ARGH, I broke my XB. Help! What do I do?

[nips]

So, my friend comes over last night, we were going to try to put an N64 emulator on my XB, and we did no problems. We backed up the C:\ and E:\ just incase we cocked up. All in all it was really quite easy.

After we've transerred all teh files across I plug the XB into my TV, and the moment of truth. I turn the console on and a big fat black screen comes up. Nothing happened my TV just stayed black.

****. My friend and I **** our pants. Ok, so we try to keep our cool I check behind the TV, make sure the scart is in properly and all. Then try again. **** no change.

Right time for back up plan. Transfer C:\ and E:\ back on to my XB so they are exactly as they were before we meddled around. After a nervous 5/6 minutes of waiting the second moment of truth arrives. We stand shaking in our boots at the foot of the XB, and I press the power: THE SCREEN STAYS BLACK!

At this point I was ready to cry. I thought that I must have messed up a file that runs the output device or something, and with no idea which file it could be I fighured I was going to have to send it off and get it fixed by a professional.

One last time, I go to the back of the TV to check the RGB lead was in properly. I look closer and I realise. I'D PLUGGED MY ****ING DVD PLAYER IN, INSTEAD OF MY XB. I felt like such an idot.

I changed them around and it all worked perfectly. The emu was there and the XB was happy as a button! Understandably I'm now the butt of all the jokes in my circle.

Have you had any stupid gaming stories like that?

[Mr Ono]

Nips.

You're an idiot.

[marcus]

Understandably I'm now the butt of all the jokes in my circle.

And now the forum.

Have you had any stupid gaming stories like that?

Nope.

[DjSatansfury]

I once thought i'd ****ed my pc

In reality, i forgot to put the molex power cable into my h/d....

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

ARGH, I broke my XB. Help! What do I do?

BUY A PS2

[Fragmaster]

PS2? Bleh , name one thing the PS2 can do that the Xbox can't. Lol

And you don't have to spend ?200 to use linux on the Xbox either

[recipher]

PS2? Bleh , name one thing the PS2 can do that the Xbox can't. Lol

And you don't have to spend ?200 to use linux on the Xbox either

GT3

[Ravon]

PS2? Bleh , name one thing the PS2 can do that the Xbox can't. Lol

And you don't have to spend ?200 to use linux on the Xbox either

GT3

You can play decent games on a PS2 and not have to resort to N64 games...

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

PS2? Bleh , name one thing the PS2 can do that the Xbox can't. Lol

And you don't have to spend ?200 to use linux on the Xbox either

GT3

hahahahaha, Recipher said it all

[charlesr]

Please stop quoting the post directly above.

[charlesr]

When my Jap GC turned up, I thought it was knackered, but I hadn't pushed the video lead in to the cube far enough. Took me a good 10 minutes of heartache before I thought of trying that.

[Chadruharazzeb]

When I first had my PS2 off Tronix, got it all set up, plugged the stepdown in, made sure everything was where it should be.

Hit the power! Nothing. Check the cables, try again. Nothing. God no! Has something horrible happened in transit? Is the stepdown knackered? Try again, nothing.

By this time I was too depressed to try again, so made a brew. Came back upstairs had a look and noticed a cunning power switch on the back of the console. Problem solved.

Then of course when it came on, everything was this repulsive snot colour, but it didn't take me long to figure out that I had to change the output to RGB.