Q: I'm the second owner of my now broken Xbox 360 -- BUT I have the ORIGIONAL Walmart reciept for when the previous owner bought it. It's like 4 years old now though lol, they wouldn't take it back and exchange it would they? I mean I know some stores have insane return policies but I don't think Walmart would- what do you think? Or would Microsoft accept that I have original purchase information since I'm second owner and fix my RROD-ed XBox for free? Sorry not 4 years, more like 2 and a half.
A: The answer, in short, is NO... at least for the Walmart dealy. They only take back problems within the first 60-90 days, and this is way past that little bracket of time. As for Microsoft, it's a possibility... but I can't be certain. If it's 2 and a half years, they'll look it over and see what the problem is, but if can't prove what has been done to it, they can easily point out things that had been done wrong (like dropping the machine and such) and they'll do anything they can to get out of fixing your system for free. As for the RROD, I do have a question... do you have an intercooler? If so, take the thing off, keep the system in a cool place, plug it in, and try it again. As much as people laud the intercooler, it wastes a lot of power that could be used to keep your system running correctly... anyway, that's all I got for you. Walmart = No. Microsoft = Possibly Just remember, if you send it to Microsoft, you won't be able to get it back for AT LEAST two months... and do NOT give them your hard drive. They'll erase it, or keep it and not send it back. Happened many times to my friends...