The Hang Out - Don't Fix What Ain't Broke, Bitch!

[Tassadar]

The infomercial said it would turn you into a microwave magician .

As if Microwaves are hard machines to use, unless you want to dry your son's trousers in them.

Nor should recovering smokers.



They will, but only if you call within the next 10 minutes.

But how do they know when this aired? And does it still count if you call within 10 minutes of the next airing?

Good point.

[Inferno.]

60GB will be enough for me to install a few games to HDD for a few weeks until I get a 250GB drive.

[Mistral]

Just realised right before finishing the deal that iether my DS charger or the plug on the ds is fucked beacuse it just wont charge.

Anyone know if it could be a power conversion problem actually? Its an american charger and I used to have a transformer for it but now I just have an adapter.

Yes. I just checked, and the adapter on my charger only rated for 120V 60Hz. If you're using an American adapter, it's almost certainly going to be rated for a lower voltage and higher frequency (230V 50Hz) than your wall power in Ireland. You can check yours by reading the text printed on the adapter for the input line, but that's probably the problem.

At least it didn't explode yet.

EDIT: Wait, were you referring to the AC/DC adapter in the charger itself, or a separate step-down adapter for the wall power?

[Tassadar]

It's 240 volts 50-60 Hz* here Mistral, your guess was close enough.

*The exact frequency is never given, just that range.

[Cosmic]

60GB will be enough for me to install a few games to HDD for a few weeks until I get a 250GB drive.

Keep in mind the Slim hard drives are a different design to the ones in the original 360. The latter will work in a Slim but they don't fit the console properly without modification.

[Inferno.]

Power adapters and stuff are confusing things.

Especially since some devices are "auto switching" from 120v to 240v, so you can run them just fine in the UK, and other things need step downs/step ups...

[Inferno.]

Keep in mind the Slim hard drives are a different design to the ones in the original 360. The latter will work in a Slim but they don't fit the console properly without modification.

I know this. You just have to aim it into the connectors properly.

[Slacker Magician]

Keep in mind the Slim hard drives are a different design to the ones in the original 360. The latter will work in a Slim but they don't fit the console properly without modification.

I thought he was talking about the PS3 .

[Inferno.]

I thought he was talking about the PS3 .

No. I already have a 120GB drive in my PS3.

[Cosmic]

I know this. You just have to aim it into the connectors properly.

No worries, just making sure you knew. A lot of people don't realise they're different.

[Cookie Monster]

I like the Shardnax syndrome

[Cookie Monster]

I like the Shardnax syndrome

[Mistral]

It's 240 volts 50-60 Hz* here Mistral, close enough.

*The exact frequency is never given, just that range.

Thanks. I just grabbed the numbers off Wiki since I never can recall all of the precise little fiddly delineations.

[Inferno.]

No worries, just making sure you knew. A lot of people don't realise they're different.

They aren't that different, just the HDD without the fancy casing won't fit into the slot properly so you have to work it in very carefully.

[Cosmic]

I thought he was talking about the PS3 .

I actually just downgraded the hard drive in my PS3. It originally came with 40GB (useless!) so I upgraded it to 320GB a couple of years back. I've now swapped the 320GB with the 120GB in my netbook, which I should have done in the first place if I'd had any sense. No way I'll ever need more than 120GB in that console.