09-16-2004, 10:01 AM
I got mine the day it was released, and no problems until this. I've pulled it apart once to clean it because it was having a little trouble reading some discs, and that fixed that little problem. And one of the controllers has a little glitch that crops up now and then, but not very often, and unplug/replug usually takes care of it.
Can't really say I'm surprised, poor thing was on when lightning hit nearby and power flicked on an off a hundred times, ending with a distant explosion sound from somewhere outside (transformer exploding I guess).
hock: But yeah, I know they aren't the most reliable device, seems like a lot of people only get a couple years out of them, max. Kinda like a VCR? That's why I was hoping someone had one with a dead drive or something for me. 
If not, I'll pull one off eBay. Yay!
Can't really say I'm surprised, poor thing was on when lightning hit nearby and power flicked on an off a hundred times, ending with a distant explosion sound from somewhere outside (transformer exploding I guess).
hock: But yeah, I know they aren't the most reliable device, seems like a lot of people only get a couple years out of them, max. Kinda like a VCR? That's why I was hoping someone had one with a dead drive or something for me. If not, I'll pull one off eBay. Yay!