Author Topic: Problems with my XBOX 360 (Read 12186 times)

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #25 on:** December 20, 2007, 06:51:00 AM »

The elite is the way to go from what I heard, supposedly the parts are the best and tested by Microsoft. Personally I love my elite.

Maverick · « **Reply #26 on:** December 20, 2007, 07:00:02 AM »

I would, but I just love the plain white of the original "Core" system too much. I'd have to go with an Arcade.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #27 on:** December 20, 2007, 07:50:19 AM »

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So what's this about power levels and what not? Isn't the easiest way to tell if yours is a "Falcon" the HDMI port?

No, the easiest way is to check your scouter to see if it's over NINE THOUSAAAAANDD!!

And that shall be my one and only shameless reference to that. Thank you.

Caliban · « **Reply #28 on:** December 20, 2007, 11:00:37 AM »

@PartBear: LOL!

@pap64: I haven't tried MUA, but Forza2 is awesome and I think it is better than any game in the Gran Turismo series including GT5, yeah I said it, GT5 has no damage or smart AI hah in your face Polyphony Digital...yeah I'm done my rant.

Maverick · « **Reply #29 on:** December 20, 2007, 11:06:41 AM »

GT5 isn't OUT yet...

Caliban · « **Reply #30 on:** December 20, 2007, 11:23:36 AM »

I couldn't care less.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #31 on:** December 20, 2007, 03:52:07 PM »

The system inside the Elite is no different than the Core/Arcade/Pro (now), the paint job and the hard drive are the only difference. When the Elite debuted, the only difference (besides the obvious) was the "Zephyr" motherboard, which introduced HDMI, the HANA scaler chip, and Hitachi 79K DVD-ROMs (harder to mod, a soldered-on "passkey" is required) the rest was the same crap in every other console. All 360's have had HDMI, for a several months now, the Falcons have only been rolling out to stores in the past 2 months or so, and there are several Zephyr systems still out there.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #32 on:** December 20, 2007, 04:01:50 PM »

For those that have the Elite: Did any of you get the 1 month XBOX live Gold membership?

Its advertised on the box as being part of the Elite bundle, yet when I opened the box I couldn't find it. I checked all the manuals, all the bags and checked to see if I dropped it and nothing.

Am I missing something or did MS stop offering it?

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #33 on:** December 20, 2007, 05:57:18 PM »

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For those that have the Elite: Did any of you get the 1 month XBOX live Gold membership?

Its advertised on the box as being part of the Elite bundle, yet when I opened the box I couldn't find it. I checked all the manuals, all the bags and checked to see if I dropped it and nothing.

Am I missing something or did MS stop offering it?

When you create a new Xbox live account they automatically give you a month of live for free.

Caliban · « **Reply #34 on:** December 21, 2007, 02:58:39 AM »

What Lord_die_seis said.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #35 on:** December 21, 2007, 12:44:48 PM »

I just got a replacement 360 and 1 month Xbox live card they couldnt fix my old 360 and if anyone is wondering no the 360 I recieved does not have a HDMI port and either did my old one.

Maverick · « **Reply #36 on:** December 22, 2007, 05:11:03 AM »

Same thing happened to me. They said I got a "new" console, but I guess it was a refurbished Core model. And my replacement has been acting up more than ever now. The other day I had to restart it like five times in a row before it would even turn on.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #37 on:** December 22, 2007, 06:51:36 AM »

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Originally posted by: pap64
For those that have the Elite: Did any of you get the 1 month XBOX live Gold membership?

Its advertised on the box as being part of the Elite bundle, yet when I opened the box I couldn't find it. I checked all the manuals, all the bags and checked to see if I dropped it and nothing.

Am I missing something or did MS stop offering it?

When you create a new Xbox live account they automatically give you a month of live for free.

Hmmm, I tried doing that but I never finished the process.

Can you transfer that offer into your existing account?

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #38 on:** December 22, 2007, 10:53:17 AM »

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For those that have the Elite: Did any of you get the 1 month XBOX live Gold membership?

Its advertised on the box as being part of the Elite bundle, yet when I opened the box I couldn't find it. I checked all the manuals, all the bags and checked to see if I dropped it and nothing.

Am I missing something or did MS stop offering it?

When you create a new Xbox live account they automatically give you a month of live for free.

Hmmm, I tried doing that but I never finished the process.

Can you transfer that offer into your existing account?

No idea but I think its intended for a new account activated on that console.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #39 on:** December 22, 2007, 11:05:55 AM »

Alright I'm sort of getting a little angry ever since I got the replacement console and try to play my arcade games it randomly kicks me off of xbox live as of today and even when I'm on the gametag that I used to download them it defaults me to the trial version of them thanks to microsoft's stupid DRM with arcade games the DRM says its licensed to the CONSOLE that downloaded it, if your on a different console then in order to unlock the full version you have to be on xbox live which is retarded.

If anyone is on and has a xbox live account can you please check for me if xbox live is working and PM me or its my console that can't connect to xbox live for some reason (my internet connection is fine). If its the latter than I'm going to have to go through microsoft customer service hell.

Edit: Microsoft's status is this -
Xbox LIVE Service Status
Status:
Users may be unable to log into Xbox Live. Our engineers are currently investigating and are working to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #40 on:** December 22, 2007, 04:37:18 PM »

Hopefully they're trying to roll back some of the bans for people that didn't deserve it.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #41 on:** December 22, 2007, 05:15:17 PM »

Even though I know a lot of us on these forums hate the DRMs on the Wii virtual console I think Microsoft's is the worst since the only way the license is stored on the console was purchased from and we all know the life expectancy of a 360 is .

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #42 on:** December 22, 2007, 07:11:16 PM »

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Even though I know a lot of us on these forums hate the DRMs on the Wii virtual console I think Microsoft's is the worst since the only way the license is stored on the console was purchased from and we all know the life expectancy of a 360 is .

When I got a new 360 after selling my old one, I could reload all Live Arcade games. I think they are more connected to the gamertag.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #43 on:** December 23, 2007, 04:13:02 AM »

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Originally posted by: Lord_die_seis
Even though I know a lot of us on these forums hate the DRMs on the Wii virtual console I think Microsoft's is the worst since the only way the license is stored on the console was purchased from and we all know the life expectancy of a 360 is .

When I got a new 360 after selling my old one, I could reload all Live Arcade games. I think they are more connected to the gamertag.

Disconnect from xbox live and try playing them you will see what I mean. You would be limited to the trial versions.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #44 on:** December 23, 2007, 10:03:33 AM »

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Even though I know a lot of us on these forums hate the DRMs on the Wii virtual console I think Microsoft's is the worst since the only way the license is stored on the console was purchased from and we all know the life expectancy of a 360 is .

When I got a new 360 after selling my old one, I could reload all Live Arcade games. I think they are more connected to the gamertag.

Disconnect from xbox live and try playing them you will see what I mean. You would be limited to the trial versions.

Hmmm, interesting. Didn't know that!

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #45 on:** December 26, 2007, 02:22:36 PM »

I finally replaced my dead system on Christmas Eve. Got an Arcade (since I already had an HDD and component cables), and went and bought a 6' HDMI cable for $15 down the street. It looks fantastic, and it's a Falcon motherboard, so hopefully it will last for 3 years and 1 day, so I'm forced to buy another.

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Author Topic: Problems with my XBOX 360 (Read 12186 times)