[quote name='jaroth2']I am not saying to just open it up but he did not state if it was not turning on he said it died I have been on forums a lot when people get a red light error and say it died. He did not state if it was turning on or off or not. I was also saying to check all of your options first so a new power supply would be a great option if he has a friends so he can test it out. Why would opening it up be so taboo it sounds like it is out of warranty and gamestop only gives 15-20 for a broken xbox. How if it does turn on at all then look at opening it up is that better.[/QUOTE]
It's not necessarily taboo, but gs knows what to look for to know if a console has been opened up. Also self fixing can very unreliable if you're fixing for one issue, and the issue you have is different than what a method is meant to fix. Another point to discuss is that sending the console back to MS would be cheaper than just up and buying a new console, which again if the console was popped open they wouldnt even take a second look at, and send right back. You therefore end up with a huge headache you cant quite offload as easily, and get no use out of. The end point of it is that he burns money with what he originally paid for the broken console, burns any trade value it has as is right now, and burns more buying a new one. Yeah he'll burn a little asking MS to take it and fix it, but it's the cheaper option.