THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: The Sceneman on October 20, 2007, 02:24:40 AM
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I JUMPED IN.
Just brought home an Xbox360, 32" LCD TV, copies of Halo 3 and Blue Dragon and a case of beer.
I'll give you my gamertag once Ive set it all up. Its onnnnnnnnnnnn
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:rock
Ichirou is quickly being passed up by technology
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Ichirou is quickly being passed up by technology
and chicks.
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:rock
Ichirou is quickly being passed up by technology
and chicks.
Yeah, he's in Japan but doesn't want a J girl WTF?
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AWESOME
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:o
:bow congrats scenester!
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Ichirou is quickly being passed up by technology
I'm buying an Elite today if lyte edge and groo help me set up the online shiznit.
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It's nice - quieter than my old 360, and I would swear it loads games a little faster - plus all the hdmi bullshit is included
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:rock
Ichirou is quickly being passed up by technology
I'm buying an Elite today if lyte edge and groo help me set up the online shiznit.
wooooo thank me for showing you the light
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Oh, wait, I can't buy it today, I have to pick up some other shit for a friend. It'll have to wait...UNTIL NEVER.
lulz
C'mon, people, peer pressuring me isn't gonna work. I'll buy a 360 when I'm good and ready. Probably this holiday season tho I make no promises.
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Peer pressure rocks.
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buy puzzle quest
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buy skate.
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buy advent rising
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I think my Xbox is RRODing straight out the box :'( It wont turn on or make a noise or anything and theres 3 flashing red lights, the light in the middle stays gren tho... is this the RROD?
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lol, owned
I think you didn't set up the cables correctly, did you flick the switch on the cables so it says HDTV?
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plug in your AV cable? is it situated properly?
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uuummm im not sure exactly.... this is the 1st time Ive dealt with component cables you see..... i might have to rock the manual
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i wouldn't fret too much. really just sounds like an A/V cable connection problem.
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Plug the Component (R G B colored cables) into the component slots on your HDTV, and the red and white cables into a audio slot. Make sure you flick the switch on the cables to HDTV
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well he bought an LCD so he should plug in the component cables (red green blue).
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i wouldn't fret too much. really just sounds like an A/V cable connection problem.
yeah becuase if the Box is RRODing the light in the middle is red too right? God I want to play Halo
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i wouldn't fret too much. really just sounds like an A/V cable connection problem.
yeah becuase if the Box is RRODing the light in the middle is red too right? God I want to play Halo
Not really...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems
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I think my Xbox is RRODing straight out the box :'( It wont turn on or make a noise or anything and theres 3 flashing red lights, the light in the middle stays gren tho... is this the RROD?
And this is the console you people want me to buy? ::)
Guess I'll wait a couple of years.
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FUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKK
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Re-insert the cables, maybe you put them in too loose /shrug
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lolz
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Re-insert the cables, maybe you put them in too loose /shrug
tried that, the box looks exactly like the picture on Wikipedia of the RROD. Hopefully the shop will just let me swap it for another one.
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HEY ICHIROU BUY AN XBOX 360 THEY ARE SOOOOOOO RELIABLE NOW
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Did you buy an Elite or a regular box? Does the regular box have HDMI?
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I bought what used to be called the 'premium pack' has an HDD and comes with component cables with a little switch on them. I switched it to HD and connected all the cable by colour correctly, the system just wont even switch on. Im fairly confident its fucked, after seeing the wiki article
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Oh, man, Scenester...that sucks. I will take it as fair warning.
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yeah Im pretty miffed! But I should be able to just take it back tomorrow and swap it, as it was fucked out of the box, and hasnt even been switched on. If I cant I'll be mega fucked off
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probably one of the refurbs Microsoft sends to Oceania and re-sells as new :shh
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Does your 360 have HDMI? If it doesn't, then it's the older unreliable version. Fucking MS should just recall all the old unreliable 360s.
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Does your 360 have HDMI? If it doesn't, then it's the older unreliable version. Fucking MS should just recall all the old unreliable 360s.
Think about how much that would cost. Better to deal with them on a case-by-case basis as they fuck up and explode.
