Hardware Discussion Thread

runawaybishop

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

just in case you havent checked it, they're supposed to be plugged straight into the wall, not into an extension lead or 4 plug adapter yolk.

They can go into a power brick or extension, but said device must not be crap and overloaded.

qrx

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

just in case you havent checked it, they're supposed to be plugged straight into the wall, not into an extension lead or 4 plug adapter yolk.

That could well be it, I have it plugged into an adaptor. Will try that out later.

It's more of a whirring fan noise though than anything else. It may be perfectly normal but I've just really started to notice it recently. I initially thought it was the box itself but whenever I put my ear up close to it the noise went away. Had me confused for a while

CatInABox wrote:

Give it a good blast with a can of compressed air. should eliminate dust as a reason it's gotten louder.

Could well just be dirt. Now to find a can of compressed air. Suppose a hoover would do the trick too.

CatInABox

qrx wrote: »

Could well just be dirt. Now to find a can of compressed air. Suppose a hoover would do the trick too.

It would, but it's not recommended at all really. Hoovers are a source of static electricity, and can fry electronics. There's also the possibility of the hoover turn the fan too fast/in the wrong direction, but that's not as big an issue.

After using a can of compressed air, give it a few minutes to "dry out" as well, as there's a small (very small) amount of water vapour in them.

You can usually get them in a stationery shop.

Snakeweasel

I'm buying my first hard drive for my xbox one (finally got good broadband so joined ea access) and I was wondering if people think that a 2TB hard drive is still big enough? I see that the official xbox one is now offering 4TB and say that can hold over 100 games, would a 2TB hard drive really hold over 50 games at that rate? That would be more than enough for me

Max Mafioso

Would depend on the games, I have a 2TB i got when i owned the 500GB XO and its got about 100 games on it

Snakeweasel

Max Mafioso wrote: »

Would depend on the games, I have a 2TB i got when i owned the 500GB XO and its got about 100 games on it

Well thats encouraging! I was looking at the list of games in the vault and I could easily see myself downloading at least 10 of them and then you have games with gold every month too!

maximoose

I have 119 games installed, and 718GB total free (500GB internal and 2GB external)

qrx

Snakeweasel wrote: »

I'm buying my first hard drive for my xbox one (finally got good broadband so joined ea access) and I was wondering if people think that a 2TB hard drive is still big enough? I see that the official xbox one is now offering 4TB and say that can hold over 100 games, would a 2TB hard drive really hold over 50 games at that rate? That would be more than enough for me

It also depends on your playing style. Do you play multiple games on the go? Do you like to go back and revisit old games? Or do you play to completion and then you're done?

kleefarr

Bear in mind though, that once you have a game downloaded you can uninstall it and it will remain available to install again when you wish to play it again.
This is what I do with most of the Games for Gold. Once tried I uninstall them if I don't want to play them and they remain in the download section as available to install again.

But you probably knew that.

Snakeweasel

Went for a 2TB seagate that was on sale in argos. With the length it takes to download a game there is no chance I will be deleting them!

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Snakeweasel wrote: »

Went for a 2TB seagate that was on sale in argos. With the length it takes to download a game there is no chance I will be deleting them!

This one?

I was contemplating the 1TB version, but for the sake of an extra 25 quid, might go for the bigger version

Max Mafioso

There's this 3TB one on Amazon for about €98

Snakeweasel

BDJW wrote: »

This one?

I was contemplating the 1TB version, but for the sake of an extra 25 quid, might go for the bigger version

Thats the one. Can't wait to fill it up with EA access now!

cython

Max Mafioso wrote: »

There's this 3TB one on Amazon for about €98

Aside from that being out of stock at the moment, the big advantage of the argos one is that it can be powered from USB rather than necessitating a standalone power supply, as a desktop HDD (like you have linked) would.

georgewickstaff

Hi lads,

Xbox One just has a black screen, hdmi on the onkyo receiver not being detected. Tried to do the offline update but the eject and bind will not give the 2 start up sounds. Must have tried 100 times.. I did however just buy a new usb key in case it was that..

