From: "Pedro Quaresma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >It wasnt' the CD Drive failing. The demo cd's that they sent out were bad > >burns. I have a friend who manages an EB and he said that a whole batch > of > >the CD's were bad, causing the problem to be huge. Not a software glitch > >(as far as coding). > > Wrong. Read the following: > > http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/news/news.pl?y=2001&m=10&nid=22-159.db > > Quoting some interesting parts: > > "The Xbox unit had no disc inside and displayed a menu screen to access the > hard drive and CD player. But customers who tried to navigate through menus > could do little else but wait while the machine tried to load the next menu > "
Well, hate to break it to you, but you chose the worse source in the world for this one. Gaming Age articles are mostly written by amateurs who get their rumors off newsgroups. I spoke to the manager of an EB who happens to be a computer science mager (aka Programmer) and he gave me the scoop on the faulty disks. What this is reporting is wild assumptions by people who just saw the units go down and spoke to high school stock boys with as much knowledge about hardware as my grandmother. Try to find a similar article on a respectable site like maybe gamespot or ign. Karl Kuras Visit Our House the online comic strip! http://ourhouse.trantornator.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