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It's still costing them just as much since they've been forced by the negative press to extend the warranty to 3 yrs. The only difference between the recall and the extended warranty is that MS gets a bad rep in addition to the cost.
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don't let this get to you, you just got dealt a shitty box. 360 is still amazing.
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don't let this get to you, you just got dealt a shitty box. 360 is still amazing.
QFT. It's the only next-gen console that isn't shitty 100% of the time.
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don't let this get to you, you just got dealt a shitty box. 360 is still amazing.
Too bad getting dealt a shitty box happens 33% of the time with XBox 360.
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Too bad there's a 100% chance of Synbios coming here because of you
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yep looks like its PS2 with AV cables on my sexy new set tonight :'(
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Hahahahahaha, unbelievable. I remember when an old Core system of mine RROD'ed after five minutes.
360 is a fucking worthless POS with its unreliability and its insanely loud DVD-ROM drive, these factors ruin the whole experience.
A Windows-powered PC with a 8800 GTS will be my base gaming platform for this gen. Once you remove the PC ports there are so few true 360 exclusives left anyway. And the multiplatform games are 60 FPS+ with all the effects cranked up to the max unlike most of the bullshit 30 FPS, sub 720p titles of this gen. It's easy to get a DVI to HDMI cable too for HDTV use.
360 is becoming "that white rectangular hair dryer which will play Mass Effect 8 months in advance and Mistwalker's awesome RPGs" real fast in my case
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Hahahahahaha, unbelievable. I remember when an old Core system of mine RROD'ed after five minutes.
360 is a fucking worthless POS with its unreliability and its insanely loud DVD-ROM drive, these factors ruin the whole experience.
A Windows-powered PC with a 8800 GTS will be my base gaming platform for this gen. Once you remove the PC ports there are so few true 360 exclusives left anyway.
lol so true. Why get a game on an inferior, unreliable horrible matchmaking system game on a console, when you can get it on PC? Looks better, plays better, has a MUCH superior matchmaking ability, and you can get awesome mods.
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Well I feel better knowing Mondain and Synbios are in agreement.
lol
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my launch unit still works
shame to hear though
buy one ichirou
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Well I feel better knowing Mondain and Synbios are in agreement.
lol
(http://www.jerrydroberts.com/brokedowncinema/Poster/2003%20-%20Dumb.jpg)
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You should have bought the new Premium.
oh well, hope you replace it easily.
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Oh, wait, I can't buy it today, I have to pick up some other shit for a friend. It'll have to wait...UNTIL NEVER.
lulz
C'mon, people, peer pressuring me isn't gonna work. I'll buy a 360 when I'm good and ready. Probably this holiday season tho I make no promises.
same here
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Join the EB Super Guitar Hero League. And Puzzle Quest Guild of Homo-odessey.
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sorry, but... :lol :lol :lol
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Oh, wait, I can't buy it today, I have to pick up some other shit for a friend. It'll have to wait...UNTIL NEVER.
lulz
C'mon, people, peer pressuring me isn't gonna work. I'll buy a 360 when I have a job. Probably this holiday season tho I make no promises.
same here
fixed
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Mondain couldnt even figure out why he was getting super choppy performance on his rig the other day, so lol at his technical expertise.
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OA figured the problem out, Evilbore didn't
it was a sneaky one, there were some trojans in the background of my Windows sporadically slowing down the comp's performance, but it was invisible since my up to date NOD32 found jack
uninstalling the program and putting Kaspersky in its place did the trick
since then I get top performance on anything with all the effects maxed out, as it should be
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Kaspersky rocks, too bad i can't use it anymore (fucking blocked keys). :(
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it sucks because AOL repackaged Kaspersky 6.0 under the name of "Active Virus Shield" for a long while and it was totally free, including all updates
two mere months ago the program and the updates were completely discontinued, and AOL replaced it with McAfee
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it sucks because AOL repackaged Kaspersky 6.0 under the name of "Active Virus Shield" for a long while and it was totally free, including all updates
two mere months ago the program and the updates were completely discontinued, and AOL replaced it with McAfee
Disgusting, up there with Norton.
and about NOD32, i don't trust it, it scans the whole computer in like...20 min, shit doesn't sound right.
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The last time I was personally hit with a virus infection was like in 1997.
