How To Fix Bad Xbox 360 Elite Hdd

(Pocket-lint) - The Xbox 360 has been effectually for some fourth dimension now, so following the revamp from Sony of its PS3, information technology's only natural that Microsoft would want to go in on the re-invigorating activeness for its console, boosting sales and fixing a couple of issues along the way. In steps the new Microsoft Xbox 360, or as some call it the Xbox 360 Slim or as the name on the back of the console itself refers to it, the Xbox 360 S.

Before we talk about the new slim panel, it's probably worth just noting what yous get in the box. In short you get virtually nothing that isn't core to the unit of measurement. Aye, there is the console, the power pack, a controller and a headset, just there is no way of actually connecting it to your TV. You'll need to bring the HDMI cable yourself.

Now that we've got that out of the mode the first thing you'll find about the new panel is the size. As you might wait, information technology's now considerably smaller. Non Nintendo Wii small, just reduced enough that at the Microsoft press conference at E3 in Los Angeles, Microsoft hid the new Xbox 360 inside the old model before the big reveal. Incidentally the same trick Sony performed when it launched the slimline PlayStation 2.

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The new Xbox 360 S besides brings with it a new glossy blueprint that is even more than masculine than the previous matte outings. In that location is nothing family friendly about this device when it comes to looks, strange considering Microsoft's gunning for a family audience with the Kinect later this year, but that doesn't mean information technology looks atrocious. Out are the rather large bulbous edges; in are stark lines, hard edges and plenty of grills.

Part of the new design is now a very large fan grill on the meridian (when laid flat), plus two grills/vents that engulf both sides. It'south all to stop it over-heating you come across - something previous models were prone to. Simply while that means information technology is considerably quieter, and we mean tranquillity enough that you can have it on in the background without you lot noticing, it also means that you tin can't put anything else on top of it like y'all could with the original blueprint (yes that's what probably caused the overheating in the beginning place).

While Sony opted for a curved top with the PS3, Microsoft has gone for a flat design with air vents, and it is something you should business relationship for in your Television receiver stand up if space is tight.

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The blueprint has also seen the forepart of the panel cleaned upwards as well. The IR receiver has been subconscious behind the casing, while the memory unit slots are gone birthday. Y'all still, nonetheless, get 2 forward facing (hidden) USB sockets for connecting things like USB storage drives.

For those really into playing spot the deviation, the DVD eject button has shrunk and become touch sensitive, while the On switch is now sliver rather than the aforementioned colour. Gone also is the Ruby Band Of Decease (RROD) alarm sign, replaced instead with the reddish eye of doom.

Effectually the dorsum and there is plenty of alter too. Microsoft has added an Optical Due south/PDIF socket for audio buffs, two further USB sockets bringing the rear total to three and the overall console total to five, and a dedicated AUX socket to power Kinect for Xbox 360 when it becomes available afterwards this year.

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Besides that there is an AV socket, an HDMI socket for connecting to your Television receiver, Ethernet and of course the power. There is at present likewise a Kensington lock then you lot tin can bolt information technology to something rather than having it nicked when someone comes to burgle your house.

As earlier the hard drive is fully replaceable and rather than a big clunky affair sticking out of the side (as with the Xbox 360 Elite) information technology'south now neatly tucked away out of sight behind one of the side vents in its ain caddy; accessing it is very easy. The final outside change is the ability brick; and yes it's still a brick, which you could hands fend off evil foes with, merely now around half the size.

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Inside, Microsoft hasn't changed the graphical power, the processor power or much else for that matter although it has added Wi-Fi and increased the storage. For the beginning time the Xbox 360 console won't crave a network cable ready to use behind your TV, neither will you lot have to get out and buy a wireless dongle for some other £lx.

And the wireless connection is no slouch either, as you lot'll become wireless b/chiliad/n support, which meant that nosotros enjoyed fast downloads (plain based on your connection speed) via Xbox Live just as if we were connected via a wire.

In our tests playing a number of games online and downloading content via Market, we were more than than happy with the performance the wireless connectivity brought. And the lack of cabling meant that for the kickoff time (we've never bought the wireless dongle out of principle) we could play from our bed.

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Also new is the default storage the Xbox 360 Southward comes with. You at present go 250GB of storage at your disposal. That'due south a lot of saved games, or movies and adding new content is very like shooting fish in a barrel thanks to the system now supporting any sometime USB storage drive yous've got, rather than just Microsoft-branded options.

Of class information technology'south not all add, add, add; Microsoft has still left out a Blu-ray histrion for loftier definition videos other than those that you've downloaded, and the DVD playback quality nonetheless isn't great when compared to what the PS3 or other regular DVD players are capable of through upscaling. If yous're buying this as an entertainment hub expect to take to download to enjoy decent quality movies.

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If this is going to exist your first Xbox 360 and so migrating data isn't something you are going to have to worry nigh, but for those looking to upgrade from an Xbox 360 Aristocracy and so it'south worth thinking nearly. There are a couple of means to do this: mainly via Microsoft's Hard Drive Transfer Cablevision, or the cheaper choice of a USB storage drive yous might have lying around.

While the USB drive option is cheap, unless you lot've got a large drive you lot'll be at that place for some time copying the data across. The simplest way by far is to use the Hard Drive Transfer Cable. Whip out the drive from your old Xbox 360, plug information technology into the cable and and so to your new console via one of those five USB sockets. 30 seconds later you are washed. It's well worth the £fifteen.

One time you've got everything set upward, and your data transferred information technology'south fourth dimension to play. Turning on the console you'll observe no real difference, the software interface is the same, the gaming experience is the aforementioned, the games you've played will still play. Remember this is just a hardware refresh rather than an overhaul of how the Xbox 360 works.

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Writing by Stuart Miles.