Am I bunched?

Many thanks

Max Mafioso

I had a similar issue last year and I just ended up plugging out the xbox and leaving it until the day after, everything seemed to work fine after that.
I had been trying a hard reset and all that but it wasnt working out for me

runawaybishop

georgewickstaff wrote: »

Hi lads,

Xbox One just has a black screen, hdmi on the onkyo receiver not being detected. Tried to do the offline update but the eject and bind will not give the 2 start up sounds. Must have tried 100 times.. I did however just buy a new usb key in case it was that..

Am I bunched?

Many thanks

Have you disconnected any hdds you have attached? Cold boot it and try a direct wired connection. Highly likely its buggered if bind+eject does nothing.

georgewickstaff

Actually it went to green Xbox loading screen on Saturday and then into the "there was a problem" screen.

Havent been able to get it back since, have no doubt its an update that went wrong.

Annoying about bind and eject though, will give the new usb stick a go on my return. Cheers

runawaybishop

georgewickstaff wrote: »

Actually it went to green Xbox loading screen on Saturday and then into the "there was a problem" screen.

Havent been able to get it back since, have no doubt its an update that went wrong.

Annoying about bind and eject though, will give the new usb stick a go on my return. Cheers

Did you get a EXXX error code? updates that bust shouldn't stop recovery mode.

georgewickstaff

runawaybishop wrote: »

Did you get a EXXX error code? updates that bust shouldn't stop recovery mode.

Yes I did...think it was something like 8007000079 , definitely finished with 79 but stupidly didnt write it down as thought I could fix from the next screen.

Have not been able to get Xbox one to handshake with hdmi since. New usb key does not work either.

I reckon its the 99 euro to service it charge... Pain in the arse as I hardly use the thing.

runawaybishop

georgewickstaff wrote: »

Yes I did...think it was something like 8007000079 , definitely finished with 79 but stupidly didnt write it down as thought I could fix from the next screen.

Have not been able to get Xbox one to handshake with hdmi since. New usb key does not work either.

I reckon its the 99 euro to service it charge... Pain in the arse as I hardly use the thing.

An Exxx error is hardware, the 8xxxxxxxs are usually live services. Get on to MS support before you spend any money.

CatInABox

Apparently there's a script out now that lets you replace the hard drive in your Xbox without any problems when it comes to factory resetting. That means you can go from a 500GB to a 2TB without worrying about having to rerun it all if you need to reset it.

Saw it on Reddit yesterday.

If I've got some spare cash handy at the end of the year, I may upgrade my drive to an SSHD for the extra speed.

CatInABox

georgewickstaff wrote: »

Yes I did...think it was something like 8007000079 , definitely finished with 79 but stupidly didnt write it down as thought I could fix from the next screen.

Have not been able to get Xbox one to handshake with hdmi since. New usb key does not work either.

I reckon its the 99 euro to service it charge... Pain in the arse as I hardly use the thing.

I never write them down anymore, I just take a quick picture with my phone, as it's always handier than finding a pen.

MiskyBoyy

CatInABox wrote: »

If I've got some spare cash handy at the end of the year, I may upgrade my drive to an SSHD for the extra speed.

You not going to have moved onto the X by then? :eek:

CatInABox

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

You not going to have moved onto the X by then? :eek:

Well, most likely. Still deciding if I can afford/justify it.

Mickeroo

It still irks me they didn't put an ssd into the X.

CatInABox

Mickeroo wrote: »

It still irks me they didn't put an ssd into the X.

It's a tricky one. A 512 drive would add another €200 or more onto the price, but it's going to need a 1TB drive at a minimum, other wise you'd only be able to put about 4 games on it, thanks to the 4K assets.

FAILSAFE 00

CatInABox wrote: »

It's a tricky one. A 512 drive would add another €200 or more onto the price, but it's going to need a 1TB drive at a minimum, other wise you'd only be able to put about 4 games on it, thanks to the 4K assets.

