Completely Dumbfounded....

[l Maximus l]

Okay, dewds...check this:

I went over to my brother-in-law's house...and his kid (my nephew) works for a game retailer. He won a copy of Amped 2 in a contest but already had the game. As a very kind gesture, my nephew gave Amped 2 to me for free.

But, here's the kicker: I brought the game home...all pumped up and stuff, right? But, when I shoved the game in, all I get is audio and no video! (for those that don't know, all I get is sound, not picture).

This all happened yesterday....but, today, got another copy of Amped 2 from my other brother-in-law...he works for Microsoft and picked up the game for me for $20 (I asked him if he would when the MS store got it in). And get this: THIS COPY DOESN'T WORK EITHER! All I get is audio and no video!

So, long story short, I put two completely different Amped 2 discs into my XBox and all I get is audio and no video. This also happened to me when I got an OXM disc...the entire disc worked fine except for the Soul Caliber 2 demo.

Help me out here, dudes...what's up?!

[Chaotic]

Don't forget to clean up the spilled beer on the cd tray That may be a sticky situation

[RudedogX]

Or at least turn on your TV when you turn on your stereo.

[Koopa]

Originally posted by Maximus-XBA
Okay, dewds...check this:

I went over to my brother-in-law's house...and his kid (my nephew) works for a game retailer. He won a copy of Amped 2 in a contest but already had the game. As a very kind gesture, my nephew gave Amped 2 to me for free.

But, here's the kicker: I brought the game home...all pumped up and stuff, right? But, when I shoved the game in, all I get is audio and no video! (for those that don't know, all I get is sound, not picture).

This all happened yesterday....but, today, got another copy of Amped 2 from my other brother-in-law...he works for Microsoft and picked up the game for me for $20 (I asked him if he would when the MS store got it in). And get this: THIS COPY DOESN'T WORK EITHER! All I get is audio and no video!

So, long story short, I put two completely different Amped 2 discs into my XBox and all I get is audio and no video. This also happened to me when I got an OXM disc...the entire disc worked fine except for the Soul Caliber 2 demo.

Help me out here, dudes...what's up?!

....maybe...you only had the audio plugs plugged in? lol thats all i can think of....or maybe your eyes were closed.

im assuming this doesnt happen with other games, right? i guess call uh 1800-4myxbox

[Brevity]

And so you tried other games in it that same day too? Well I would be for calling MS. And taking those games to a game store and trying for an exchange or credit.

[hiter101]

check the plugs usually thats the problem same thing happened to me wen i had playstation 1 just wiggle em allittle or something

[Peepers]

That's weird. When your drive reads discs, does it do so smoothly or is there a lot of skipping and disc spinning?

[Caesar SYN]

Check all your cables, Co Ax, RCA, etc..

oh yeah and turn on the Circuit Breaker

[l Maximus l]

Okay...I want to make sure that I am crystal clear about this. Yes, I played Rainbow Six: 3 right before shoving Amped 2 in...and my brother-in-law that works for MS also picked up Crimson Skies for me.

Here's how I started the session:

I played Rainbow Six: 3 on XBL with some DDC and XBA brethren...good times.

Next, I signed off and then I put in Amped 2 to check it out....thinking it would work...but, all I got was audio and no video.

After that, I was kinda spooked, so I tried Crimson Skies. The game works great (I played it for about 5 min, too - I'll play much more later).

Peepers is the only one that may have something here...it seemed to me that Amped 2 was skipping or something because my XBox was having a challenging time trying to read the disc. This happened with both Amped 2 discs...but, when I put in Rainbow Six: 3...no problems. I put in Crimson Skies and I get no problems. In fact, the disc loaded like it was a cartridge (nice and fast).

I'm just a little dumbfounded, dewds...

I called 1-800-4MY-XBOX this morning. They said that they have "escalated the problem" and I should call back to see what's up. Fortunately, I have 2 XBoxes, therefore, if they ask me to send mine in, I won't be hurting too bad.

lol, I realize that last statement may have sounded pathetic to most...but, not in here with the Addicts!

[Peepers]

Originally posted by Maximus-XBA
Fortunately, I have 2 XBoxes, therefore, if they ask me to send mine in, I won't be hurting too bad.

lol, I realize that last statement may have sounded pathetic to most...but, not in here with the Addicts!

Don't worry about that Maximus. I have three, but then again two of them don't work.

