Rock Band 2

[Mizzou23]

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Sounds like your graphics card has gone kaput.

Yeah, definitely signs of your system failing.

[caseyd]

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Wow. I just got this game for the Wii. It is a total blast. My daughter and I are having a lot of fun with this. The drums add so much to this kind of game. Never having played it before, I wasn't sure if it would meet the hype. It definitely has. Now, I just can't wait for the DLC. I need more classic rock. I haven't heard of half of the newer stuff. Some is pretty good though.

[elicoleman]

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Yeah, definitely signs of your system failing.

Ugh, this sucks. Why couldn't I atleast get some kind of sign via a ring.

Question is: I only have 3.3GB left on my current harddrive and I've been wanting to upgrade to 120GB.

Should I just not worry about sending my current 360 back to Microsoft and having to pay $100+ and just get an Xbox Elite instead? That way, I'd get a brand new system and get the 120GB with it. I'd probably spend about $150 more but I'd atleast feel good knowing it's newer.

Besides, I've got $75 at Xmas to Best Buy so that'd help ease the pain.

[bjf1377]

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Ugh, this sucks. Why couldn't I atleast get some kind of sign via a ring.

Question is: I only have 3.3GB left on my current harddrive and I've been wanting to upgrade to 120GB.

Should I just not worry about sending my current 360 back to Microsoft and having to pay $100+ and just get an Xbox Elite instead? That way, I'd get a brand new system and get the 120GB with it. I'd probably spend about $150 more but I'd atleast feel good knowing it's newer.

Besides, I've got $75 at Xmas to Best Buy so that'd help ease the pain.

Honestly, if I had to choose between getting my current one fixed, or going out and getting an Elite, I'd get the Elite in a heartbeat if I could do it financially. That way you have a little more confidence that its gonna last you, and you get the new HD

[elicoleman]

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Honestly, if I had to choose between getting my current one fixed, or going out and getting an Elite, I'd get the Elite in a heartbeat if I could do it financially. That way you have a little more confidence that its gonna last you, and you get the new HD

That's what I'm thinking. I just realized I get a wireless controller (which I've been needing) with the Elite so it's an even better deal.

[Beantown]

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And with the addition of putting games on your HD now and how much better the 360 runs when they're installed...getting the 120 HD is amazing. I have probably 7 or 8 games installed and still have 40 gigs free.

[elicoleman]

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Sweet. How long does it take to install games onto the harddrive?

[Brandwin]

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Sweet. How long does it take to install games onto the harddrive?

I want to say it took about 7-10 minutes for me to install COD WaW

[Beantown]

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Yeah, it usually takes around 10 minutes, give or take the game.

[Bornindamecca]

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Yeah, I need a new HD as well. I keep stubbornly holding out for a price drop. Just out of principle. They charge too much. It ain't right.

[bjf1377]

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Yeah, I need a new HD as well. I keep stubbornly holding out for a price drop. Just out of principle. They charge too much. It ain't right.

Keep an eye out on http://www.cheapa**gamer.com and their forums. You'll occasionally see deals on the HDs. I think it was either Circuit City or Target that had them at $99 for a while

[Blzer]

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Something just happened with my drums. I was playing a song, then I was hitting the set, but nothing was registering. I looked down, and it was acting as if it was trying to sync up but couldn't. I tried new batteries, but still the same thing. I restarted the game, re-synced and everything... same deal.

This happen to anyone?

[Mizzou23]

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That's what I'm thinking. I just realized I get a wireless controller (which I've been needing) with the Elite so it's an even better deal.

You don't have a wireless controller? They all come with wireless controllers now, for whatever it's worth.

[rspencer86]

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Something just happened with my drums. I was playing a song, then I was hitting the set, but nothing was registering. I looked down, and it was acting as if it was trying to sync up but couldn't. I tried new batteries, but still the same thing. I restarted the game, re-synced and everything... same deal.

This happen to anyone?

Yep.

Do any PS3 players with the wireless drum set (the one that comes in the RB2 box set) experience occasional disconnects with the drums? A friend and I were playing tonight after getting the game for Christmas and the drums were disconnecting from the dongle quite frequently. The game was not bringing up a disconnect message... the song would continue but the drums would not work. The power lights would remain on on the drum set but the red light on the drum USB dongle would start flashing (indicating that it was no longer synced up). The only way to get the drums to resync was to flip the power switch on the drums off and back on again.

I searched online and this seems to be a common problem, a lot of people suggested that it might be due to the batteries jarring loose. I'm not entirely sold on this idea, as I tried taping some cardboard to the inside of the battery compartment cover to help them maintain proper positioning and that helped a little bit but we still experienced occasional disconnects. Anyone here have ideas or have had this problem before?

I haven't had that problem come up for nearly two weeks, though. I bought new rechargeable batteries, taped a piece of cardboard to the inside of the battery compartment door, and I try to separate the USB dongles for the wireless drums and guitar (when using both at the same time) as much as possible. I don't know which (if any) of these things helped to correct the problem, but it sure seems to have worked.

[Blzer]

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Crap, I don't want to have a crappy workaround like that. I might as well order a new drum kit (though I'm already on my replacement kit).