It is a 1tb hard drive. It will work faster than a regular HDD so it's more of a hybrid drive.

MiskyBoyy

CatInABox wrote: »

Well, most likely. Still deciding if I can afford/justify it.

Sorry, you can't be Mod of the Xbox forum without the latest model

F1ngers

Swapping batteries gets expensive after a while, so I'm looking at these charge stations:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/6ha/Venom-One-Docking-Station-Rechargeable-Battery-Packs/B00G4UCNI2/ref=pd_cp_63_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KP21XT10BP4J7M7MAEKP

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mains-Charging-Station-Officially-Compatible/dp/B00NQT48NM/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1500151192&sr=1-2&keywords=xbox+one+controller

Does anyone have either?
Opinions on them or are there better options out there?

JoyPad

F1ngers wrote: »

Swapping batteries gets expensive after a while, so I'm looking at these charge stations:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/6ha/Venom-One-Docking-Station-Rechargeable-Battery-Packs/B00G4UCNI2/ref=pd_cp_63_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KP21XT10BP4J7M7MAEKP

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mains-Charging-Station-Officially-Compatible/dp/B00NQT48NM/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1500151192&sr=1-2&keywords=xbox+one+controller

Does anyone have either?
Opinions on them or are there better options out there?

I have one of each, they both do the job. The first one is not compatible with the Elite controller, but the second one is.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

F1ngers wrote: »

Swapping batteries gets expensive after a while, so I'm looking at these charge stations:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/6ha/Venom-One-Docking-Station-Rechargeable-Battery-Packs/B00G4UCNI2/ref=pd_cp_63_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KP21XT10BP4J7M7MAEKP

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mains-Charging-Station-Officially-Compatible/dp/B00NQT48NM/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1500151192&sr=1-2&keywords=xbox+one+controller

Does anyone have either?
Opinions on them or are there better options out there?

I have this one, and have been happy with it

F1ngers

JoyPad wrote: »

I have one of each, they both do the job. The first one is not compatible with the Elite controller, but the second one is.

BDJW wrote: »

I have this one, and have been happy with it

Thanks lads, reserved the argos one, can get The Division with it for E6, which CEX will give me the princely sum of E10. Ka-ching...:pac:

qrx

There's an xbox controller adaptor on kickstarter. It allows you to use the xbox controller on Nintendo switch and ps4.

https://www.onmsft.com/news/brook-wants-to-enable-players-to-use-the-xbox-one-controller-on-ps4-and-nintendo-switch-with-its-new-kickstarter-for-the-x-one-adapter

erkifino

qrx wrote: »

There's an xbox controller adaptor on kickstarter. It allows you to use the xbox controller on Nintendo switch and ps4.

https://www.onmsft.com/news/brook-wants-to-enable-players-to-use-the-xbox-one-controller-on-ps4-and-nintendo-switch-with-its-new-kickstarter-for-the-x-one-adapter

Cheap publicity? 5k is the goal for an established company, very low, very achievable, more like a pre sale. I'm a cynic though..
Anyway, 49$ not a bad price.

qrx

erkifino wrote: »

Cheap publicity? 5k is the goal for an established company, very low, very achievable, more like a pre sale. I'm a cynic though..
Anyway, 49$ not a bad price.

Yeah more than likely. Maybe they need to gauge interest. It's more the actual device that interests me. Needs to be priced right though. If $49 translates to €49 I'd imagine it will sell well.

dunworth1

has anyone picked up the Turtle beach stealth 700 headset?

Grahamer666

Read a few reviews. All not great. Buzzing in the left ear cup, etc.
Funnily enough, the last TB headset i had had buzzing in the ear cup too. Wouldn't buy another TB product.

senordingdong

Hardware issue and didn't think it deserved it's own thread. Sorry if in the wrong spot.

My 360, (8yrs old) is approaching EOL. Hard drive is almost at capacity and the noise from the machine/fan/disc tray isn't encouraging.

