S.C.G
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Allready posted this message in general but I really need answers to these questions so I'm posting in here also, thanks...
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Ok, after days of anguish cause by the Xbox customer service helpline, I finally got through to them and have set the ball rolling, bad news is that I have to send the console and the HDD, so all that music will have to be re-ripped
Anyways, Owen, would you say that you writing a letter might have increased your chance of getting a new one sent to you? if so what did you put, did you type or hand-write it and did you address it to anyone, presumably you stuck it to the console also? as the guy on the phone, when I enquired about the possibilty of keeping the HDD he said that I had to send it because they (the service centre) would most likely be sending me a brand new machine, so obviously I want to do all that I can now to get a brand new machine if possible.
Also, another question, to Owen or to anyone who had to back up their files to a memory unit, I bought a memory unit a while ago incase something like this happened, I havent used it yet but I noticed that there is a format option in the 360 menu, do I need to format the already blank but unused memory card before I use it? or shouldnt I do that / don't need to do that and can just save straight onto it? also to backup my save files, when I move my gamertag to the memory unit, does that automatically copy across all my save files too? or do I need to copy those as well seperately?
If anyone could answer these questions for me as soon as possible it'd be greatly appreciated, as I just want to get it all sorted quickly, still got to sort of the business of finding a box (they dont supply you with the box anymore just a DHL label that you print off yourself) I also have to contact DHL I think, so yeah anyways, any help / advice is appreciated.
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Ok, after days of anguish cause by the Xbox customer service helpline, I finally got through to them and have set the ball rolling, bad news is that I have to send the console and the HDD, so all that music will have to be re-ripped
Anyways, Owen, would you say that you writing a letter might have increased your chance of getting a new one sent to you? if so what did you put, did you type or hand-write it and did you address it to anyone, presumably you stuck it to the console also? as the guy on the phone, when I enquired about the possibilty of keeping the HDD he said that I had to send it because they (the service centre) would most likely be sending me a brand new machine, so obviously I want to do all that I can now to get a brand new machine if possible.
Also, another question, to Owen or to anyone who had to back up their files to a memory unit, I bought a memory unti a while ago incase something like this happened, I havent used it yet but I noticed that there is a format option in the 360 menu, do I need to format the already blank but unused memory card before I use it? or shouldnt I do that / don't need to do that and can just save straight onto it? also to backup my save files, when I move my gamertag to the memory unit, does that automatically copy across all my save files too? or do I need to copy those as well seperately?
If anyone could answer these questions for me as soon as possible it'd be greatly appreciated, as I just want to get it all sorted quickly, still got to sort of the business of finding a box (they dont supply you with the box anymore just a DHL label that you print off yourself) I also have to contact DHL I think, so yeah anyways, any help / advice is appreciated.
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If you just want the games and arent worried about the official box, sleeve, and manual, then I can sell you my extra copy of The Legend of Zelda : The Windwaker ltd edition, plus ltd GC version of Ocarina of time / masterquest (OOT & MQ some on the same disc) plus I'll even throw in a Zelda cheats disc, the discs will be sent in DVD cases but are genuine and can be yours for the princely sum of £12 (£10 for all 3 discs and £2 postage) a bargain if you just want them to play and complete.
Let me know if your interested.
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Yeah i know that, on some of the games i played i could walk out the level boundaries, only 1 of the few games i found out on a message board, but rest discovered all by myself!Deserving a pat on the head ANY minute now..
*Pats demonmike04 on the head* happy now?
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called M$, got through and theyve taken my name and number and they say "we will call you back as soon as possible" that was like half an hour or so ago *sigh* looks like I've got to play an endless waiting game before I can even get anywhere.
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argh! this sucks, they've kept me waiting for over 2 hours now, gonna phone them back, dam M$ wasting even more of my time.
