Chowser

Is there an option menu on the TV to change the output on the speakers?

Yeah, they tell you to keep your HDD, and if you have another faceplate on to put the original back on. They said send only the unit back, no cords, no accessories, etc. They got mine on the 16th, I'm hoping to have to refurb back this week. ---- Has anyone gotten their 360 to talk to their PC over a network? I have had trouble getting Vista (Home Premium) to talk to the 360. This is the setup: Vista Home Premium Intel Core2 6600 @ 2.4Ghz 2 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS (256mb) 250x2 SATA Raid 0 setup 500gb external My netgear WGR614 just died so I grabbed an old DI-524 I had in my locker at work. With the Netgear I always had communication problems connecting to the 360. The 360 was wired in to the Netgear by ethernet. The PC is connected to the Netgear by Ethernet. I switched to the DLink while the 360 is away at MS, so when the refurb 360 gets back, I will try again with the Dlink, but I don't expect anything to change. Never had this problem with Windows MCE. Vista sees the 360, it tells me it's there, but it won't connect. I guess I will have the refurb 360 with new codes and will try that, else I am giving up on this.

Is Gears of War a classic? It's still uber expensive. Used copies are selling for $55. New for $60 still. Lost Planet is down to $35 and I still haven't picked that up yet. I think Dead Rising finally went down recently too. If MS ever sends my kid's 360 back, I think the only game we're getting is Halo 3 for the foreseeable future. Gotta get that helmet for my cat. Maybe Ace Combat 6 for Xmas...

I did, right before I sent the 360 back in, I liked it. There's some problems with it, but it's a demo, I got stuck on some scaffolding when I went up, and couldn't get out and ended up dying. Had to restart, but I was able to finish it.

Well, hopefully they'll record that and transfer my warranty over to the refurb. I wish I could d/l the bioshock demo, no 360. My internet is finally stabilized at 4.8 Mbps for D/L and I can't even use it.

Did the refurb come back with a different serial number? Or do they slap your original serial number on it? I still have my $29 360 warranty which is good till Feb. 2009. Time to sell the original Xbox to fund my 360 Elite purchase... .... was at Best Buy today dropping off my notebook for repair, stopped by the 360 aisle, they had 8 elites and 4 premiums. All Elites were made in 6/2007. None of the Premiums had HDMI, they were all made in 11/2005. So I am guessing Microsoft still has plenty of stock of old Premium systems.

yeah, here in OH, it's too hot and humid also. When I was a kid, I used to sleep during the afternoon and was up and out during the evening when it's a little cooler. I asked for a transfer to night shift for the summer but was told no. It's hot and humid enough outside without having to wear body armor all afternoon. Well, MS sent me a box, I will send my 360 back on Monday and hopefully they will fix it right.

confirmed, the two Elites at my nearest Target were made in May. So no 65nm processor.

I think all Elites got the GPU heatsink from the get go with the 90nm processors. I know all Elites made during/after July 2007 will have the Falcon boards (65nm processors). The premiums and cores will be awhile until all old stock of the 90nm processor sell out. The price drop is supposed to happen tomorrow (the 8th), so I'll stop at Target tomorrow and ask if I can look under the tabs of the two Elites they've had in stock since the store opened (July 29th).

Ok, tried Dead Rising for 30 minutes, got the 2 ring of death for overheating. called MS again and said I had the extended warranty and got tired of it crapping out constantly and scratching up my discs, so they are now sending me a return box out with a one month free trial for live (woopdedo, whatever, i already have a 12 month live account) and a 360 Elite data transfer kit. yeah ok, maybe i'll buy an elite.

what a load of crap, son was playing online 20 minutes ago and the system crashed; called Service, I even bought one of those stupid $20 service contracts from Microsoft directly way back when I first got it, and they told me to take the HD off and play a game and see if it locks up again. The service contract is irrelevant since they expanded the warranty to three years, well, then can I get my $20 back???? They are saying it's a corrupt save crashing the system. How does a corrupt save crash the system when playing online?????? They want me to duplicate the conditions of the last crash. Ummm, excuse me, I can't duplicate it if I can't go online without the HD??????? Come on, gimme someone who speaks English. Sheesh.

