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FAO xbox users

jamesybravo
jamesybravo Posts: 157 Forumite
in Freebies gone but not forgotten
faulty wiring entitles xbox users to a new power cable it seems,free of charge of course.

full story here- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4274035.stm

get your cable here- http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/default.htm
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  • Viper
    Viper Posts: 283 Forumite
    Ordered mine, my xbox was made in 2002 so needs the replacement :).
  • dimpler
    dimpler Posts: 76 Forumite
    Thanks for that, just ordered for hubby's & kids xboxes ... The kids are always leaving theirs plugged in so I'm thanking my lucky stars that there have been no mishaps!
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  • brass_monkeys_2
    brass_monkeys_2 Posts: 3,566 Forumite
    Ive passed this on.

    Thanks!!
  • anitha
    anitha Posts: 189 Forumite
    I have told the hubby too

    thanx alot
    A
  • SwissToni_2
    SwissToni_2 Posts: 562 Forumite
    Has anyone received theirs yet? I sent off for two for both my old Xboxes and got two completely different cables. The first has a huge inline circuit-breaker, while the second looks just like one of the old ones. Anyone else had this happen? :confused:

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  • Viper
    Viper Posts: 283 Forumite
    SwissToni wrote:
    Has anyone received theirs yet? I sent off for two for both my old Xboxes and got two completely different cables. The first has a huge inline circuit-breaker, while the second looks just like one of the old ones. Anyone else had this happen? :confused:

    swisslogo.jpg

    Got mine last week, mine's the big block one that's what you supposed to get I think.
  • troshy
    troshy Posts: 128 Forumite
    I got one of those beefy circuit breaker ones yesterday - but the socket is 2-pin, so I need an adapter to use it!

    I'm going to phone them tomorrow.
  • Viper
    Viper Posts: 283 Forumite
    troshy wrote:
    I got one of those beefy circuit breaker ones yesterday - but the socket is 2-pin, so I need an adapter to use it!

    I'm going to phone them tomorrow.


    Thats weried I got a uk plug, surely they know what country has what plug type, are you from the uk?.
  • justpaper
    justpaper Posts: 856 Forumite
    read about this be4 my guess is its just a nice way to get big address data base,. i'd rather go and buy a cable for 3£ or use a ps2 cable
  • troshy
    troshy Posts: 128 Forumite
    Viper wrote:
    Thats weried I got a uk plug, surely they know what country has what plug type, are you from the uk?.

    Yeah I live in the UK and the package came from Southall..?

    The only reason I can think why is that I went to xbox.com to apply rather than xbox.com/uk. But I told them I lived in the UK.
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