XBox died :(

Finally been hit with the red ring of death on my shiny Elite 360 :((

Try to raise a request with M$ to get a repair, that was 'fun'! First, need to register the console using the serial number on the back of it, all recognised successfully and warranty has expired. Still covered for the RRoD 'till August 2010, so that's good.

Start the process of raising a repair request, took numerous attempts to get the system to accept my address. Gave up in the end and tried work address, similar issues there. I can only hope when my machine goes away it comes back ok!

Next I have to confirm details/read terms etc. Problem here is that the M$ page is rendered in an unreadable way on FireFox (on Linux). Come on M$, I know you think everyone should use your browser but is it really beyond your capabilities to check sites with some other mainstream browsers for your customers (FireFox/Opera/Chrome at least)?

Fortunately my nearest and dearest has yet to be seduced by Linux and insists on sticking to 'doze so I have access to an IE machine.

Start the process again... including faffing with addresses that can't be recognised so get rejected.

A 5 minute, raise a repair request, job turned into an hour of faffing about with M$ websites :(

Anyhoo, request got raised in the end. That was Saturday (maybe Friday) 12th December. Now I have to wait for further instructions on how to send it to M$ apparently.

Checked my ticket this morning, still shows as pending processing. So they are yet to send out a label/courier info. Have my doubts this will be sorted before Christmas now.