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argggghhhhhhhh! this sucks even more, after calling back after them wasting more of my time, I got through to someone who told me the same thing, I said "yeah I've already heard this earlier from some other guy" and he was like "were really busy etc etc" and I was like "erm ok, so this is the bit where I out the phone down right?" *puts phone down*
Then later on, finally at like 8.30 PM!!! someone calls me back, and so I start explaning that the problem had been narrowed down to a faulty wireless receiving mechanism inside the console then he asked me if it was registered, I said yes and then he asks me for the serial, so I say, thats the number under the USB flap right? he says yes, I say is it ok if I go and get the number? he said yes and said he would wait, so I rush upstairs, jot down the number and am back in less than a minute...
I pick up the phone and all I can hear is a silent tone (not a hang up tone but a noise canceling tone, sounded like he had muted something, so I said hello? etc for about 5 mins, no reply, so then I wait a minute, no one phones back... great now theyve obviously hung up on me, so I phone again and didnt get anywhere, and they kept me waiting for an additional half an hour on hold at which point I just said fukk this into the phone and hung up.
arrrgghhhhh! dam M$... tomorow I'm gonna phone them up again, get through and make them agree to a new console replacement becuase this is unacceptable, all this bloddy hassle for this one overrated console which I just want to work properly to play the few bloody decent games that are on it! arrgh! ffs M$ you suck...
*sigh* I can't wait until the day I can buy a Wii with all the games that I truly want and have yet another reliable console from a company who I trust and respect, Nintendo Wii salute you! Micro$oft you suck!
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ah cool thanks again, I'm gonna get on the phone to M$ tomorow and hopefully get the ball rolling
I hope they agree to replace it with a new one, still not sure if I should mention that I'm keeping the HDD or not... hmm we shall see I guess. < (message posted yesterday)--------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm going to phone M$ later today, still not sure whether to mention that I'm keeping the HDD or just keep quiet about it, did anyone else return theirs without the HDD? if so what did you do? Also, Owen when you said I dont have to send any of the leads etc, does that include the original box, power brick and wireless controller?
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Hello! Yep i did write a letter and put it in, i didn't want a refurbished one, so i just wrote that we agreed a brand new Xbox360 and hard-drive on the phone (which we did).I've had my second one now since March i think...it froze once yesterday during Oblivion but i'm 95% sure that was the game.
Oh and a bit of advice DEFINATELY buy a memory card and start saving on that! I had to return my hard-drive because they said that could of been the problem and i lost loads of data and achievements etc..
Overall a fantastic service. You shouldn't have any problems! :wink:
Oh and you don't need to send back the HD leads etc.. and remote. Actually i was advised by DHL not to because they get knicked.
Thanks Owen, thats answered most of my questions
I do have a few more however, some may seem a bit obvious but if you could answer them I would be greatfull, firstly I remember when initially getting a 360 and setting up a gamertag, part of the process was registering the serial number but if I have a new one, then doesnt that mean that my gamertag which I have registered on my current console wont work because it'd be under a different serial or something? another more straightforward question, postage, how did you post yours? howd you pack it etc and when posting did you have to pay anything (I know it's supposed to be free but y'know) I assume that I at least need a certificate of posting in case it gets lost in the post or something. Anyways, if you could answer these questions (or anyone else who has had similar experiences) it would be appreciated, thanks again.
Edit : also do you know the number I need to call? I wrote it down the last time I called it but now can't find it, thanks.
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I did have problems with my 360, not the same as yours though, and returned it with HDD and had a brand new replacement withjin a week. I have heard of people returning them without the HDD and recieving an extra HDD and from the sound of it your problems aren't connected with the HDD so I'd say not to return it with the console. You might get a free HDD, you might not, but either way not sending the HDD with it shouldn't be a problem. I'd get on the phone to MS straight away and get them to send you out a box, returning it is a quick and simple process.Thanks rokhed00 I think I am gonna return it soon, will phone them up today if the phonelines are open and if not, then Monday, however I do have a couple more questions, when you send the console back do you have to send everything back? (excluding the HDD of course I'm keeping that) i.e like the controller, headset, power brick (my power supply has always worked fine so I'd want to try and keep that in case the one they send me with a new console is faulty) also do I need to put it all in the original box with manuals etc and then put it in the box they send me?