[Ford Mustang]

Damn, that's really wierd.

Hope you get it figured out.

[MikeMan91389]

Okay...I want to make sure that I am crystal clear about this. Yes, I played Rainbow Six: 3 right before shoving Amped 2 in...and my brother-in-law that works for MS also picked up Crimson Skies for me.

Hmmmm.. Try not SHOVING it in.. Nah, im jkin... Thats pretty weird.. My amped works fine. GL to you.. what other game did that happen with???

[bretman1234]

Originally posted by ChaoticMage-DDC
Don't forget to clean up the spilled beer on the cd tray That may be a sticky situation

Originally posted by rudedogX
Or at least turn on your TV when you turn on your stereo.

Ive never met you in person maximus but from what I read online both of these sound like possibilities.

[hiter101]

eh sux similar thing happened to my friend he got the gta double pack and both of the games wouldnt load on his xbox so he traded it in for another version and they didnt load again so then he returned the games and got.....i forgot wat he got but it was good

[Shadow20002]

Maybe there are something (scratch in the disc surface) wrong with the disc.

[rubysoho77]

have you had any previous problems with your xbox? like lens not reading properly, cuz that happened to my friend it just suddenly stopped reading games properly, he even took it apart to clean the lazer, but all it would read out of 10 games was mercedes racing which was the most scratched disc of all, and dvds.
it's weird but i've never had a problem yet.....good luck with that though

[MerimacHamwich]

Hmm, methinks its just something with Amped 2. I thought I was the only one to have troubles with it at first, so I never really mention it, although I made a thread in the sports discussion.

My first Amped 2 disc gave me hella problems. It would freeze very often and pause at random spots, then start going again. Well, I traded it in, and the second disc was worse. Called 1-800-4-my-xbox and they told me to try different controllers. I then noticed that my controller cables were mixed up (mad catz breakaway cables mixed with official controllers and stuff like that) and that I was also using the controller in the second port. Well, I fixed all the controllers up and used the first controller port. No problems at all. Recently it has started pausing a little bit at random times. Seems to happen after the XBox has been on a long while, and I also think it has to do with the on disc soundtrack, as after the game resumes from pausing, it will start a new song, or no songs will play until I reboot.

I know it doesn't make any sense, but try unplugging and re-plugging in all of your controllers. Also make sure the cables are with their rightful controllers and that you are using the first controller port. Before I did these things, I got everything from dirty disc errors to gameplay pauses as described. Makes no sense to me why the controllers would do this, but it seems to make a difference.

[l Maximus l]

CASE SOLVED!!!!

I appreciate all of the suggestions, brethren....but, I figured it out!

As some of you know, I own an HDTV...and I had my video settings from the XBox dashboard marked as "YES" on the following: 480p, 720p, and 1080i. For some odd reason, I thought I would try putting "NO" on 720p and 1080i since Amped 2 only supports 480p. And....BAM!!!! It worked!

I thought I would share this with you dudes...just in case something like this arrises in the future

Oh yeah...and Hammy...I'll see you on the slopes

[MerimacHamwich]

For sure dude! Just beware, my character is maxed out. 75% done the game and ranked 3rd in the world for my career. I don't grind lift lines like some of the lame-o's on XBL though, so I won't get ultra scores. If you are wondering why I get so many points though, it's mainly becuase of my character being such as he is. It's way harder to get more points at first, with a poorly developed character.

I just ride for fun though!

[l Maximus l]

Originally posted by MerimacHamwich
For sure dude! Just beware, my character is maxed out. 75% done the game and ranked 3rd in the world for my career. I don't grind lift lines like some of the lame-o's on XBL though, so I won't get ultra scores. If you are wondering why I get so many points though, it's mainly becuase of my character being such as he is. It's way harder to get more points at first, with a poorly developed character.

I just ride for fun though!

Whoa! 75% done!? Geez....nice, dude...but, then again, you have had the game for a while now. I just played for about 20 minutes today..

I'm ranked something like 284th or something so far

Though, I'm kinda curious...how do you jump from one rail to another rail that is not in front of it? I'm doing one of the test maps where you go through some rings and one of the rails is way over to the right and down a cliff. Gravity is in full effect and I can't quite get over there. Have a tip?

Also, what are gaps?

Yes, this is the only time you'll be able to call me a n00b...so, live it up hehe