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leftygolfer
04-14-2004, 08:12 PM
If you have your halo xbox please list what drive it has.

As for me I have the philips drive.

Yankeez
04-14-2004, 08:22 PM
If you have your halo xbox please list what drive it has.

As for me I have the philips drive.

i get my halo xbox on friday, ill tell you then :)

Viper87227
04-14-2004, 08:25 PM
How do you know you have a Phillips, they shipped today, able to be purchased tomorrow. Anyways, when I get mine tomorrow, I'll let you know, but how do i tell, I know it involves the last 2 #s of the serial #

leftygolfer
04-14-2004, 08:45 PM
Most gamestop retail stores have gotten their's in, that is where I got mine. But from looking on various xbox boards the drives are totally randomized. Some people are getting Thompson, Some Philips, and some samsung.

Viper87227
04-14-2004, 09:04 PM
I hate gamestop just for that reason...oh well, I still get mine tomorrow. I don't care what drive I get, i've never had problems in the past...

Highlite23
04-14-2004, 10:00 PM
I hate gamestop just for that reason...oh well, I still get mine tomorrow. I don't care what drive I get, i've never had problems in the past...

Just out of curiosity, what does game stop have to do with the drive you get in your Halo Xbox? :bang:

Yankeez
04-14-2004, 10:30 PM
Just out of curiosity, what does game stop have to do with the drive you get in your Halo Xbox? :bang:

think hes jealous, that gamespot got theres before EB :p

Hero
04-14-2004, 11:43 PM
i got mines today :hump:

got it at gamestop..its a phillips drive..only problem im having is that it doesnt seem to work with my x2vga adapter =/ the color blue is missing..i have to test it on a normal tv to see if its not the xbox that is messed up..otherwise i think they must of tweaked something.

darkfusion
04-15-2004, 10:46 AM
With the crystal Xbox's in Europe they ALL have the new Philips drives, so far in this thread two people have got Philips drives in their Halo Xbox's and nobody has got a Thomson or Samsung yet so maybe it's the same with the Halo edition?

Yankeez
04-15-2004, 11:03 AM
With the crystal Xbox's in Europe they ALL have the new Philips drives, so far in this thread two people have got Philips drives in their Halo Xbox's and nobody has got a Thomson or Samsung yet so maybe it's the same with the Halo edition?

Actually the halo edition xbox has the thomson, samsung and philip drives, but heres a little myth and fact for everybody



Myth: MS no longer makes Xbox's with Thompson drives.
Fact: Many brand new Xbox's are made with the Thompson drive.

Myth: All Thompson drives are inferior and cause problems.
Fact: The very first revision of the Thompson drives used at one plant were less reliable and got out of alignment but since that time, new revs of the Thompson drive have corrected (or simply did not have) that problem.

Myth: Samsungs drives are always superior.
Fact: All DVDs included with Xbox have similar MTBF rate and no real evidence has contradicted that since the early Xbox releases (see prev myth).

So just relax. The new Thompson drives are fine.

Macca
04-15-2004, 01:03 PM
With the crystal Xbox's in Europe they ALL have the new Philips drives?

True, my European crystal xbox has a Phillips drive.

Highlite23
04-15-2004, 02:16 PM
Well, I just love being different....Picked mine up today and it has a Samsung Drive in it. On a side note, this LE is a lot nicer than I thought it would be. :hump:

darkfusion
04-15-2004, 03:28 PM
Could someone post some "real-life" photo's of their new Halo Xbox please? :)

BlindSniper
04-15-2004, 05:39 PM
yeah, is it available to Canada in stores? Probably a stupid question but I'd like to pick one up.

l Maximus l
04-15-2004, 06:50 PM
Man, I already have two...I don't need another :yikes:

Yankeez
04-15-2004, 07:02 PM
Man, I already have two...I don't need another :yikes:
hey i already have 2, and i bought this one as well, so u should too! :hump:

BlindSniper
04-15-2004, 07:35 PM
anybody wanna answer my qeustionm? I really want one of these :( Any canadians have one?

Highlite23
04-15-2004, 07:48 PM
Here ya go.

http://www.highlite23.com/imagesXBA/halobox1.jpg
http://www.highlite23.com/imagesXBA/halobox2.jpg
http://www.highlite23.com/imagesXBA/halobox3.jpg

l Maximus l
04-15-2004, 08:53 PM
hey i already have 2, and i bought this one as well, so u should too! :hump:

Well...hmmm....you do have a point there....





:D

Hey, dude...take a pic of yours when you get it!

Highlite23
04-15-2004, 09:18 PM
anybody wanna answer my qeustionm? I really want one of these :( Any canadians have one?

Yes Sniper they are supposed to be available in canada.

BlindSniper
04-16-2004, 04:33 PM
Yes Sniper they are supposed to be available in canada.

really? well im gonna phone around like a mofo. I phoned my local eb and they said no....

RinG_WuRm
04-16-2004, 05:35 PM
Hi,,,, just bought a halo ed. xbox, how can I tell what drive it has?

thx in advance

Mr.Potatohead
04-16-2004, 05:47 PM
whats so good about this halo xbox i have a normal one and i dont care about how it looks i only care about if it works or not

Yankeez
04-16-2004, 06:48 PM
whats so good about this halo xbox i have a normal one and i dont care about how it looks i only care about if it works or not
well then you dont need it :)

and i got a philips in my LE xbox guys, so im very happy :hump:

leftygolfer
04-16-2004, 07:14 PM
Here is some pictures of my xbox with a philips drive.
http://wells93.home.comcast.net/pics.html

SoundX
04-17-2004, 08:23 AM
I didn't know all Crystal Xbox's had Phillips drives, when I emailed MS to ask (didn't want to end up with a thompson even though I hear they work fine these days) they said that all types of Xbox have all 3 of the drives in them.

Or maybe they didn't catch my Crystal bit... meh...

Anyways, what comes in this package again guys?

RinG_WuRm
04-17-2004, 09:48 AM
Comes w/ a normal xbox,,, just a new case, one clear green controler w/ halo center sticker... a copy of Halo that contains the Halo 2 trailers... nothing new. But a good buy for peeple like me who did not own an xbox currently.


I got one yesterday,,,, how can you determine what type of drive it has?

thanks

Yankeez
04-17-2004, 02:05 PM
http://llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/Images/DVD_comparison_011.jpg

Viper87227
04-17-2004, 02:32 PM
Man, I already have two...I don't need another :yikes:

Wait... let me get this straight...the god of Halo isn't getting a Halo xbox? :huh:




And it looks like both my regular and halo xboxes have the tomym drive. Oh well, I guess thats just the luck of the draw eh :bang:

RinG_WuRm
04-17-2004, 03:45 PM
Thanks Yankeez :)

I got a Phillips as well....

:hump:

Korpse
04-18-2004, 08:54 PM
Got the sammy in mine.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6157/haloSE1.jpg

SoundX
04-19-2004, 11:41 AM
Correct if I'm wrong but is that the yellow C-Stick of a GAMECUBE is see in the corner??? :yikes:

lol :p

WynnFire
04-19-2004, 02:50 PM
Here's mine: Phillips

http://www.wynner3.com/XboxDrive.jpg

TOTTEN
04-26-2004, 11:43 PM
my box broke finaly. it had the sh1tty tomson and i have had it since launch of the almighty box. it finaly broke so now i will get a halo xbox and from what people have posted it looks like the majority is phillips which are very good

TOTTEN
04-29-2004, 10:01 PM
it looks so god d@mn cool
i got a samsung!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes i love this new xbox or what i call it the "HALO-BOX" oh god this is so silent it is beutiful