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Nowadays, i mostly get Trojans.
viruses are rare hit these days.
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i'm on a macbook and i sometimes randomly get these ''clean your harddrive'' pages when i'm browsing. :-\
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You should have bought the new Premium.
oh well, hope you replace it easily.
yeah I shouldnt have too much trouble, Im covered under the Consumer's Act regardless, and the shop has pretty good service.
The sale they are having this weekend is insane, $100 off Xbox360 and Wii consoles, $50 off DS and PSP, and buy any Game, DVD or CD and get another of equal or lesser value free. THATS BUY ONE GET ONE FREE ANYTHING So yeah I'll probably pick up some more games when I replace the unit
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That's one hell of a deal.
though Scenester, by all means, if you can, replace it with a HDMI Premium or an Elite.
since both of these two have the latest motherboard (2nd heatsink...etc...).
if not, you can always use the 3 year warranty.
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What McDragon said. My HDMI Premium is totally awesome. Really quiet and doesn't get hot at all.
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sweet swapped the fucked box for a working one, picked up Warriors Orochi and Gears of War as well. Playing Gears now, NEXT GEN :bow
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Make sure everything is right (set it to 720p..etc..)
and congrats btw.
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yep set the box to 720p, the ratio on the 32" looks pretty damn good to me, Gears looks really good.
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Great, now son, find yourself someone to play with, Coop is the best way to go in GOW.
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download a shitton of demos. I'm sure we had a thread suggesting some.
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Yeah I will, Ive just moved house and Im waiting for my broadband to be connected, so I havent got my box online yet. I'll add all you guys as friends and shit.... does it have to be a 2 way handshake like on the Wii? Or can I just add you and you'll get a notification? Regardless Im really looking forward to playing online and downloading Xbla games. Ive just rocked about 4 hours of Halo. Playing on Heroic for my 1st playthrough so its a bit challenging.
Does every game have achivements? I played some Warriors Orochi (which rocks!) and no achievement list has shown up on the dashboard? This is all new to me :'(
But yeah I can definitely see myself falling in love with this console, and turning into an achievement whore lol
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* Retail games have 1000 by default (the exception being Condemned, which only has 970)
-- * With downloadable content, this can be increased to 1250
* XBLA games have 200
-- * With downloadable content, this can be increased to 250
* To view your Gamerscore and the games, hit the guide button, then go to your gamertag, then click View Games
* Buddy Lists work by either you or the other person sending a request, then you or him accept it, and voila
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achievments are required on x360 games yes
my gt is lovas add meh
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You will understand why Achievements are the greatest thing to ever come to fruition, and why they breathe a new life into gaming.
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I just got halo 3 too so I'm also in the beginning. If you want a co-op buddy send me a friend request when you get your internet up. my gamertag is "thenintenho".
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sweeet sounds cool, will do. I'll probably just hit that EB Xboxlive friend code thread and add everyone. So be prepared! If Scenester gamertag is taken :maf
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So sad.
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yep. :( you better play with me before your 360 breaks again. Halo 3 is hella short.
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my 360 just did the 'fucked up colors and static all over the screen' thing -- i guess i'm due for my second rrod. fucker had better last until i finish hl2 and portal...should i try to play through them really quickly, or should i avoid leaving it on for long stretches? :lol
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my 360 just did the 'fucked up colors and static all over the screen' thing -- i guess i'm due for my second rrod. fucker had better last until i finish hl2 and portal...should i try to play through them really quickly, or should i avoid leaving it on for long stretches? :lol
So it only fucks up when you play it for a long time? Personally, I'll get it fixed. Nothing sucks more than to be really into a game and then get a RROD.
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but i'm really into hl2 right now :'(
actually this isn't such bad timing -- i've already played my fill of halo 3, and there are some ps3 games coming out
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my 360 just did the 'fucked up colors and static all over the screen' thing -- i guess i'm due for my second rrod. fucker had better last until i finish hl2 and portal...should i try to play through them really quickly, or should i avoid leaving it on for long stretches? :lol
So it only fucks up when you play it for a long time? Personally, I'll get it fixed. Nothing sucks more than to be really into a game and then get a RROD.
