Speedbump
Shared on Wed, 09/26/2007 - 08:24...last night turned out pretty good.
Yeah, the launch day (+1 week) console Red Ringed on me last night just as I was about to sit down with Halo 3. As soon as I got off the phone with Microsoft to order my coffin, I started checking the finances. The wife asked me if I wanted to get an Elite a few weeks ago so the option was still on the table. I didn't feel like waiting 3-4 weeks to play H3 so I made a call to a friend who works for Wal-Mart (10% emp discount ftw) and off we went to get me an Elite. 30 minutes later I was the proud father of a new Elite.
I have to say I'm impressed. It's much quieter than the old console I had. The controller is crisp in its action and the whole thing is black. Black as it should of been at launch.
The only snag I had was that it had trouble getting on live initially. It found my network and grabbed an IP address as it should, but it couldn't get on live. I finally plugged the old HDD into it and it made it to live and downloaded an update. BAM! Everything worked. Swapped out the HDD for the new larger one and I was off.
After everything was done with the console, I only had time for 3 or 4 games of H3. This must be remedied tonight...
Yeah, the launch day (+1 week) console Red Ringed on me last night just as I was about to sit down with Halo 3. As soon as I got off the phone with Microsoft to order my coffin, I started checking the finances. The wife asked me if I wanted to get an Elite a few weeks ago so the option was still on the table. I didn't feel like waiting 3-4 weeks to play H3 so I made a call to a friend who works for Wal-Mart (10% emp discount ftw) and off we went to get me an Elite. 30 minutes later I was the proud father of a new Elite.
I have to say I'm impressed. It's much quieter than the old console I had. The controller is crisp in its action and the whole thing is black. Black as it should of been at launch.
The only snag I had was that it had trouble getting on live initially. It found my network and grabbed an IP address as it should, but it couldn't get on live. I finally plugged the old HDD into it and it made it to live and downloaded an update. BAM! Everything worked. Swapped out the HDD for the new larger one and I was off.
After everything was done with the console, I only had time for 3 or 4 games of H3. This must be remedied tonight...
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Submitted by ATC_1982 on Wed, 09/26/2007 - 08:32
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