Xbox Replacement Cord
I submitted my serial number a few days ago, to get the Xbox Replacement Cord. Why is a new Xbox power cord needed? According to Xbox, “the replacement power cords are designed to protect consumers and their Xbox consoles from rare electrical component failures that can pose a fire hazard.” Has anybody really been burned yet?
Microsoft is providing new power cords at no charge to replace the cords that originally came with some Xbox consoles. You will need your Serial Number and Manufacture date to verify if your Xbox Console requires a replacement cord. Fewer than one in 10,000 consoles have experienced these component failures. In almost all instances, any damage caused by these failures was contained within the console itself or limited to the tip of the power cord at the back of the console.
I also found this part of the FAQ a bit humorous: “I received my replacement cord, and it was damaged. What should I do?” Run away, that's my answer. I've got the replacement cord in hand now. I suppose I better swap it soon, eh?
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12 Comments
Anonymous
February 24th, 2005
at 4:42pm
Yeah I was affected as well.
I'm still waiting on mine, its been about a week ago since i submitted my form and i just barely got the shipped email.
They should have replaced everyone's dvd drives on the older ones, crazy read errors.
hah
Anonymous
February 24th, 2005
at 4:56pm
Well, based on 14.1 million recalls, around 1500?
Anonymous
February 24th, 2005
at 7:33pm
Actually.. not a “fire risk” per se but I did use a cord from a laptop power supply to power my xbox and it blew the power supply up. It was stinky. The xbox has a proprietary power cord. This, at least, is NOT propaganda.
Anonymous
February 25th, 2005
at 7:47am
I thought this was a scam the first time I got the email. I deleted it. Woops.
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Ashley
Anonymous
February 25th, 2005
at 9:52am
Power cord replacement or not - it's irrelevant …. I bought an xbox from the 1st skid coming into ToysRUs the first time it hit the shelves - price about 450 Cdn. Then - in the 2 years that followed - bought more controllers, dvd kit, hifi kit, steering wheel - and about 25 games … great investment …. HOWEVER - now - dvd is completely useless - my kids don't even want to play it anymore because they've just grown totally fed up with games freezing with dirty disk errors (ie - put Halo2 in - 1st time - reports a dirty disk….) - movies - just as bad - nothing like watching a movie - and it freezing half way …. so … basically it's now a nice paperweight that needs dusting all the time.
Maybe I'll just hope my cord is defective and it does burn the house down - by the looks of it - that'll be the only way I'll get a free dvd replacement…
I do love the xbox - don't get me wrong - but what's to love when it doesn't work?
WebScud
February 25th, 2005
at 9:10pm
Doesn't that cord scream “military issue”? That's not the cord that comes with the current run of Xboxes.
I think the pyromaniac lives inside your Xbox, not the AC adaptor. The new blackjack-like power block just helps keep him in line.
Anonymous
February 27th, 2005
at 4:12pm
Downsides to olde xboxes- Bad dvd drive later on and now bad power supply(now fixed with replacement)
Upside- Seagate 10gb hard drives are in most v1.0-v1.2 xboxes. Just learn to unlock it and you have 2gbs more then everyone else.
Anonymous
February 27th, 2005
at 4:12pm
Downsides to olde xboxes- Bad dvd drive later on and now bad power supply(now fixed with replacement)
Upside- Seagate 10gb hard drives are in most v1.0-v1.2 xboxes. Just learn to unlock it and you have 2gbs more then everyone else.
Anonymous
February 27th, 2005
at 4:12pm
Downsides to olde xboxes- Bad dvd drive later on and now bad power supply(now fixed with replacement)
Upside- Seagate 10gb hard drives are in most v1.0-v1.2 xboxes. Just learn to unlock it and you have 2gbs more then everyone else.
Anonymous
February 27th, 2005
at 4:12pm
Downsides to olde xboxes- Bad dvd drive later on and now bad power supply(now fixed with replacement)
Upside- Seagate 10gb hard drives are in most v1.0-v1.2 xboxes. Just learn to unlock it and you have 2gbs more then everyone else.
Anonymous
March 7th, 2005
at 7:44pm
my replacement cord is a huge contraption with even more warnings and an 1-800 number if some light on the built in circuit breaker is red
Anonymous
November 10th, 2005
at 12:48pm
i have a recent runin with my xbox actually catching fire i have pictures if anybody would like to send me your email it almost burned my house down