Nowadays, most people own Xbox 360s as opposed to the older version. However, there are a few people left out there that enjoy the old gaming console. Unfortunately, both systems have had problems over the years not being able to read discs, games freezing up, or even hard drives failing. Depending on the one you own it’s difficult to even think about the kind of repair costs it will take to fix yours.
The repair cost usually depends on whether or not your gaming console is still under warranty. If you own the older Xbox, there won’t be a warranty left and in order to fix it you’ll have to literally take matters into your own hands. On the other side of things, some people may have a warranty left on the Xbox 360, if this is the case then send it off to Microsoft.
However, if all warranties have expired and you send the 360 off to the manufacturer it’s going to cost a pretty penny. Just to have your system fixed it can run you about a hundred and eighty dollars, but once you include shipping and everything else involved it ends up being about two hundred dollars. After spending $300-$400 on the system itself, you don’t want any additional costs.
One thing to understand outside of the repair costs, is the amount of time it’s going to take to for them to return the system to you. They originally tell you anywhere from four to six weeks, but due to high volumes and slow solution rates it’s a lot longer. In fact, it can end up being anywhere from 6 to 9 months when it’s all said and done. So you have to decide if it’s actually worth your time and money to let them do the repairs for you.
On a more positive note, by employing a little DIY, both systems can be repaired. In fact, a vast amount of work has been put into compiling lists of solutions which cover almost every conceivable problem which one could encounter. Further more, these lists are unique to the system for which they are intended, and each list is compiled in a step by step format.
Yes, taking the DIY approach does mean you’ll have to invest a certain amount of time in order to carry out the repairs yourself but then again, the amount of time you spend doing then will be negligible compared to how long it takes when you send the console away.