Just wondered as obviously the three things I want to avoid sending back are the HDD, the power brick and of course the ltd ed mini media remote, also to anyone else who has returned in recent months / returned in recent weeks or days, what would you say my chances are of getting a new console sent to me? given that the problem is internal and probably not fixable I hope they will send me a new one, I figured I should do what I think it was Owen did and get them to agree to a replacement on the phone and attach a note to it saying "new unit required as stated on phone" or something, anyways thanks for your help rokhed00 and anyone else who has commented on my situation, any additional feedback appreciated.
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Happy Birthday Sarka! don't get too drunk. :wink: hmm what am I saying? it's your birthday! get wasted!
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If I do return it though, whats peoples opinions on the HDD? should I keep it and send just the system? did anyone who has sent theirs back keep their HDD's? and do I have to send back all the leads, controller etc and put it back in it's original box also? as thats gonna be an annoyance if I have to.
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rokhed00 has experience of returning a 360 and had similar questions, I believe.Hmm I dk if he posts much in General Chat, might repost this in the 360 thread when things get back to normal after E3, anyways thanks for the feedback Odwin & NM, if anyone else also has any info that may be of use then please post, thanks.
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... My Xbox 360, that is the question... I have had it since a couple weeks after it's launch (I pre-ordered but y'know how the launch was, inadequate numbers etc) and everything worked fine for a while, until the rumble feature on one of the controllers didnt work properly, so I ended up buying serveral reaplcement wireless controllers, which have all since been returned because none of them connected to my Xbox 360.
The guy at Game (where I got some of the replacement controllers from) said that it was probably a problem with the console and after contacting M$ with regard to the problem they seem to think that it's the wireless receiving mechanism inside the console, this was about a month or so ago that I contacted them and they offered to send me "the box" to put my 360 in to return it but I decided to put up with the problem and am currently mostly using a wired controller, not ideal but it works.
Since then over the past couple of weeks I have had a recoccuring problem with the disc drive sometimes not closing, however this has only happened after watching dvd's for some reason but it's happened randomly about 4 or 5 times now and is just another annoyance.
So my question (as stated before) is, should I return it? if so, (I'm kinda leaning towards returning it and hopefully getting a new one in return anyways) what kind of experiences have people had when returning their Xbox 360? and when M$ say they send you the box, do they just expect you to send the unboxed console? as I have heard some people have kept their Hard Drives and have been sent new sealed premium units so they keep their data and end up with an extra HDD.
If I did send it back I would be inclined to keep my HDD for all the trouble it's caused me (they don't cost M$ that much to make anyways) plus I don't want to have to burn an excess of 44 full length albums onto the HDD again or risk losing my gamertag and save data, but if I was to do this, should I tell them that on the phone? or just not mention it? if anyone has done something similar some feedback on how everything went would be great.
Anyways, any general feedback on the matter would be appreciated so that I can add up the pros and cons of if it's worth sending it back or not, I'm leaning towards sending it back because sods law if I keep it then something will go wrong when lots of decent titles are released for it, or just outside of the 1 year warranty or something, so yeah... feedback would be most welcome, thanks.
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Am i happy with my life...Yes and no.Im in a dead end job, have to talk to doc about the possibility of me having arthritus (at the age of 19!) and im single.
But i know that things could be a lot worse, so imma keep on the positive in life
Hmm I'm about the same at the moment (read my overly long post for way too much detail lol) but yeah, my job = Tesco's, nuff said really, dk about arthritus though, although sometimes I get really bad aches and pains in my joints, but still, yeah the possibility of you having arthritus at an early age sucks
I hope things turn out ok for you and that your in the all clear I guess you are right though, things could be a lot worse, I try and think like that also and I'm 20 and single, 21 in June *sigh* (I find the notion of turning 21 with my life how it is a little daunting
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Can anyone tell me if these screens are in-game shots and not shots of CG footage, thanks.http://uk.media.xbox360.ign.com/media/773/773087/imgs_1.html
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Did you read the accompanying article? if you did you would have learned that the screens were taken from the games real-time engine, so one would assume that they are indeed "in-game shots and not shots of CG footage" unless their (Ubisofts) definition of "real-time" means something else, in which case completely disregard this post, hope this helps.
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A gun!...
