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Originally Posted by zidave

I did the exact same thing. They don't check the XBox before they send you a refurbed one.
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Yes, MS does check the Xbox. My neighbour sent in his Xbox which was still under the 3 year warranty and before sending it in, he went to a black market store where they opened up his Xbox but couldn't do anything because his whole mobo was fried. But in the process of doing that, they also voided the warranty. So MS called him and said they will replace his Xbox for $100, despite the fact that it would have been under the 3 year warranty had he not opened it.
I have no clue how they do this and find out when your Xbox was bought, because mine was the exact date I bought it. You would think it's the date MS shipped out to the store is the day that they would have any way of tracking when the warranty begins.
But anyways, refer to my previous post. As I stated, the warranty stated on the Xbox.com site is the
Standard 90 Day you have when you first buy your Xbox. The additional 3 year warranty covering
only the general hardware failure (RRoD) and e74 error is considered a secondary warranty put on all 360's.