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Returning PS3 to HMV?

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  • 17-12-2009 4:43pm
    #1
    colliehandy
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭


    Hey guys, long shot here... but today my 40GB PlayStation 3 died (it got flashing red lights and won't switch on). Now my Dad bought it for me about 2 years ago in HMV Blanchards Town, just before Christmas 07.

    is there any chance HMV will offer a replacement this late, as I would rather have it back ASAP and sending it to Sony takes up to a month. What are my options.

    Thanks in advance!:)


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    You won't know until you take it in, but they're unlikely to offer a replacement. It's much more likely that it will be sent off for repair.

    But as I said, you won't know until you take it in.


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    MadMickeyMonk
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭MadMickeyMonk


    Heres a vid to show you how to fix this at home. Your wasting your time trying to get a replacement. I`ve done this with my own but used an oven at 240c instead of the hair drier. The 360 is a way easier fix than this. The hardest part is remembering which order everything gos back :confused:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/hwoarong13#p/u/1/QHk2dFEXmCk


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    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    MadMickeyMonk wrote: »
    Heres a vid to show you how to fix this at home. Your wasting your time trying to get a replacement. I`ve done this with my own but used an oven at 240c instead of the hair drier. The 360 is a way easier fix than this. The hardest part is remembering which order everything gos back :confused:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/hwoarong13#p/u/1/QHk2dFEXmCk
    If it's still within warranty then you'd be a complete retard to do this.


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    MadMickeyMonk
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭MadMickeyMonk


    Ya and if you read the OP you would be smart!:D All consoles have a 1 year warrenty


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    Mataguri
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭Mataguri


    Isnt reasonable durability a statutory right that supercedes warranties? If so you could threaten to take them to the small claims court.
    MadMickeyMonk wrote: »
    Ya and if you read the OP you would be smart!:D All consoles have a 1 year warrenty

    Not true, I dont own a PS3 so I cant comment on that warranty but the Xbox 360 has a 3 year warranty for their RROD problem.


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    MadMickeyMonk
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭MadMickeyMonk


    Mataguri wrote: »
    Isnt reasonable durability a statutory right that supercedes warranties? If so you could threaten to take them to the small claims court.



    Not true, I dont own a PS3 so I cant comment on that warranty but the Xbox 360 has a 3 year warranty for their RROD problem.

    True but they only introduced the 3 year warrenty after massive complaints from consumers as it was nearly like clockwork that between 14 and 18 months after purchase it would pack in on affected batches.
    Sony on the other hand are a diffrent proposition. You will waste nearly as much money on paper,envelopes and phone calls to sony and their support centre than if you went and got a new one. You can pay sony money and they will take your old one and they give you a recond one (:D someone elses fixed yellow ring).
    The fix in the video works as I have done it myself. The same process was also used in the watchdog piece on the ps3`s on bbc1


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