Red Ring Of Death Strikes Me Down
When it rains it pours! Life has been very interesting for my girlfriend and myself lately. First she gets her car stolen and then her neighbors turn into cock-suckers. Now, I will admit her problems are a little bigger than mine. My HP laptop kicked the can and tried to make me late on a large assignment I had due. Lucky for me you can buy an Apple MacBook in about 5 different places that are close to me. I picked one up, recovered the data and now I am good to go! Just when I thought technology was done fucking with me I got the dreaded RROD. Yes, the famous Microsoft red ring of death on my Xbox 360! I have a pic of the RROD below. The funny thing was I wasn’t even trying to play a game, I was watching a movie that I needed to get through for an elective course the next morning. I think school work is taking it’s toll on all my toys! I will call up Microsoft and get my baby repaired under their extended warranty. The only thing I will have to make sure is that they ship me MY repaired version with the HDMI port. I have heard from many friends that Microsoft can really fuck around with you during this process. It might be in my best interest to just buy a new one. I have no desire to do that, having just finished paying for a new Mac. I am going to do some research and look into doing this repair myself. Luckily I am so busy with school that I don’t have time to play video games anyways. I am also lucky that I have a Blu-ray player that allows me to still watch my dvd’s. In other news: tomorrow is fitness testing day for me. I have to do a CPAT test in the morning and clinical tests in the afternoon. The CPAT is a timed obstacle course that is pass/fail. You have to do the entire thing wearing a 50 lbs weighted vest. They add an extra 25 lbs for the first 3:20 while you are on a step mill. I have practiced this and believe me when I tell you that your legs get tired! After the CPAT I go in to get my body fat measured, I have to do a million sit-ups and then they measure my VO2 max score by killing me on a treadmill with some tubes hooked up to my mouth. All in all it should be an interesting morning. I think this one might be a little more relaxed than the fire ground so I will try to get a buddy to take some pics of me doing this. If that isn’t possible I will still take some pics of us hanging around in between the two events. Wish me luck!
My baby! My poor, poor baby!!
Tags: brock firefighter, brock university, cpat, firefighter, firefighter fitness test, red ring of death, rrod, xbox, xbox 360
1. Good luck with the test
2. Ps3
My RRoD box was shipped out on a Monday afternoon, Tuesday was a holiday, and I got it back on Friday of the same week.
I will not be switching to a PS3. I love my Xbox!
I will call today and see what happens. Hopefully I can get mine expedited as quickly as you did Andrew.
happened to me..got it replaced and works great…now for niks xbox that is a different story…happened to him twice, said forget it and bought a new one
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