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Title: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Estes on February 17, 2010, 07:40:10 PM
My old xbox died, so im debating on picking up a new one. I think what will make or break it for me, is if I can use my old hard drive with the new one.

Can this be done or not? I really dont wanna lose my game saves, and xbox live accounts.
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: crazierthanu on February 17, 2010, 07:44:45 PM
Yeah that should work fine presuming we're talking about two xbox 360 hard drives, correct?
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 17, 2010, 07:48:01 PM
My old xbox died, so im debating on picking up a new one. I think what will make or break it for me, is if I can use my old hard drive with the new one.

Can this be done or not? I really dont wanna lose my game saves, and xbox live accounts.

Yes.

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Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Estes on February 17, 2010, 07:50:23 PM
Yes, two 360 hard drives. My old one died just before halo ODST came out. So, did ODST end up killing off halo 3 like they said it would?

Whats ODST like? Does your halo 3 stuff transfer over? Ive got a level 50 in team doubles I dont wanna lose. :)
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Estes on February 17, 2010, 07:56:38 PM
Awesome news. Think I will pick another up and continue my fallout adventures.
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: crazierthanu on February 17, 2010, 08:16:52 PM
Yes, two 360 hard drives. My old one died just before halo ODST came out. So, did ODST end up killing off halo 3 like they said it would?

Whats ODST like? Does your halo 3 stuff transfer over? Ive got a level 50 in team doubles I dont wanna lose. :)
Nope, ODST was more of an expansion on the original Halo 3's campaign mode then a complete multiplayer replacement. It was kind of a waste of money, IMO.
I don't think anything can kill off the way Halo 3 delivered multiplayer, it seemed it was really fair and skill based, unlike the COD series.  :)
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: FYB on February 17, 2010, 10:34:40 PM
WAIT!
Do not buy yet!

If you want the PERFECT xbox 360, you'll wait a few months for the Valhalla chipset, it will decrease the fail rate to 7%!!! And the xbox 360 will be much cheaper because of the design, "slim".

Otherwise, get a Jasper... Look at the box and find the power input and output and check if it says 12V---12,1A;5V---1A.
Here, follow the link:
http://www.maxconsole.net/content_img/jaspfalc.jpg

Ran out of breath doing this in 2 minutes.
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Ruler2 on February 17, 2010, 11:01:38 PM
And the xbox 360 will be much cheaper because of the design, "slim".
.

Why does that just SCREAM overheat to me...
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: FYB on February 17, 2010, 11:04:05 PM
Why does that just SCREAM overheat to me...
Because it's a Microsoft product, but... With a 7% failure rate, **** it!  :devil
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Ruler2 on February 17, 2010, 11:07:07 PM
Because it's a Microsoft product, but... With a 7% failure rate, **** it!  :devil


Maybe I might just treat myself to my first Xbox  :banana:
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: FYB on February 17, 2010, 11:08:26 PM

Maybe I might just treat myself to my first Xbox  :banana:
It has a lower failure rate then the PS3, the PS3 will be very much killed if this goes according to plan!
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Seraphim on February 18, 2010, 01:15:24 AM
From what happened to a friend of mine a few weeks ago, you can always transfer our online accounts (and online content) to any new xbox, as long as you remember your passwords n such. His was stolen, used, but a couple of days into it was recovered and installed on his brothers xbox system. He actually recovered his original xbox, and put everything back on to it.
Also, you can plug in your old hard drive to the new xbox, copy the saved files to the system, then copy on to the new hard drive.
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 18, 2010, 04:06:56 AM
Because it's a Microsoft product, but... With a 7% failure rate, **** it!  :devil

The latest revision (Jasper) has less than a 10% failure rate, the same as the Valhalla and Opus chipset.  The majority of the failures have been with the Xenon chipset and with the Zephyr chipset coming in second.  The Falcon chipset greatly reduced the failure rate and the Jasper cut it down even further.  It is expected that the Valhalla chipset won't reduce the failure rate beyond the rate set by Jasper, it will however reduce the power needed to run it because of the combined CPU/GPU.

The Opus chipset is different than the Valhalla in that it's intended to fit in the Xenon cases and will most likely be used only to refurbish the Xboxes that were sent in because of the RROD and will not be seen in normal production Xboxes.

No date though when we'll see either chip.  Speculation was late 2009 or 2010 now talk is late 2010 or mid 2011, probably after Project Natal has been released.

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Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 18, 2010, 04:17:16 AM
It has a lower failure rate then the PS3, the PS3 will be very much killed if this goes according to plan!

No it doesn't.  The reported failure rate of the Valhalla and Opus chips is the same as the Jasper which is around 10%, the PS3 (both fat and slim versions) has a failure rate of less than 1%.


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Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: 68ZooM on February 18, 2010, 12:03:46 PM
It has a lower failure rate then the PS3, the PS3 will be very much killed if this goes according to plan!

ive had my PS3 sense it first came out and ive never had any issues with the system, no overheating, hangs, the system always updates properly, and the games rock, My son has the Xbox his is always doing something funky, hangs, resets.
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Estes on February 18, 2010, 12:39:59 PM
Ive got a few more questions. I assume all my DLC will still work on the new xbox?

And on my old xbox, I didnt use an HDMI cable (i used the cable right under it as far as picture quality goes.) So my question is, if I use an HDMI cable will I still be able to use my surround sound rather than the crappy tv speakers?

Thanks in advance and for your replies thus far.
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Babalonian on February 18, 2010, 06:49:40 PM
Ive got a few more questions. I assume all my DLC will still work on the new xbox?

And on my old xbox, I didnt use an HDMI cable (i used the cable right under it as far as picture quality goes.) So my question is, if I use an HDMI cable will I still be able to use my surround sound rather than the crappy tv speakers?

Thanks in advance and for your replies thus far.

Yes, as long as your surround sound gets its feed/source from your TV's audio output (the signal needs to go from the XBox, to the TV, and then outputed from the TV to whatever it is powering your surround sound system.  If it currently doesnt, and your TV has an audio output port available (and your surround system and audio input port available), a quick wiring job and proper volume adjustments so you don't blow anything is all ya need to do).

Quick question for anyone following the XBox Slim thing coming out, how much of our current XBox 360 stuff will be compatable?  I'm assuming games, controllers, and mem cards, but in particular I'm wondering about our 360 hard drives.
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 18, 2010, 07:26:45 PM

Quick question for anyone following the XBox Slim thing coming out, how much of our current XBox 360 stuff will be compatable?  I'm assuming games, controllers, and mem cards, but in particular I'm wondering about our 360 hard drives.

There aren't really any specifics on the 'slim' 360, in fact no one knows if it's going to be a slim model or not.  Most are just assuming it is because of the intergrated Valhalla CPU/GPU requires less cooling and power.  The reported leaked pictures of the Valhalla equipped 360s so far have either only shown the power requirement sticker in back showing the lower power rating or badly photoshopped pictures of a slim 360.

If there is a slim model, I would expect the controllers, memory card and games would compatible but maybe not the hard drive because of the possible different design if Microsux goes the way of a slim model.

ack-ack
Title: Re: xbox 360 question.
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 18, 2010, 07:27:18 PM
Ive got a few more questions. I assume all my DLC will still work on the new xbox?


Yep.

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