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Subject: Static electricity harming xbox?
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My xbox hard drive just crashed. It will cost me $80 for repairs, $20 for a one year warranty, and shipping from Massachusetts to Redmond (plus an eight business day wait). Instead, I am going to buy a new one from Best Buy for $150 plus tax and pay $20 for a TWO year warranty.

I think it might be because about five times when I got up from the couch static electricity would go from my hand to the controller? or maybe the generic S-video and audio cable?

Or does Microsoft suck?

I have owned Atari 2600, two NES's, SNES, two Sega Genesis's, Sega Genesis Nomad, two GBA's, PS2, two Gamecubes, and this is the first system to break on me.

I love my Xbox, but I'm PIST!

  • 12.16.2004 8:24 AM PDT

maybe just your xbox just didnt handle all the gameing!

  • 12.16.2004 9:01 AM PDT
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Haha. At least Nintendo hardware is tough coz it's made for little kids.

well, I looked online and found that the eeprom is corrupted whatever that is.

  • 12.17.2004 6:30 AM PDT

- Mike

Well Its called the halo 2 effect. Halo 2 drains all the power out of your xbox just becuase the game is so cool. The your xbox is like "OMG, i cant handle this goodness no longer!".
Then it breaks.

  • 12.17.2004 6:35 AM PDT
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I wont buy anything generic anymore. Headsets and controllers Ive bought that werent official Xbox always stop working. Weather or not Xbox Is Crap Shouldnt cross your mind. Can you name a better system????? Bet you cant........................But I have had problems with dvd drives! but never a harddrive.....good luck with eveything

  • 12.17.2004 10:07 AM PDT
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This means you can never get up from playing Xbox, because you might shock it! Good, very good.

  • 12.17.2004 10:37 AM PDT