In the event that it dies and I have to get a new one, is it possible to restore all previous saves/progess/apps, or does it all get wiped?

Mickeroo

senordingdong wrote: »

Hardware issue and didn't think it deserved it's own thread. Sorry if in the wrong spot.

My 360, (8yrs old) is approaching EOL. Hard drive is almost at capacity and the noise from the machine/fan/disc tray isn't encouraging.

In the event that it dies and I have to get a new one, is it possible to restore all previous saves/progess/apps, or does it all get wiped?

Move all your saves to the cloud. Any apps or games you bought digitally will be tied to your account.

super_furry

Going to go for that Gamestop deal myself. Will I be able to plug in my external hard-drive from my old console into the new one and just have it work or will I have to download everything again?

Stone Deaf 4evr

super_furry wrote: »

Going to go for that Gamestop deal myself. Will I be able to plug in my external hard-drive from my old console into the new one and just have it work or will I have to download everything again?

plug in and go. you'll just need to download your profile from xbox live but shouldnt take too long.

webpal

Couple if questions from a potential newbie: with the latest offers in Xbox s, how much room would be left on a 500gb box if I were to download Fifa 18, fh3 and hot wheels?

Also, if downloading a game that takes up, say 100gb space, is that 100gb against my monthly broadband allowance?

CatInABox

webpal wrote: »

Couple if questions from a potential newbie: with the latest offers in Xbox s, how much room would be left on a 500gb box if I were to download Fifa 18, fh3 and hot wheels?

Also, if downloading a game that takes up, say 100gb space, is that 100gb against my monthly broadband allowance?

Forza with hotwheels is around 58GB, Fifa is around 43GB. You'd have around 200GB to 300GB left, it's a bit awkward space wise as the system reserves a chunk of the internal harddrive (there's also differences between what a hard drive producers say and what a system reports, it's a pain).

I took those sizes from the microsoft site, so they should be accurate, but may only be approximate.

Downloading a game will definitely eat into your allowance, and generally speaking, 100GB size means 100GB gone from your allowance.

CatInABox

CatInABox wrote: »

Forza with hotwheels is around 58GB, Fifa is around 43GB. You'd have around 200GB to 300GB left, it's a bit awkward space wise as the system reserves a chunk of the internal harddrive (there's also differences between what a hard drive producers say and what a system reports, it's a pain).

I took those sizes from the microsoft site, so they should be accurate, but may only be approximate.

Downloading a game will definitely eat into your allowance, and generally speaking, 100GB size means 100GB gone from your allowance.

Also, it's super easy to upgrade the space on your Xbox as well, just connect a USB3 hard drive. 4TB drives often go for around €100 or so.

Looking to change my external drive. Currently have a Seagate with external power supply which is causing problems. Randomly it is not detected when xbox is booted up. I have to plug it out and in again. It also goes to sleep after a period of inactivity, causing games to freeze while it whirls back up mid game.

Anyone any recommendations for a replacement? I'd be looking for high performance to go with the one x. Usb powered and no falling asleep malarkey.

Anyone know a good monitor for xbox one s? Setting up a desk for PC\xbox, is there anything I need to look out for with the one s?

CatInABox

Looks like gamescom is going to be the where the new Elite is announced.

Microsoft teases ‘all-new Xbox hardware’ announcement for next month

ShadowHearth

CatInABox wrote: »

Looks like gamescom is going to be the where the new Elite is announced.

Microsoft teases ‘all-new Xbox hardware’ announcement for next month

I was about to post that too hehe.

Yup, everyone knows its elite controller. Question is, when will they decide to actually launch it. Does it usually takes long?
If its coming out this year, then thats what will misses will get me for xmas present, thats ofc if I won't get it first, because my patients is **** when it comes to new toys.

AllGunsBlazing

Won't buying one but I'm definitely curious to see what's new. Ergonomically the Xbox controller is probably the pinnacle of design and function as it is already. Kinda hard to see where they can take it.