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One silver Twilight Award and my re-edited and re-posted gold award for anyone else who's read my post and if you have read both then cut and paste both, print out and give yourself a pat on the back / thumbs up : peace: or an equal metaphorical form of celebration. 
Anyone else read either of the aforementioned two posts? if so, grab an award before this title inevitably sinks even further down the topics list and into the void of the second page where no topic ever returns from... ever... probably...
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I'd say a silver award for reading twighlight's post.One silver Twilight Award and my re-edited and re-posted gold award for anyone else who's read my post
and if you have read both then cut and paste both, print out and give yourself a pat on the back / thumbs up : peace: or an equal metaphorical form of celebration. -
Somebody needs to hand out "I read S.C.G's post" rewards...woohoo. But I guess that just goes to show that people care.Especially for everyone who read my post
an award to print out and keep!don't you feel special? :wink:
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Just wanted to say this is the longest post I have ever read on here.I'll take the fact that you read it as a complement in itself
the fact that it's the longest post you have ever read is good also, I'm glad someone read it anyways Same here (I usually skip any longer than 3 paragraphs if I don't speak to the poster on MSN). You should be honoured that I chose to read that post.
Oh I am indeed honoured as I wasnt even expecting anyone to read it all, so the fact that at the very least two people have read it is great at least in my opinion.
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TL:DR - I'm not this person any more, I haven't been for a long time, and this no longer resonates with me.
I'm a lot happier with my life than I was seventeen years ago, clearly.
Sometimes, we just don't realise what we have, but I do now, more than ever, and I'm eternally grateful.
If you don't like you life, then manifest one which you do like, you have the power to do it, you just need to realise it.
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Hmm, my answer would be not to bother buying a PS2
but seeing as thats probably not a constructive comment seeing as you sound like your set on buying one anyway then I would say dont bother with modding, while it may seem tempting at the prospect of getting cheap games, the majority of games are allready cheap (cheap and nasty in my opinion with the exception of a small handfull ) but anyways, modding seems a bit pointless if your doing it for the cheap games, being that they are cheap anyway.Also if you still want to mod then the original PS2 is easier to mod so I've heard, but as most people know they do break very easilly, almost as if theyre programmed to break down about a week after the machines outside it's warranty
so if your not bothered about modding get the slimline version as it's apperently more reliable and erm it could probably double up as a rather effective doorstop should you get bored with it lol 
So yeah... erm thats my guide of sorts to anyone who feels obligated to purchase a PS2, hope it's at least partially useful.
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I've been doing that very same thing for years, e.g buying games cheap from second-hand places and trading them in at Game, sometimes it works out quite well, and yes, you can end up saving yourself about £5 or £10 on new releases, however I havent traded stuff in using that method for a while now as I tend to buy from play.com mostly now which cuts out the middle-man most of the time due to them being about £5 cheaper than Game...
However, the last time I did trade in I managed to get both Resi 4 & Mario Power Tennis on day of release for the equivelant of about £30 or less (price inclusive of both titles) by trading in 8 really cheap PS2 games purchased moments before from a second-hand shop just down the road
when Game had their infamous "Get this game for a £1 (with any 4 game trade in)" deal, so the method can be quite effective. 
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I don't know if this is any use to you but heres a link to a complete Panasonic FZ-1 3DO which has 2 pads, one of which is Panasonic branded, the other Goldstar, it's at £19.99 currently with £10 P&P you can find that here...
And another link to a boxed and complete 3DO pad, Goldstar branded and is set at £20 with £2.25 P&P, you can find that here...
Hope this helps.
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Probably just one of those things,
One thing that applies in general though, Theres no such thing as a perfect piece of software.
Buyin gamecube games
in Trades and Sales
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No offence taken, and the fact that it's not the players choice version should be considered a plus if anything being that only the original version came with the extra disc, as for the price, like I said, if you were buying it purely just to play and maybe sell on again, then it's a reasonable price, I'm not even bothered if I sell it or not, but it's hardly worth me selling it for less then a tenner, so £12 inc posatge I think is ok, *shrugs* anyways, champ2145 if you want the game let me know, if not then nps.