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 Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 07:04 Post subject: [XBOX360] buying a new one |
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i'm in new york. if i buy a new xbox360 from a store probably circuit city, what are the chances i could get samsung drive? what are the chances i would get lite on or benq? or ms doesnt produce xbox's with samsung drives anymore?
did anyone buy x360 recently?
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azzman
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 09:51 Post subject: |
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you will probably get a hitachi 79 i would say
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deelix
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 22:35 Post subject: |
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just because most of the new ones are the 79, especially if you get an elite. might have better luck getting a samsung if you buy a premium or a core from a mega store that has lots of older stock.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 22:40 Post subject: Re: [XBOX360] buying a new one |
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| thexcode wrote: | i'm in new york. if i buy a new xbox360 from a store probably circuit city, what are the chances i could get samsung drive? what are the chances i would get lite on or benq? or ms doesnt produce xbox's with samsung drives anymore?
did anyone buy x360 recently? |
i bought the pes6 pack, it had a samsung drive
its probably not available in the usa
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nightlith
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Jul 2007 08:53 Post subject: |
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Buy the console. If it has a newer drive, call MS tech and tell em you got 3 rings and want a replacement. Good chance you'll get a refurb with a sammy or the other older drive.
My Premium CoD3 bundle from WalMart (Ontario location) came with the ms28 sammy. Also, I think you can buy those drives, possibly even premodded off ebay, so it shouldn't matter what you get.
My question though, are 3 ring replacement xboxes just as likely to fail os new consoles? Does MS fix whatever it is that causes 3 ring in their refurbs?
i can has computar?!
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Jul 2007 06:30 Post subject: |
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i've seen some samsung drives at ebay. sellers say it comes pre modded with xtreme fw.
so if they mod it with their x360, will the drive work with my x360?
isnt it supposed to be modded with my own xbox360?
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Jul 2007 07:14 Post subject: |
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| nightlith wrote: | Buy the console. If it has a newer drive, call MS tech and tell em you got 3 rings and want a replacement. Good chance you'll get a refurb with a sammy or the other older drive.
My Premium CoD3 bundle from WalMart (Ontario location) came with the ms28 sammy. Also, I think you can buy those drives, possibly even premodded off ebay, so it shouldn't matter what you get.
My question though, are 3 ring replacement xboxes just as likely to fail os new consoles? Does MS fix whatever it is that causes 3 ring in their refurbs? |
I digged up an article I had read a while ago
http://www.megagames.com/news/html/console/microsoftconfessandfixrrodepidemic.shtml
| Quote: | | The open letter also states that Microsoft "have identified several factors that can cause a general hardware failure " and " have already made certain improvements to the console". Most probably, those improvements include an extra heat sink that Microsoft has been adding quietly to newly repaired consoles. |
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azzman
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Jul 2007 07:23 Post subject: |
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| thexcode wrote: | i've seen some samsung drives at ebay. sellers say it comes pre modded with xtreme fw.
so if they mod it with their x360, will the drive work with my x360?
isnt it supposed to be modded with my own xbox360? |
The drive must the unique key in its FW that is matched to your console. So no ,you cannot buy a preflashed drive and have it work in any 360
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Jul 2007 11:03 Post subject: |
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But why would they sell them like that then? To people who dont know?!
May the NFOrce be with you always.
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Parallax_
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Weedo
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jul 2007 12:52 Post subject: |
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Did you even read it? (You posted the same link two times btw.)
| Quote: | | The replacement cannot be done without the key of the original drive |
You can't just use a drive that was preflashed by someone else. You'll have to flash it again with your own key.
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Parallax_
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jul 2007 12:55 Post subject: |
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Point being it does work.
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Aug 2007 05:17 Post subject: |
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today i bought a premium at circuit city in brooklyn.
guess what i got a samsung drive baby!!!!!
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Aug 2007 06:33 Post subject: |
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hope you got it at the new $350 price point. If not, go back with your receipt and get yourself 50 bones.
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Aug 2007 13:32 Post subject: |
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whats the difference between those two drives?
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Aug 2007 03:07 Post subject: |
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wazzaap19
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Aug 2007 03:33 Post subject: |
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You must be very proud to have commited a felony.
The night beckons me
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Aug 2007 03:40 Post subject: |
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| wazzaap19 wrote: | | You must be very proud to have commited a felony. |
no i'm not. if i hadnt any problem, why should i do it?
i bought the console in september, after six months it died.
the console itself gives a lot of problems, then i have to find my way to fix it.
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| Posted: Thu, 9th Aug 2007 17:28 Post subject: |
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It's not like you even need to do that anyway. You get a replacement for free as long as you bought it from a reputable store.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Aug 2007 14:10 Post subject: |
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So if il ask a friend to bring me a new xbox from europe chances are that it will be unmoddable?
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