Thompson drives can eat the peanuts from my shizzle.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 10:44 am

My second Xbox, a refurbished unit that's also a Thompson, has crapped out on me after a mere four months. Tech support says I'm still under warranty, miraculously, which I'm sure is bullcrap but they are probably instructed to say that when a customer utters the magic word, "Thompson". So, back to the factory, with a note attached imploring them to send it back with a Pioneer or a Samsung. The worst part is, it froze as I was attempting to save my ESPN Baseball season, which then corrupted the file. I was in August in my franchise, having played 80% of the games.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 10:48 am

Slumberland wrote:The worst part is, it froze as I was attempting to save my ESPN Baseball season, which then corrupted the file. I was in August in my franchise, having played 80% of the games.

Holy shnemoly, that's a disaster! Uuuugh.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:59 am

Slumberland wrote:My second Xbox, a refurbished unit that's also a Thompson, has crapped out on me after a mere four months. Tech support says I'm still under warranty, miraculously, which I'm sure is bullcrap but they are probably instructed to say that when a customer utters the magic word, "Thompson". So, back to the factory, with a note attached imploring them to send it back with a Pioneer or a Samsung. The worst part is, it froze as I was attempting to save my ESPN Baseball season, which then corrupted the file. I was in August in my franchise, having played 80% of the games.

Trust me, they won't put another Thomson drive in it. They are well aware of the problem. You will more than likely get a Samsung drive which will play anything you put in it...cds, cd-r, dvd, dvd-r.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:43 pm

System came back today with a Philips installed. Hopefully it'll stand the test of time. Xbox support was very helpful, I must say.

K_Mosley · Post by **K_Mosley** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:23 am

I'm glad they took care of you, Seth... But honestly, they should've quit producing and refurbishing Xboxes with the Thompson drive as soon as the problems were reported...

Kevin

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:29 am

I agree 100%!

Someone once made the case on a board somewhere that the vast majority of Xbox owners have the Thompson drive, and the Thompson problem is overblown, simply because there's such a large pool to draw from. I wonder.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:11 pm

Slumberland wrote:My second Xbox, a refurbished unit that's also a Thompson, has crapped out on me after a mere four months. Tech support says I'm still under warranty, miraculously, which I'm sure is bullcrap but they are probably instructed to say that when a customer utters the magic word, "Thompson". So, back to the factory, with a note attached imploring them to send it back with a Pioneer or a Samsung. The worst part is, it froze as I was attempting to save my ESPN Baseball season, which then corrupted the file. I was in August in my franchise, having played 80% of the games.

Mod it.

You can install the games on a bigger HD and play tem directly from it and only use the original disk if you wanna play on XBL.

So naturally, you'll never have that problem again.

eman · Post by **eman** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:33 pm

Losing my data is exactly why I bought a memory card. Occasionally I save my important data for backup purposes... damn modern day electronics....

Alan_Bernardo · Post by **Alan_Bernardo** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:17 pm

Slumberland wrote:My second Xbox, a refurbished unit that's also a Thompson, has crapped out on me after a mere four months. Tech support says I'm still under warranty, miraculously, which I'm sure is bullcrap but they are probably instructed to say that when a customer utters the magic word, "Thompson". So, back to the factory, with a note attached imploring them to send it back with a Pioneer or a Samsung. The worst part is, it froze as I was attempting to save my ESPN Baseball season, which then corrupted the file. I was in August in my franchise, having played 80% of the games.

I have a Thompson drive and bought my XBox near when MS released it, and I haven't had a single problem.

It's hit and miss-- like buying a car.

Buying a refurbished unit is not a good idea, I don't think. It increases your chances of getting a lemon.

Alanb

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:52 pm

Zeppo wrote:
Slumberland wrote:The worst part is, it froze as I was attempting to save my ESPN Baseball season, which then corrupted the file. I was in August in my franchise, having played 80% of the games.
Holy shnemoly, that's a disaster! Uuuugh.

I live with this very fear everyday of my life

Digital Sportspage

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