nightwolf Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah they're pretty noisy, but if you can hear it over the sound of the game or you never really noticed it til recently it might be a problem. I only really notice noise when playing fable, other than that it's quiet enough. Maybe it struggles with Fable for some odd reason.. It'd be a kicker if it broke now..only got it the week before christmas!
Shorty Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Is it the disk tray whirr? If you eject the disk or go back to dashboard does it stop making the noise straight away? Solvable by installing the game to your hard drive.
nightwolf Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Is it the disk tray whirr? If you eject the disk or go back to dashboard does it stop making the noise straight away? Solvable by installing the game to your hard drive. Ah! Yes I only get the noise when I'm actually playing a game or it's loading. Phew! I suppose I better get round to doing that. Not to mention the free trial of gold xbl I have as well.
Aimless Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 I only really notice noise when playing fable, other than that it's quiet enough. Maybe it struggles with Fable for some odd reason.. Have you been able to to upgrade to the new dashboard yet? Installing Fable 2 to the HDD will cut down on noise a lot as it won't have to keep streaming from the DVD drive, and for me it also made the game run better; less texture pop-in, smoother menus, etcetera. Oh, incidentally I ended up using Instant Live Codes to renew my Live subscription. It was quick and painless, so they seem alright to me.
nightwolf Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Have you been able to to upgrade to the new dashboard yet? Installing Fable 2 to the HDD will cut down on noise a lot as it won't have to keep streaming from the DVD drive, and for me it also made the game run better; less texture pop-in, smoother menus, etcetera. Oh, incidentally I ended up using Instant Live Codes to renew my Live subscription. It was quick and painless, so they seem alright to me. I haven't even been able to connect it to the internet yet, something I was going to do today but I was downloading *cough* legally *cough*. I'll try tomorrow. I was wondering about that site as it was mentioned before, how many times have you used them? Was thinking about getting 3 months, just to see how it goes.
Bren Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 My xbox is stupidily loud, i was so happy when i heard about the saving games to hard drive would quieten it down.. it did nothing, it must be the fans or something, its like a microwave, literally! Got 2 red lights tonite, dont kno what that means, but it quickly snapped out of it and seems to be running fine again now!
Aimless Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 I was wondering about that site as it was mentioned before, how many times have you used them? Was thinking about getting 3 months, just to see how it goes. Just the once, and given that it was a 13 month subscription I won't be using them again any time soon. Still, I had the code within 10 minutes of paying and if they do mess people around at least they're going through PayPal. I think by and large all such websites are fairly legitimate, you just want to make sure you're going through some kind of medium and not handing over your card details directly.
Dyson Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 So in the end I decided to call Microsoft and get it replaced/repaired under warranty. Funny story though, I talked to the guy and he mentioned that after looking up the console, my warranty had expired on the 3rd of January 2009. I then told him that their information was incorrect, and proceeded to read off of the receipt I've kept in the box since purchase. He then said he was willing to give me a "1 month grace period" on my warranty - or in other words, thought he'd try and screw me out of my free repair but wasn't banking on me keeping my receipt. In the mean time, my flatmate has given me his 360 to use until mine returns which is great news. Feels dirty, though...plus it's a nasty arcade console with a plastic disk drive, eww
BeerMonkey Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 by jove i wonder how often they try to pull the "no more warrenty" card when they indeed have it.
Vaati Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Anyone had any problems with second hand 360 games. I bought GTA IV from C-ex exchange for £20 and took it back because it wouldn't work at all (just crashed after the black screen with © Rockstar etc.) I took it back and they wouldn't give me my money back and instead cleaned the disc for me and it worked initially but it crashed on me three times yesterday! They said they'd give me my money back if I had anymore problems so I may just do that and pay £5 extra from Gamestation instead.
Bren Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 get second hand games from game/gamestation, as you long as you have your receipt theyll swap em within 30 days i think? and that has to be the worst xbox avatar ever, he has a styled monobrow?
Gizmo Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Finally I have found an upside to the 360's unreliability. My friend got the RROD on Saturday, and after sending it off today brought me 7 games to borrow until he gets it back in 2-3 weeks. So I have 2-3 weeks to play and complete: Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Legendary, EndWar, Rock Band 2, Gears of War 2, and Left4Dead. Some (RB2, GoW, L4D) I was planning on buying somewhere down the road anyway, others I wasn't (Legendary, wtf was he thinking? ) but hey, free is free! Actually, why am I wasting my precious 2 weeks on here? *runs*
LegoMan1031 Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 get second hand games from game/gamestation, as you long as you have your receipt theyll swap em within 30 days i think? and that has to be the worst xbox avatar ever, he has a styled monobrow? Not sure about gamestation but GAME offer the same 'after sales service with a reciept' as if u bought a new game from them. Thats what a guy behind the till told me a few months ago anyway...
nightwolf Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Not sure about gamestation but GAME offer the same 'after sales service with a reciept' as if u bought a new game from them. Thats what a guy behind the till told me a few months ago anyway... They do it at gamestation also, which makes sense if GAME own gamestation.
ShadowV7 Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Indeed, GameStation do it aswell . If you have a pre-owned game and it doesn't work you can switch it for another.
nightwolf Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 You can also replace it even if it was your fault for knocking your xbox whilst it's playing.. *looks shifty*
Vaati Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 get second hand games from game/gamestation, as you long as you have your receipt theyll swap em within 30 days i think? and that has to be the worst xbox avatar ever, he has a styled monobrow? Lol! What's wrong with his monobrow? I'm suprised it wasn't his lips you were commented on! Just because he doesn't have a cool afro and sunglasses haha.
Aalborg Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 just getting into OBlivion after some heavy Fallout 3 withdrawal symptoms.. one question.. I have that downloadable castle (got it for free with the game I think)... arent you supposed to stash things there without them dissapearing? I stashed a lot of heavy stuff there (cupboard in the basement) before I went fighting in the arena and some thieving.. when I got back everything was gone!!! argh...
Dyson Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 This is amazing. Anyone who likes the music from Geometry Wars should give it a listen, still gives me that spine chill when the main theme kicks in towards the end, it works perfectly. I'm looking at you, Dan Dare!
Gio001 Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Re5 demo soon. How soon?? Jan 26th, just read your post in RE5 thread. Sounds identical yo Jap demo.
Bren Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 hasnt the re5 demo been out for ages? my tutor had it on in college, had a play through it, i thought it was quite cool, not the biggest resi fan though :/ didnt really make me wanna buy it
Ganepark32 Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Ok, I'm looking to get an RPG on the 360 and I'm down to choosing between 3: Eternal Sonata, Last Remnant, and Lost Odyssey. I only want one because I'm back at Uni in a couple of days so was wondering if people have played any of these and have any preferences. I'm hearing some bad things about Last Remnant from the reviews but good things on both the other ones. Just wondering for an opinion.
Columnar Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Not played the other two but I got Eternal Sonata about a month or so ago and love it. The fighting system took a little while to get used to, but yeah really enjoying it - which reminds me I haven't played it in a while. Not too difficult, no random battles and no level grinding.
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