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07-17-2009, 04:44 PM
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| Selling a 360
Hey guys so I picked up a 1st gen Xbox 360 Arcade, fixed it, and now I'm trying to sell it and need advice.
1) what's a fair price for a used Arcade? There's a little damage on the back seam where the prior owner tried to open the case that I'm going to try and tidy up a bit but it will still be less than perfect. Also the USB door is missing the spring somehow so it doesn't stay shut. Apart from that it's in great shape.
2) All I have right now is the console, power cord, and the AV cable. Is it worth picking up a used controller and/or 20GB HDD to make it easier to sell/sell it for more?
3) Is it worth modding/offering to mod it to sell it for a bit more? I'm not up to date on 260 mods but I know I can do them easily.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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07-17-2009, 05:29 PM
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get the HDD + used controller for cheap if you can
otherwise be prepared to get lowwballed.  | |
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07-17-2009, 05:52 PM
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good point, I'm thinking I'll toss it up for $95 obo and adjust if I pick up a controller or HDD
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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07-17-2009, 06:43 PM
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#4 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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you fixed it as in you fixed the RROD or something else?
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07-17-2009, 06:52 PM
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Probably somewhere around 80-100.
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07-17-2009, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by asian_XL you fixed it as in you fixed the RROD or something else? | it had sound output but no video (most of the time essentially a RROD but without the actual ring, same repair method), tried doing a video reset but that didn't work, went to try the video reset again but forgot the video cable so I got the 2 red lights, plugged the cable in and started again and got the RROD, took it apart, bent the x-clamps slightly to make them hold tighter (the CPU sink was actually wobbling around) and did the GPU heating trick to reflow the solder without heating anything else and it works perfect meow.
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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07-17-2009, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by underscore GPU heating trick to reflow the solder without heating anything else and it works perfect meow. | oh noes, the towel trick again.  I wish the new buyer good luck.
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07-18-2009, 09:26 AM
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no silly, learn to read, I did it the proper way. disassemble fully, bend x clamps slightly for proper pressure, put the DVD drive back on so you don't get bant from XBL, power it up to see if the pressure was enough (but it wasn't) then power it off and plug in the fans BUT place them so that one fires up/down on the CPU and not the GPU, allowing the GPU to warm up (without overheating) but not heating anything else, after about 10-15 mins power it down, let cool for 15-20 and start it up. the temp to melt Pb-free in such small amounts is pretty low.
I was gonna add an extra fan while I was in there but I didn't have any that fit so meh.
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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07-19-2009, 09:18 AM
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I have done all the things you've said in the past to my xbox360 (the very first gen
version). The trick fixed the problem and lasted for 4 months...then it RROD again with
the same error code. Used the same trick, it lasted for less than 4 months, then 2
months, few weeks, and at the end few hours.
I found this guy who reballs xbox360 cpu at a very cheap price in Asia. He was nice enough to
show me how he reballed my cpu and gpu at his place. You can google or youtube to
see how it actually works. There are over a hundred solder balls under the CPU, and you
can see microsoft cheap out on the soldering, a bunch of the solder balls under my cpu
turned dull and stuck together.
I am not an electronic specialist, but this is what he told me...he said if you are lucky, the
solder will reflow again, but if you have some seriously "burned" solder dots (for example
a light bulb terminals, if it turns black from over voltage or over heat, then it will not be
conductive again, you can either replace the wire or the terminals) you will have to reball
that particular solder.
if I were you, I would sell it to somebody online asap, then get yourself a brand new xbox360,
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07-19-2009, 09:47 AM
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#10 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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yeah that's what I've realized about RROD's 360's when reading more online, it may fix it but if it gets hot at all again it'll get progressively worse as the solder they used to begin with was shit. the only real 100% fix being reballing, anything else is temporary depending on how long and hard you use the 360.
I sold it this morning actually, I got such a large response from the one that I'm gonna look for a couple more. My roommate already has a 360 so I'm gonna use the bit of money I made toward a PS3 or Wii. Or a better TV
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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07-21-2009, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by underscore yeah that's what I've realized about RROD's 360's when reading more online, it may fix it but if it gets hot at all again it'll get progressively worse as the solder they used to begin with was shit. the only real 100% fix being reballing, anything else is temporary depending on how long and hard you use the 360.
I sold it this morning actually, I got such a large response from the one that I'm gonna look for a couple more. My roommate already has a 360 so I'm gonna use the bit of money I made toward a PS3 or Wii. Or a better TV |
I have a modded wii and xbox... I dont recommend the wii because its a kids gamming system... Go for the ps3 since you have your hands on a xbox already...
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07-21-2009, 07:26 PM
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#12 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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That's kinda what I was thinking, to me the Wii is more of a secondary system I'd get after a PS3. But they're just so damn cheap.
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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07-21-2009, 07:31 PM
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#13 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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another question, looking to pick up another one from the states, does anyone know how border fees etc work? I have no idea and I don't wanna get fucked when it shows up and I have to pay a bunch extra on top of the shipping
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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07-23-2009, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by underscore another question, looking to pick up another one from the states, does anyone know how border fees etc work? I have no idea and I don't wanna get fucked when it shows up and I have to pay a bunch extra on top of the shipping | These are the charges that my brokerage company charges me.. If you spend:
$50-$100 = $31.00 in brokerage fees
$100-250 = $36.00
$250-$500 = $40.00
$500-$750 = $45.00
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2017 Subaru WRX Sport-Tech + STI 6MT (Weekend Track)
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07-23-2009, 02:48 PM
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#15 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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wow ok. Canada it is then.
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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08-05-2009, 07:16 PM
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#16 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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bizzump. got another that the guy said was "stuck in black and white." it appears he had the cables hooked up wrong *facepalm*. what would you say is fair for: console, 20GB HDD, power brick, and some sorta something with these cables: XBox RCA cables, XBox RCA/Component, Nyko component. I'm thinking $150ish, since a brand new Arcade that comes with next to nothing is $200. Think a wireless controller with play and charge is worth spending $25 on to make this easier to sell?
thanks in advance.
__________________ 1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed] Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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