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i was just playin co-op on legendary, on the maw and lots of stuff was happening so it started to lag, btw ur in the wrong forum

whats a thompson drive?

fix it? the only thing i can think of is to clean the disk

  • 06.14.2004 8:34 PM PDT
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it is after they get old then have been on for a while that day(a while means like 5 hours straight) that why mine does at least mine is like 4 years old i got it when it just came out and what is a thompson drive

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  • 06.14.2004 8:34 PM PDT
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mine only seams to lag after over 5 hours of intense play (halo!) or when i kill a jackle (or elite) and beat them so blood is all over it seams to slow my xbox down when i try to hit them or even just look down at it...but other than that nope.

  • 06.14.2004 8:37 PM PDT
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There are three disc drives microsoft has used in the xbox. The first was the Phillips (possibly the worst) these came in the oldest version of the xbox. In time they replaced that drive with the Thomson (I have this particular drive). All of the newest xboxes have the Samsung drive, this is the easiest drive to notice. First eject the tray and look for round holes in the tray, this would determine that you have the newest drive. Sadly the thomson drive is the most defective. This URL will help you determine what disc drive you have
http://llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/xbox_dvd_version_comparison.ht m

  • 06.14.2004 8:43 PM PDT
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OOOOOO i have a Samsung, go me!

  • 06.14.2004 8:47 PM PDT
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It happens to me a lot when i play morrowind. Anyone have that?

  • 06.14.2004 8:48 PM PDT
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kalmah you lucky bastard!

  • 06.14.2004 8:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: KALMAH
OOOOOO i have a Samsung, go me!

So do I. All the Special Edition Halo XBOX's have them (maybe others aswell)

This topic really doesnt belong in this forum though

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  • 06.14.2004 8:52 PM PDT
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I got a samsung, i only got an xbox a few months ago

  • 06.14.2004 9:06 PM PDT
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I have had alot of trouble with my xbox on various games. The first would be Legacy of Kain, where it would just freeze altogether. On Morrowind sometimes I would suddenly find myself around 50 feet off the ground without a levitation spell, and able to walk around like i am on the ground. I think my xbox lagged once when i was playing halo, but i think that was because id spent five minutes beating up an elites corpse. I have never really had issues with it actually lagging as in slowing down and having a choppy framerate though, other than that time in halo. I am guessing I have a Thompson, got mine a few years ago. Oh, and I have also had the problem of the music getting really fuzzy and simply stopping altogether at random times while playing several different games.

  • 06.14.2004 9:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: NeedzABetterSN
i was just playin co-op on legendary, on the maw and lots of stuff was happening so it started to lag, btw ur in the wrong forum

whats a thompson drive?

fix it? the only thing i can think of is to clean the disk


thats the hard drive on the xbox's, but like that new green lim. ed. has like a samsung or sumthing hard drive, thats y its good, the regular xbox's have a hard drive that no1 has evn heard of

  • 06.14.2004 9:20 PM PDT
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Poll: Has your xbox lagged  [closed]
yes :  50%
(7 Votes)
no:  29%
(4 Votes)
yes, with thomson drive:  14%
(2 Votes)
no, with thomson drive:  7%
(1 Votes)
Total Votes: 14

Have you ever had a laggy slow down on your xbox? It happens to me occasionly and I was wondering if anyone knows the reason for this? If so, how to fix it.

  • 06.14.2004 8:31 PM PDT
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It depends on what you mean. If you're talking about a slowed framerate, then that has to do with the game's code as much as the drive itself. Some games slow down when there are too many objects on screen. Take for example when you melee a dead covie in Halo, it creates this slowdown effect to a point that would make 'The Matrix' blush. So it depends on if the xbox won't read games, or if it just slows down. If it just slows down, it may just be the game, and your drive could be fine. However, it could be your drive, in which case the link he provided is an excellent site to resolve your problem.

  • 06.14.2004 9:35 PM PDT
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I have never had a problem with mine, either the original or my new samsung drive.

  • 06.15.2004 12:03 AM PDT
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My original, that I pre-ordered and picked up on launch day, has broken, and refuses to read any discs. But I'm too lazy to fix it, and we had a spare... But I plan on buying one of the Halo SE xbox's this summer, so that I have my own for Halo 2 (the one that still works is my brothers). I'm also gonna get a wireless bridge so that I can play using my wireless network from my room.

  • 06.15.2004 12:13 AM PDT