XBOX 360 Torn Apart

My nephew’s XBOX 360 had the dreaded Red-Ring-of-Death.  This is a common problem on the XBOX 360 that Microsoft claims only they can fix.  I just cracked open the box, removed the heatsinks and reseated them after cleaning the terrible heatsink compound that MS uses from the factory.  I used Arctic Silver heatsink compound which I always use on anything I build because it does a fantastic job.  That’s all there is to it!

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Battlefield Bad Company 2

I bit the bullet and purchased a GameFly account.  The first game I rented was Battlefield Bad Company 2 because the multiplayer looked awesome.  I was all set to have some people over for the local split screen multiplayer like Halo and Call of Duty because they are so much fun to do a system link and get 6-8 people killing eachother.  But NOooo!  Battlefield Bad Company 2 does not have local splitscreen.  The only way you can multiplayer is online with Microsoft XBOX Live and even then every game I tried to play couldn’t find a host game (most likely since it’s fairly new and it was a Thursday night).

Of course nobody I know has this game so multiplayer is out of the question!  Plus who can afford to have 8 friends (or more) buy a $60 game just so you can multiplayer?!?  The campaign is awesome and the game play is superb with fantastic weapon choice and great vehicles but it’s not worth buying in my mind.  I’m glad I rented because this is one I would have bought and been very disappointed in feeling like it was not worth the money.  But for those of you who like the campaigns better than multiplayer or if all you want to do is online live multiplayer then this game will rock your world!  I’m just not that type.

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Woo Hoo! The XBOX 360 just arrived at exactly Noon!  The kids were so excited they wanted to set it up right away but I told them to wait until tonight.

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There are several things we are hopeful that are “Almost Here” but none is more pressing in my kids minds than the XBOX 360 returning from Mesquite TX after being sent away for a little R & R (Repair & Reconditioning).

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Hey- check this out!  I just checked and it looks like the XBOX repair has been completed and it’s in the process of being shipped back.  It’s still too early to see any tracking information but hopefully the box will arive before Christmas!!

I’m not too hopeful because it won’t ship until Monday and then it’s coming from TX so we’re most likely talking UPS ground which is 7-10 days.  The only thing that may help is that shipping is top notch right now because of the holiday rush.  So maybe there is hope yet… more…

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