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  • Bacardi151
    **t *f y**r *l*m*nt D*nny
    • Aug 2002
    • 3114

    #1

    Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

    I had sent in my xbox to m$ because it was constantly freezing up and getting the dirty disc errors. Well, i got it back last friday and boy was i surprised

    Now i have been all over the net reading about the thompson dvd drives and how the samsung drives are the best, blah blah blah.

    My xbox came back with a samsung drive. At first i just wanted to be able to play games, but the decrease in noise coming from the dvd and the decrease in load times are very noticable. I have now clocked in close to 15 hours of morrowind:GOTY without a hitch. No hiccup, no nothing. Before with the thompson drive it would freeze for a few seconds loading the music, and after a couple of hours would just crash.

    I would recommend anyone that is having issues with their xbox to try to get them to replace it for free, and when they send you the box, write on the letter inside specifically that you want a samsung drive. I can now play any game for hours with no issues. I cant even hear the dvd drive spinning up.

    Only problem now is that i forgot to back up my HD and the box came back with a formatted drive.

    Eternal Salvation or triple your money back!

  • JohnDoe8865
    Hall of Fame
    • Jul 2002
    • 9607

    #2
    Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

    Glad to hear things worked out well for you Bacardi. Mine was sent in for repairs when my brother still owned it and it came back with another Thompson. So far it is still working, but I'd love to have gotten a Samsung drive.
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    • JohnDoe8865
      Hall of Fame
      • Jul 2002
      • 9607

      #3
      Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

      Glad to hear things worked out well for you Bacardi. Mine was sent in for repairs when my brother still owned it and it came back with another Thompson. So far it is still working, but I'd love to have gotten a Samsung drive.
      Favorite Sports Teams

      NFL - Carolina Panthers
      NBA - Charlotte Hornets
      MLB - Cincinnati Reds
      College Basketball - Wake Forest
      NCAA Football - Appalachian State

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      • JohnDoe8865
        Hall of Fame
        • Jul 2002
        • 9607

        #4
        Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

        Glad to hear things worked out well for you Bacardi. Mine was sent in for repairs when my brother still owned it and it came back with another Thompson. So far it is still working, but I'd love to have gotten a Samsung drive.
        Favorite Sports Teams

        NFL - Carolina Panthers
        NBA - Charlotte Hornets
        MLB - Cincinnati Reds
        College Basketball - Wake Forest
        NCAA Football - Appalachian State

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        • Steve_OS
          Editor-in-Chief
          • Jul 2002
          • 33882

          #5
          Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

          Good to know Eddie.

          You didn't back up??

          Actually, why did they even have to format it??
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          • Steve_OS
            Editor-in-Chief
            • Jul 2002
            • 33882

            #6
            Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

            Good to know Eddie.

            You didn't back up??

            Actually, why did they even have to format it??
            Steve Noah
            Editor-in-Chief
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            • Steve_OS
              Editor-in-Chief
              • Jul 2002
              • 33882

              #7
              Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

              Good to know Eddie.

              You didn't back up??

              Actually, why did they even have to format it??
              Steve Noah
              Editor-in-Chief
              http://www.operationsports.com
              Follow me on Twitter

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              • Bacardi151
                **t *f y**r *l*m*nt D*nny
                • Aug 2002
                • 3114

                #8
                Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

                </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                Steve_OS said:
                Good to know Eddie.

                You didn't back up??

                Actually, why did they even have to format it??

                <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                Dont know if they actually formatted it, but none of my saves were in there, which made my freakin heart drop. All that time spent in so many games gone down the drain

                I could also guess that maybe they just gave me a brand new xbox? not sure. Oh and they replaced the internal fan cause of 'overheating' according to the m$ rep.
                Eternal Salvation or triple your money back!

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                • Bacardi151
                  **t *f y**r *l*m*nt D*nny
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 3114

                  #9
                  Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

                  </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                  Steve_OS said:
                  Good to know Eddie.

                  You didn't back up??

                  Actually, why did they even have to format it??

                  <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                  Dont know if they actually formatted it, but none of my saves were in there, which made my freakin heart drop. All that time spent in so many games gone down the drain

                  I could also guess that maybe they just gave me a brand new xbox? not sure. Oh and they replaced the internal fan cause of 'overheating' according to the m$ rep.
                  Eternal Salvation or triple your money back!

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                  • Bacardi151
                    **t *f y**r *l*m*nt D*nny
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 3114

                    #10
                    Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

                    </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                    Steve_OS said:
                    Good to know Eddie.

                    You didn't back up??

                    Actually, why did they even have to format it??

                    <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                    Dont know if they actually formatted it, but none of my saves were in there, which made my freakin heart drop. All that time spent in so many games gone down the drain

                    I could also guess that maybe they just gave me a brand new xbox? not sure. Oh and they replaced the internal fan cause of 'overheating' according to the m$ rep.
                    Eternal Salvation or triple your money back!

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                    • bdunn13
                      GATA
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 4499

                      #11
                      Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

                      I think this makes the perfect case for not putting HDs in consoles. In that other thread I posted my idea about remote saves(home network) and xbox live saves. I like both of these ideas.

                      The only problem I see with the xbox live saves is for games like NCAA football where the save is 4 megs and you have an upstream cap of say 15K.. saving a game would take forever.
                      Rent this space.

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                      • bdunn13
                        GATA
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 4499

                        #12
                        Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

                        I think this makes the perfect case for not putting HDs in consoles. In that other thread I posted my idea about remote saves(home network) and xbox live saves. I like both of these ideas.

                        The only problem I see with the xbox live saves is for games like NCAA football where the save is 4 megs and you have an upstream cap of say 15K.. saving a game would take forever.
                        Rent this space.

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                        • bdunn13
                          GATA
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 4499

                          #13
                          Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

                          I think this makes the perfect case for not putting HDs in consoles. In that other thread I posted my idea about remote saves(home network) and xbox live saves. I like both of these ideas.

                          The only problem I see with the xbox live saves is for games like NCAA football where the save is 4 megs and you have an upstream cap of say 15K.. saving a game would take forever.
                          Rent this space.

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                          • Dealin Rams
                            Pro
                            • Nov 2002
                            • 819

                            #14
                            Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

                            Just out of curiosity, how can you tell whether your XBOX has the Samsung or Thompson drive??

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                            • Dealin Rams
                              Pro
                              • Nov 2002
                              • 819

                              #15
                              Re: Got my Xbox back last friday and now i am a believer

                              Just out of curiosity, how can you tell whether your XBOX has the Samsung or Thompson drive??

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