Broken warranty seal....

How will a broken warranty seal be affected by the extended 3 year warranty, as for those of us who tried the X-Clamp replacement or other fixes, there was no way we could have known this was going to happen at any point, so broke the seal in an attempt to avoid MS's expensive repair bills - which will be reimbursed anyway.

Does anybody know if broken seals are now covered?

Does anybody know if broken seals are now covered?

F4ll3n_1

Microsoft will not repair any console that has been opened.

Why do you think they put a seal there??

It is so not fair. The warranty runs out ages ago..... so some people open it up out of curiosity, or to try fixes or in my case, just to clean it so it won't break. Now they extend the warranty. All I did was blow mine out and get the dust bunnies out, but now my new warranty is void...... god damn it.Guster900

This is the point Im trying to make!

Anyway, after calling their support line, they told me thats its more or less 50/50 considering the situation.

I have friends that have sent back their broken consoles with broken warranty seals and still have had their machines replaced with refurbished machines. This was in the UK so it may be different where you are. Its a gamble but if the machine is already broken then you've got nothing to lose.Suharar

There may still be hope for me then. Go UK!

It is so not fair. The warranty runs out ages ago..... so some people open it up out of curiosity, or to try fixes or in my case, just to clean it so it won't break. Now they extend the warranty. All I did was blow mine out and get the dust bunnies out, but now my new warranty is void...... god damn it.Guster900

The same s*** happened to me. I'm going to call them later but I doubt anything will come out of this.

It is so not fair. The warranty runs out ages ago..... so some people open it up out of curiosity, or to try fixes or in my case, just to clean it so it won't break. Now they extend the warranty. All I did was blow mine out and get the dust bunnies out, but now my new warranty is void...... god damn it.Guster900

You should have just used a can of compressed air to get the dust bunnies out, that is what I do. BigD