #13
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Hm, that'd be a great deal of delicate soldering, not many tech enthusiasts could do that. Not to mention by the 3+ year mark the caps are usually showing signs of overheating and some would need replacing, would be plenty to replace from what I've heard.
Once the warranty has expired you could improve the cooling yourself to prevent the overheating problems .

Fixing BGA soldering is just a matter of heating up the chip and press it firmly back on the board .
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0,0001 % or less of all customers is crazy enough to give it a try, and only half will succeed.
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Old 24th August 2009, 21:44   #15
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I guess the magic number is up to 12 replacement consoles... will only get higher.

http://www.dailytech.com/One+Gamers+...rticle7809.htm
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