Xbox 360 Live ....help

maggie5

my brother bought his off ebay and it worked :-)

COOKIEWILLOW

Idiophreak wrote: »

Seconded...you got screwed.

The cost of *any* networking cables on the high street is a joke...Look on play.com, you can get a replacement cable (if you even need a replacement at all...) for something like £3 delivered. Take the PC World one back and ask for a refund.

Ive opened it now!!! god i could kick my own fat a**e sometimes (still got packaging though?) only bought it sunday,mind you it took hubby nearly an hour to curl it around the floorboards and find the hole he drilled to drop it through to the dining room, if i pulled it out now i think he would scream.:rotfl:

COOKIEWILLOW

II_D2_II wrote: »

yea you can also get free months of xbox live out of the games for windows xbox games i.e Gears of War, Shadowrun and halo2, just rent them from blickbusters.

yes he got grand theft auto or summit which allowed him free month,plus free month for buying xbox360.

COOKIEWILLOW

DCFC79 wrote: »

I found that out myself when i first used xbox LIVE after it was released, i payed £20 i think for a cable which i could have got for alot less on the internet

we live and learn!!! never mind. son was beaming when it all went through easily last night, it must have been the maintenance stopping easy registering

donnajunkie

II_D2_II wrote: »

yea you can also get free months of xbox live out of the games for windows xbox games i.e Gears of War, Shadowrun and halo2, just rent them from blickbusters.

i have gears of war and never got anything included that gives a free month. halo 2 is only on xbox and not xbox 360. would an offer from the old console work on the 360? there was a 48 hour code included with halo 3 when i got that.

COOKIEWILLOW

Hi all, after being "stung" with buying the cable at pc world for a ridic sum, i thought i would ask you all where the best place to buy the "gadget" (sorry, i AM old) that lets your son play his xbox live (which seems to be everytime i look/) and ME to go online as i am missing this site and also without checking my emails reg i find when I DO log on i have about 50 to read? It is not a router is it?

vyseyboy

COOKIEWILLOW wrote: »

Hi all, after being "stung" with buying the cable at pc world for a ridic sum, i thought i would ask you all where the best place to buy the "gadget" (sorry, i AM old) that lets your son play his xbox live (which seems to be everytime i look/) and ME to go online as i am missing this site and also without checking my emails reg i find when I DO log on i have about 50 to read? It is not a router is it?

It is a router. How do you connect to the 'net just now?

There are two types of internet connection (and accordingly two types of router.) Cable connections (currently only virgin media do this in the UK) or ADSL connections through the phone line (everyone else, but Virgin Media can also.)

So you need to find out what kind of connection you have and buy a router accordingly. You can buy simple wired routers for about £10 now, or if you fancy wireless prices range from about £15 for bargain ones to £40 for higher end ones for the home, although anywhere inbetween would probably do.