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Hi everyone
i just got an x box for christmas
and every time i turn the console it it keeps asking me for the time and date????
please help
thx very much
i just got an x box for christmas
and every time i turn the console it it keeps asking me for the time and date????
please help
thx very much
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Mantis wrote:
> I highlighted this back in March, and thought my Xbox was bust because
> of it.
>
> Everytime you turn it off at the plug, it loses the time and date.
> Its not a nice thing, especially if a developer relied on the time and
> date as part of the gaming experience, for example MSR.
Simple leave the plug turned on. Not many games use the clock as PGR doesnt bother even though its prequel on the DC did. The only game I know that has done anything with time was an American Football game, where on Superbowl day it actually did annouce it as Superbowl if you played the game, or something to this effect.
> I highlighted this back in March, and thought my Xbox was bust because
> of it.
>
> Everytime you turn it off at the plug, it loses the time and date.
> Its not a nice thing, especially if a developer relied on the time and
> date as part of the gaming experience, for example MSR.
Simple leave the plug turned on. Not many games use the clock as PGR doesnt bother even though its prequel on the DC did. The only game I know that has done anything with time was an American Football game, where on Superbowl day it actually did annouce it as Superbowl if you played the game, or something to this effect.
Mantis wrote:
> Everytime you turn it off at the plug, it loses the time and date.
Not instantly though. You get an hour or so before it loses it all.
> Everytime you turn it off at the plug, it loses the time and date.
Not instantly though. You get an hour or so before it loses it all.
I highlighted this back in March, and thought my Xbox was bust because of it.
Everytime you turn it off at the plug, it loses the time and date. Its not a nice thing, especially if a developer relied on the time and date as part of the gaming experience, for example MSR.
Everytime you turn it off at the plug, it loses the time and date. Its not a nice thing, especially if a developer relied on the time and date as part of the gaming experience, for example MSR.
Heres an easy way if you have XBL.
1. Turn on XB.
2. Skip time and date setting.
3. Log onto XBL and back off again.
4. Time and date is now correctly set.
1. Turn on XB.
2. Skip time and date setting.
3. Log onto XBL and back off again.
4. Time and date is now correctly set.
gamecollector wrote:
> thanks for the help, it seems to reset in the morning when i first
> turn it on for the day, i only switch off the switch at the mains i do
> not take it out of the plug socket, which has a multi plug socket
> which connects to my christmas tree lights,
If you want it to not reset then just leave the power on to the socket, and then take the christmas tree lights plug socket out.
> thanks for the help, it seems to reset in the morning when i first
> turn it on for the day, i only switch off the switch at the mains i do
> not take it out of the plug socket, which has a multi plug socket
> which connects to my christmas tree lights,
If you want it to not reset then just leave the power on to the socket, and then take the christmas tree lights plug socket out.
Hi all
thanks for the help, it seems to reset in the morning when i first turn it on for the day, i only switch off the switch at the mains i do not take it out of the plug socket, which has a multi plug socket which connects to my christmas tree lights,
Cheers all
thanks for the help, it seems to reset in the morning when i first turn it on for the day, i only switch off the switch at the mains i do not take it out of the plug socket, which has a multi plug socket which connects to my christmas tree lights,
Cheers all
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> adrian wrote:
> Leave your XBox plugged in. Because of the hard drive and other
> powerful computing parts a normal battery like the one in a PS2 or
> GC
> wouldnt work
>
> Sorry mate, you know I respect you, but I can't honestly believe that
> you believe that - it's nonsense! PLEASE say you're only larking
> about!
>
> A battery-backed clock is just that - the battery doesn't power
> anything else. PS2 has it, GC has it, and PCs have it - even with all
> the hardware. The *only* reasons for Xbox not to have one would be
> poor design or, more likely, a design oversight.
Thats what I read Microsoft site or watched on a demo disc or something. Yeah I suppose thinking about it they could have had a battery in it. But maybe the design of it with the hardware etc limited them to use a capacitor instead of a battery. The Dream Cast also had a tendancy to reset the clock as it had a rechargable battery. Maybe Sony and Nintendo have access to super nuclear batteries where as Sega and Microsoft are limited to cheap brand batteries :)
Could be worth investigating whether it was a design oversite, or whether the XBox actually would run a battery down pretty quickly.
> adrian wrote:
> Leave your XBox plugged in. Because of the hard drive and other
> powerful computing parts a normal battery like the one in a PS2 or
> GC
> wouldnt work
>
> Sorry mate, you know I respect you, but I can't honestly believe that
> you believe that - it's nonsense! PLEASE say you're only larking
> about!
>
> A battery-backed clock is just that - the battery doesn't power
> anything else. PS2 has it, GC has it, and PCs have it - even with all
> the hardware. The *only* reasons for Xbox not to have one would be
> poor design or, more likely, a design oversight.
Thats what I read Microsoft site or watched on a demo disc or something. Yeah I suppose thinking about it they could have had a battery in it. But maybe the design of it with the hardware etc limited them to use a capacitor instead of a battery. The Dream Cast also had a tendancy to reset the clock as it had a rechargable battery. Maybe Sony and Nintendo have access to super nuclear batteries where as Sega and Microsoft are limited to cheap brand batteries :)
Could be worth investigating whether it was a design oversite, or whether the XBox actually would run a battery down pretty quickly.
Yeah. Only solution is to find a plug socket that's always free so you never have to unplug it.
Bit of a c***-up by Microsoft. Wonder if they've fixed it for newer boxes...
Bit of a c***-up by Microsoft. Wonder if they've fixed it for newer boxes...
adrian wrote:
> Leave your XBox plugged in. Because of the hard drive and other
> powerful computing parts a normal battery like the one in a PS2 or GC
> wouldnt work
Sorry mate, you know I respect you, but I can't honestly believe that you believe that - it's nonsense! PLEASE say you're only larking about!
A battery-backed clock is just that - the battery doesn't power anything else. PS2 has it, GC has it, and PCs have it - even with all the hardware. The *only* reasons for Xbox not to have one would be poor design or, more likely, a design oversight.
> Leave your XBox plugged in. Because of the hard drive and other
> powerful computing parts a normal battery like the one in a PS2 or GC
> wouldnt work
Sorry mate, you know I respect you, but I can't honestly believe that you believe that - it's nonsense! PLEASE say you're only larking about!
A battery-backed clock is just that - the battery doesn't power anything else. PS2 has it, GC has it, and PCs have it - even with all the hardware. The *only* reasons for Xbox not to have one would be poor design or, more likely, a design oversight.
i think it resets after 30mins when the plug taken out
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