You need a hard drive to connect to live; don't leave your xbox on for extended periods of time to avoid stress on the system and try and install all your games to the hard drive. The RROD is not as common as it once was because ms has released gpu's that take less power but it can still happen. You need either a wireless network adapter or you need to buy a ethernet cable to connect your router to your xbox. nate_c-12

No-You can still connect up to LIVe without a hard drive-My Arcade has 256mb onboard memory and connects up to Live no probs-and did various updates ysday.

The only thing is obviously is that you cant download much stuff like demos and videos until you add a hard drive cos there aint enough space on 256mb.

Hey everyone, so I got an Xbox 360 Arcade today and I've been wondering, is there a chance I could get the RROD, or did Microsoft fix that? if they didn't then how can I avoid getting it?

Oh and, how do I connect to the Internet? Wi-fi? or do I use some kind of cord... thing...?

Well these are the questions lol, is there anything else I need to know about the 360? Sorry for being a noob. :P

dtno132

RROD is most likely in older 360s,but still possible with even the newest.

Look at underside of your power brick-if it says output 150 watts then you've got yourself a newer and better Jasper chipset Arcade which is cooler and quieter running and so less likely to RROD.

worth the money IMO. but the glossy finish is a dust magnet

giantqtipz

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Halo: Reach.

oscar_mateo

So take my advice and hold onto your 360

Or does it simply scrathes it or don't do anything - The reason I ask is because this snew Xbox360 slim, I seen a video of it damaging the game if you move the console wile the game disc is in. Does this happen with all Xbox360?

ZiggyStardust16

Im planning on getting an original xbox 360 this weekend. Im just going to play an hour a night in my room. But people have been saying it's a really loud machine. My parents sleep in the room across from my room and is it THAT loud to wake them up?

martinX3X

Is there a way to basically view my emails on my 360?

cotterell55

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I heard Playstation 1discs won't work on a Playstation 3, but you can download them on the Playstation Store.

Demonjoe93

Really? That's wierd. Especially since you can download Playstation 1 games and not Playstation 2 games.

I'm 22 years old and i love gaming, Its such a huge part of my life and i'm not sure what i'd do without it. I now have a full time job of 48 hours a week and also i have a girlfriend who also takes up her fair share of my time.......

my point in all this is how little time i have to game anymore....I mean as life goes on you'll settle down with kids, work, wife....all this stuff adds up, So what happens to my life syle/hobbie....was my mum right will i grow out of gaming?

There are even games that i would love to play but really dont have the time to go on, Also i'm stating to get bord of games faster than i used too.

I'm abit lucky in one way my missis love's to game, so i'm ok when she come's round because i go online with her.....but still when i'm 30-40 will i still game? ....I hope so.

corb77