OK, my kid's 360 keeps locking up on Gears. I checked his disc and there are scratches on it now. It does this only with Gears, no other games that I can see. I tried blowing compressed air throughout to clear anything, but it still locks up. Should I get another Gears disc and try it, or should I just call MS and get it fixed? It's only had the RROD once and that was months ago. This system was made in Feb. 06. I know the price drop is coming and we were thinking of getting an Elite for the HDMI (his birthday is coming up, mine just passed, etc.), but does the Elite come with a transfer kit so we can move our gamesaves, etc. over?

You can't go wrong with a 1/48 VF-1S. Especially with one of Anasazi's sticker/decal sets or a Takatoys sticker set on it! Here's my 1/48 VF-1S with Anasazi stickers next to a 1/60 YF-19 Takatoys custom. All my VFs have either Anasazi or Takatoys stickers on it. I rarely use Yamato's. If you look at my avatar, that was my 1/48 VF-1A Max TV custom by Kurt with Anasazi water decals. Long since sold.

My son has the same problems while playing Gears, he gets alot of the clean disk error, then the drive door won't open, the game just locks up, etc. Only with Gears so far, he's having no problems with Dead Rising. The system was made in Feb. 06.

Well, I hope that's true. $349 for the 20gb Premium. Hopefully that means $399 for the 120 gb Elite with 65nm processor if it ever comes out. I'd definitely pick up an Elite for $399. Not the Halo 3 edition, it looks yucky.

Wow, can't believe people are still having problems with the new ones. I will wait for a repaint and get that one for battroid mode. I only transform my 1/48s nowadays anyways. I've got a VF0S in fighter mode, I will get a reissue to put in battroid mode. I just found out my son and wife got me Takatoys custom YF-19 for my birthday (kinda hard to hide when I have access to all paypal accounts, thankfully, I was too busy or else I would've ended up in a bidding war with my own son ), so that will stay in fighter mode to best display the flaps and other mods. My first YF-19, I never transformed for fear of breaking it.

Here, before Hasegawa removes the pics and yells at us, I moved them to a free image server Anyone know if these will be molded in color yet? I still have my original Hasegawa YF-19 built by Kurt. It still looks fabulous, it is the centerpiece of my collection.

wow! bidder #4, slow it down! snipe it.

Crap, someone told me to stick around for the credits, but we had to be back at the academy by 9:30 or we would be locked out and I haven't had much luck picking electronic locks.

I think I missed it, did Starscream survive? Will he be the next Decepticon leader in the sequel?

Ouch, http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/events...alo3console.htm 20 gb, probably not 65nm. MS is probably repainting excess stock 20 gb versions to move them out the door.

Just bought the Barricade police car and read the instructions, and now I'm having problems with it not locking up back in car mode. Will try again later. Anyone know if they are releasing a better version of Barricade? Ala Ultimate Bumblebee. Or at least a Barricade and Bumblebee on the scale of the Altenators/Binaltech line?

Any ideas when the Falcon chipped 360s are going on sale? For $400, I'll pick one up.

anyword on Rumble controllers yet? Is the price drop going to be the 80gb version? or are they price dropping the 60gb to $499 and releasing the 80gb for $599?

My son has been getting some lockups, but no red ring of death yet. It's a Feb. 06 system. It's well ventilated. I am now going to ask Microsoft to refund me my $14 that I paid them to extend my warranty to two years. Or will I have a 5 year warranty on this thing now??? I want to get an Elite when it comes out again in the fall, but I will wait, hopefully with the 65nm processor, they can fix a few other things as well. Make it QUIETER!!! This thing is so loud.