Microsoft doesn't accept broken 360 unless they have a RROD. My first 360 had a fried GPU that wouldn't display green and my friend had a broken disc drive, they didn't accpet either until we manually forced the RROD on the them.
Marathon sessions are the only way to go.
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Im loving my 360 :bow Cant wait to DL some XBLA games, SOTN WITH ACHIEVEMENTS :bow
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Im loving my 360 :bow Cant wait to DL some XBLA games, SOTN WITH ACHIEVEMENTS :bow
funny, considering how ironic your "out of box" experience was. owning a 360 is like being in a bad relationship. you hate each other, but the sex is fucking great.
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Yeah I knew how dodgy the hardware is, and I was peeved about getting RRODed straight out of the box, but this is a fucking great system. The interface/dashboard, achievents AND THE FUCKING GAMES OMG. Gears of War :bow
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get online already so we can play.
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apparently my broadband will be hooked up today so I'll set everything up tonight. I live in the south pacific so there will be some sort of time difference... I'd better go buy an xbox live card and some points and shit today
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I talk to Gazunta frequently, so I just imagine the opposite of what it currently is here -- ex: it's now 6pm, so it would be about 6-7am there for him
Am I close?
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its currently 11.30 am Tuesday where I am, so pretty close. I guess If Im online weekend mornings/ afternoons I'll catch you guys
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scenester, i love you.
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:-*
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:banplz
Also, you are a true member of Evilbore now, Scenester. All the cool kids have one.
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Should've bought a PS3 dude. :(
lol
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FUCK OFF WITH THAT PS3 SHIT DURKA DURK
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remember the 'real' PS3 grill? that thing was awesome
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Anything for you, my love
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Oh man, so jealous. The RROD makes me think I'll hold out for a little longer though. That and the fact I don't have any money.
Abuse demi over Live for me.
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okay I was playing Gears this morning before work, and I kept getting 'this disc is unreadable' messages. Is this fairly common? The disc is mint so its a non-disc issue. :/
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okay I was playing Gears this morning before work, and I kept getting 'this disc is unreadable' messages. Is this fairly common? The disc is mint so its a non-disc issue. :/
Try to clean the disc with a piece of cloth and hope it works (i know it's mint).
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the Xbox support webpage said something like turn the console off, then turn it on again. Hopefully that'll fix it :p Its a pity such an amazing system is so unreliable. I was browsing all the online options and content last night OMG. Sooo much stuff. Cant wait to get SOTN, does it sizzle in HD? whats your tag McDragon I'll add you.
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You are now officially in the cool people club.
BUY MUTANT STORM RELOADED AND ITS SEQUEL, MUTANT STORM EMPIRE
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It happened to me with my old 360 ( Samsung Drive, to know your drive, see this site: http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/Xbox_360_DVD_Drive_Comparison.htm ), i opened it up and cleaned the drive lens, if the problem goes away, then it's alright i guess.
i didn't see this issue with my new 360 though, not yet anyway (Benq drive).
and about live arcade titles like SOTN, usually they have HD options like filter + stretch to screen, nice shit.
as for my gamertag: McDragon Live
i barley play anything nowadays and i am not in the US, so i dunno if i can be helpful or something, especially that i am very shy when speaking English.
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Take it back and get one with HDMI.
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I might have to :/ but Im sick of that fucking mall! Hopefully the problem will go away :'(
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http://www.llamma.com
Jesus. I remember using this site to help mod my Xbox 4 years ago.
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Also, you are a true member of Evilbore now, Scenester. All the cool kids have one.
I hear you're not really in the cool kids club until you get your first RRoD.
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Dude, I have been RRODed 3 times :'(
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Also, you are a true member of Evilbore now, Scenester. All the cool kids have one.
I hear you're not really in the cool kids club until you get your first RRoD.
demi hasn't gotten an RROD yet. :P
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Also, you are a true member of Evilbore now, Scenester. All the cool kids have one.
I hear you're not really in the cool kids club until you get your first RRoD.
demi hasn't gotten an RROD yet. :P
Then he's not one of the cool kids. Not that he'd ever be confused with one anyways.
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Then he's not one of the cool kids. Not that he'd ever be confused with one anyways.
Shots fired.