Experiencing Technical Difficulties

posted by is not null

Wed Jun 13, 2007 at 10:17:37 AM EST

As a few of you know, I've been having technical difficulties, of which there are two.  For one, I bought a set of Turtle Beach Ear Force X2 wireless headphones.  Apparently, my plasma TV interferes with the infra-red signal of the wireless headphones.  That is why people cannot hear/understand me when I use the mic on those headphones.  Be warned, if you are looking for headphones, don't get IR, especially if you have a plasma TV.  I think they would work great with an LCD, DLP or CRT.  I'm probably just going to return the headphones and go back to using wired headphones with the default Xbox 360 mic.  My second problem is that my Xbox always locks up about 15 minutes into play.  It's an interesting threshold because after it warms up, locks up, and I re-boot, the box gives me no further problems for hours.  I have a ticket open with MS to get that fixed, so hopefully that will be a non-issue in about a week.  In the mean time, I REALLY, REALLY appreciate everyone's patience and understanding.  Playing Gears with other humans is fun.  Playing Gears with the people from this site has become the highlight of my week and I hope we can continue on for years to come.

P.S.  Does anyone want to buy a set of slightly used Ear Force X2 headphones?  $70 + shipping.


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  •  Same thing happened to my xbox (none / 0)

    Microsoft replaced mine fairly quickly.

    Just killin it

    by sbrooker on Wed Jun 13, 2007 at 12:11:58 PM EST

  •  I was just about to start this topic (none / 0)

    I got the ring of death on my box right before the H3 Beta and did the towel trick. It worked for a few weeks then I started freezing up. I'm bearly under warranty so I got it fixed. But they sent me refurb unit with a whole free month of xbox live. Did you get yours sent in already?

    by Windowlicker77 on Wed Jun 13, 2007 at 01:00:34 PM EST

    •  Not Yet (none / 0)

      I'm still waiting for the box (coffin) to send it back.  From what I understand, it's just the case that gets "refurbished" and the innards are supposed to be all new.  I hope so.  I'd like to get some new tech in there.  But I learned my lesson with the Xbox 1 and bought the extended warranty.  So I'm okay for a couple more years.  That's interesting about the free month of Xbox Live.  I wonder if I'll be compensated in any way.

      Give a man a match and you keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.

      by is not null on Wed Jun 13, 2007 at 01:24:32 PM EST

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      •  I hope (none / 0)

        they give you at least that. According to some people that have had a few replaced they bitched enough to get points for live. Quite a few points it sounded like. That would be great if they just put new innards in it, it still makes me nervous.

        by Windowlicker77 on Wed Jun 13, 2007 at 04:06:17 PM EST

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  •  my xbox (none / 0)

    froze like that then it got worse and i had to send it in and they gave me a new one.  took about 2 weeks!

    You'll do anything for a klondike. I'll do anything for a blonde dyke.

    by TexasTrap7 on Wed Jun 13, 2007 at 05:16:41 PM EST

  •  well (none / 0)

    mine has gotten the ring of death three times i think now and it still runs strong.  can you believe its still a launch console?

    knocks on wood

    Im "Geared Up" are you?

    by Scotty247 on Wed Jun 13, 2007 at 10:42:51 PM EST

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