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Offline Capcom
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« on: July 10, 2004, 08:56:16 PM »
It appears I ended up with one of the xbox systems with a thompsan drive. It died tonight, and now all I get is you have a dirty or damaged disk. Tried cleaning it to no avail. What a POS!!!!
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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2004, 10:01:49 PM »
Mine is starting to get flaky playing DVDs, won\'t read some of the ones I get from Netflix.  Well, I\'ve been using the hell out of it & the used prices are decent so no biggie.

Check out forums\' F/S sections to see the prices on some bundles out there.
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2004, 12:44:18 AM »
Dude ! That f**kin\' bites.
Are you goin\' to bother replacing it?
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You know how bad mine is, I keep waiting for it to die.
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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2004, 06:04:27 AM »
Heh...mine died over 2 years ago because of that filthy drive.  Prices have gone down enough so I will be purchasing another Xbox when Halo 2 is released:D
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« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2004, 06:33:33 AM »
*caresses fully operational 3 1/2 year old ps2 gently* :D
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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2004, 07:30:35 AM »
My PS2 is slowly dying.  It\'s starting to freeze up on occassion or simply not respond to a disc.  I\'ve put hundreds of hours on it though so I\'m not suprised.
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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2004, 09:10:57 AM »
While man that sucks. I hate when consoles go bad.

There only 149.99 but damn you could put that towards some choice games.
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« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2004, 11:49:58 AM »
Sad to hear about this.  The New Xbox Drives are better now.  It loads faster too.  :D
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« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2004, 01:17:23 PM »
At this point I fear getting another Thompson drive. Is there anyway to tell when I buy another one to make sure it is a new model, or one that has been on the shelf for a year or two?

It was strane how it died. It came up with one damage or dirty disk error, and then after that. That is the error I received on every game after that. I have been taking it very easy on this drive for almost a year.  IMHO the ps2 DRE\'s are minor compared to the xbox drive errors. I know LIC is in close to the same shape as me.

The thing that annoys me most is premium content I paid for on x-box live. From what I understand it will have to be paid for again. This is the biggest pisser to me. THat and the fact some game saves can\'t be transferred off of the x-box. Thanks Tecmo.

Suppose I may buy one, and then open it up in the car, and look to see what kind of drive it has. If it is a thompson then trot right back in and exchange it.
« Last Edit: July 11, 2004, 01:25:49 PM by Capcom »
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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2004, 02:53:26 PM »
just buy a new dvd-rom and replace the thompson one. no need to buy a new console.

EDIT: I mean a new Xbox DVD-Rom drive and not a PC one.  I remember seeing somewhere that you can buy new Xbox dvd-roms.
« Last Edit: July 11, 2004, 03:07:47 PM by JP »
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« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2004, 05:00:12 PM »
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Originally posted by Capcom

It was strane how it died. It came up with one damage or dirty disk error, and then after that. That is the error I received on every game after that. I have been taking it very easy on this drive for almost a year.  IMHO the ps2 DRE\'s are minor compared to the xbox drive errors. I know LIC is in close to the same shape as me.



From what I\'ve seen they don\'t even sell any of the Thompson drives anymore.  I would also hardly call the PS2 drive errors minor.
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« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2004, 05:29:58 PM »
PS2s get errors with CDs mostly.But most dont notice since 99% of the games are released in DVD format
« Last Edit: July 11, 2004, 05:34:11 PM by Unicron! »
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« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2004, 06:24:45 PM »
As Capcom said, I know mine is in pretty bad shape. It randomly freezes and quite often it won\'t boot up due to disc errors .. Can\'t clean it, etc, so I know it\'s a faulty drive.

I bash Sony for their shoddy consoles and now I will bash MS.....Shoddy ass....piece..of..shit..
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« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2004, 11:13:59 PM »
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Originally posted by Unicron!
PS2s get errors with CDs mostly.But most dont notice since 99% of the games are released in DVD format


Well thats odd cause mine was the opposite then it finally all went to hell.  Personally I think it\'s one steaming pile of shit, with the Thompson xbox drive not too far behind.
« Last Edit: July 11, 2004, 11:28:03 PM by Bozco »
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« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2004, 11:20:20 PM »
Mine still has problems only with CDs.Doesnt steam yet :p
Others have their PS2s longer than mine and they have no problems.They even had their consoles modded to play pirated games and mine that isnt modded has problems :mad:
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