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DrkSerEniTy |
unknown issue...need help please
Sep 18 2009, 5:13 PM EDT
So here whats going on im in europe and i have my 360 with me and i have it on all the correct transformers and everything but i can only play for 45min.- 1hour and my screen goes blank and my 360 shuts off ive got everything well ventilated. does anyone know what the problem could be.
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killer_$niper |
1. RE: unknown issue...need help please
Oct 9 2009, 10:04 PM EDT
the problem is u got the parental control thing wich only lets you play 45-60 min then alternitive turns off ... u got to deativate the parental control thing so u can play as long as u want :):) hope it helps(sleep timer or sumthing like dat)
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grantr37 |
2. RE: unknown issue...need help please
Thursday, 3:09 PM EST
HiThe xbox 360 is a SMPS appliance (Switched Mode Power Supply) which means that they make one unit and send it all over the world for sale, they just drop a different adapter in there when they close the wrapper at the factory in Thailand or china, this means that the xbox is designed to work in Europe, the UK , the USA and Africa/middle/far east on power supplies ranging from 90volts 60Hz to 270 Volts 45Hz (every country has a little different supply voltage/frequency due to reasons of transmission lines and how modern power stations/substations are as well as the electricity supply companies engineering and financial choices. Using a step down transformer in Europe for your xbox will only cause damage as they usually alter the frequency as well as dropping the voltage down, this is part of the power factor correction design as non smps appliances such as lamps or hairdryers would take more of a power surge at higher frequency and burn out quicker, in the old days (up until about 1995) smps had to be swithced by a manual red plastic switch on the back of appliances and you had to be careful which way to set it, this is now automatic and happens in under a second inside 95% of appliances, so I could take my laptop charger or my DVD player over to the USA on holiday from Scotland and it would work fine using a 2 pin plug... use a local plug and no transformer and it will stop overheating and stop shutting down. (UK power supply is 220Vac and 50 Hz, in some office and Hotel buildings, the Electricity board give them +10 % for efficiancy to make appliances run sweeter, but they burn out quicker, this is 242Volts and they bump it to 52Hz, good for aircon and lighting) in the USA the supply voltage is 110Vac and 60 Hz (60 cycles per second) Do you find this valuable? |
