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Well there was a thunderstorm the other day and my xbox was on and when the lightning struck the power went out in my house.    when the power came bac on my xbox wudnt

Can someone help me diagnose the problem??!!!!!!!!
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08-03-2004 06:50 AM
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RE: My Xbox Fried I Need Some Help
Maybe you need to get it checked out at a hardware store, it might have got fried...Did you have a powersurge protector in use?
08-03-2004 06:54 AM
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not at the time i didnt. but i did change the fuse in it but that didnt seem to help at all. umm does anyone no of any sites i cud go to to buy a power supply. hopfuly a site from canada !!!!!!!!!
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08-03-2004 06:56 AM
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RE: My Xbox Fried I Need Some Help
:lol: I can't believe you can't put 2 and 2 together :lol:

The thunder caused a power surge. The powers urge fried some components (exactly whatm I can't tell you) and now your XBOX is a very large paper weight. If it is still under warranty (standard is 90 days) then you're in luck, otherwise - sucks to be you, you're going to have to have to pay to get it fixed.

My guess: Your hard drive and/or mother board and/or processor are fried. Good luck :lol:

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08-03-2004 06:58 AM
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oh man that suc's some major a**hole i voided my warranty.. so ur sayin i shud just say f*** it and buy a new one?
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08-03-2004 07:02 AM
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RE: My Xbox Fried I Need Some Help
im not sure how much repares are, but im thinking there less then the cost of the Xbox pending on the ammount of damage, but thats something you might wanna get check out.

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08-03-2004 07:07 AM
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Well then umm cud someone sugest a site to go to to get tech support? **Canadian Site**
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08-03-2004 07:09 AM
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RE: My Xbox Fried I Need Some Help
either buy a new Xbox or send it in for repairs is your best bet
08-03-2004 08:29 AM
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RE: My Xbox Fried I Need Some Help
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either buy a new Xbox
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send it in for repairs
It'll have to be a Canadian technician, I don't know anything about where you can get help for things like that in Canada but I'm sure a small computer store can do that...

Also as a slight off topic note, during a severer thunderstorm, make sure you have a surge protector of some type, a trip switch, fuse whatever...and unplug your satellite dish just in case...
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RE: My Xbox Fried I Need Some Help
http://www.yorvik-consoles.freeserve.co.uk/xbox/main.html

they sell lots off accessories ;), from skins, cases, the xbox disc on top of it, controllers and lots more, inc. motherboards, quite cheap :)
08-03-2004 10:49 AM
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