...box 360 in a room with plenty of good airspace so the console can intake plenty of air. Being a high-end gaming machine some of the components generate alot of heat and demand a lot of cold air to make it function properly and keep it stable.

Most hard core users are installing 'Nyko Intercoolers' on the back of their Xbox 360 machines and from user feedback it seems to be doing the trick. You can always take your Xbox 360 to the shop or send it to Microsoft for repair - but be prepared to fork out $140 to fix it and wait for 4-6 weeks at the very minimum to get it back!

If you are really tight with you...more

Repairing An Xbox 360 With 3 Flashing Lights

...the case. It can either be a "false positive" signal for some other failure or particularly a signal that the system has simply overheated. This is the good news.

The bad news is that if the indication is a general hardware failure, then a repair center or Microsoft may be the only salvation for your system. Don't freak just yet though. Microsoft builds some tough equipment and if your system simply overheated, you may be able to save it. Microsoft released so many of these systems and so fast that p...more

The Most Addicting Games on the planet

...ends love to play board games, and most named Monopoly as one of the most addicting games on the planet. Other traditional board games that ranked high included Scrabble and Risk. Some mentioned unique board games, such as Axis & Allies and Starfarers of Catan, while others stuck with Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit.

card Games

When it came to card games, more than a few of my gamer friends admitted to having stayed up all night playing poker. Several owned high-end poker chip sets and planned their activities around their monthly poker games. There weren't any bridge players in the group, but several mentioned learning old-time card games from their parents and grandparents. The fondly reminisced about playing card games of canasta, rummy, hearts, and spades as they were growing up.

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HD Loader - Play PS2 Games From Your Playstation 2 Hard Drive

...Any serious Playstation 2 (PS2) gamer knows the frustrations when it comes to playing the most graphically intense games. There is often a tremendous load time associated with getting from the point of putting the PS2 game disc into the console, and having it load the game. Not to mention the time it takes to load between levels. Or how about those times when you're on a mission to thwart he bad guys, but you see the rendering getting choppy or freezing up for a second or two. We used to blame it all on game glitches or bugs. You know, those little "mistakes" that were just never fixed, because the game itself was working as it should. I know I thought that was the issue. Until I got my hands on the Playstation 2 HD Loader disc, and all of a sudden, my games were "glitch" free, and load times were a thing of the past. Let me start by explaining just what the HD Loader actually is.

Utilizing exciting new technology, The HD Loader allows you to install and run your Playstation 2 games directly from a hard disk drive connected to your console (Sony PS2 Network adapter and compatible hard disk drive required). The HD Loader is a revolutionary piece of software which allows you to store games on any modern high capacity IDE Hard Drive connected to your PS2 (Sony Network adapter required ). Now you can install, delete and manage your games and files on your HDD with just a click of a button. The simple and intuitive multi lingual user interface allows easy navigation and selection of files stored on your Hard drive. Games are executed at lightning speed and accessed directly from the HDD, no need to insert your game disc. Just launch HD Loader and select the game yo...more

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