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[Virtucon]

I posted this in the homebrew games forum thinking it was the homebrew software forum.  My fault, sorry to all.

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In the last few months I have bought a used xbox, and talked 3 of my friends into getting xbox's as well. Since my used xbox was my second, and I know a guy that works at EB, I new if it was a crappy box I could take it back even after I had opened it. All 3 of my friends however bought new ones. They reasoned that as long as they could get a new 1.5 they would rather do that than get a used one that could have been abused. When I got my used one I played a DVD in loop mode for 2 days. After the 2 days it was still running fine, so for about 3 mins I kept ejecting and closing the tray. I really tried to break the thing, with out doing anything abnormal. Finally I was satisfied that the box wouldn't break on me after 30 days. My question is Has any one made program, that can be launched from a gamesave exploit in evox, that will stress the hardware of the xbox for a given amount of time...like a burn in stress test? it could also run a script that would eject and close the tray a bunch of times in a row, and maybe give data on how well the drive is able to read a given media. After the test it could tell you the results, temp reading difference, maybe so other key information. I know that it wouldn't guarantee that your xbox won’t break but it would sure make you feel allot better about buying a used xbox. I know what I did, playing a dvd for a few days, tests it a little but not really all of the components of the box, and dvd playback might not be that stressful anyway. Does anyone else think this would be helpful in buying a used xbox? Does something like this already exist? if so, what? if not, what else do you think should or could be added to an app like this? Virtucon edit:sPeling an Gramur

Maybe this is a retarded idea, may be not
Virtucon
Edit: It would be a serious consern that an app like this wouldn't damage a perfectly good Xbox.  That would really suck

This post has been edited by Virtucon: Aug 27 2004, 03:55 PM <

[ILLusions0fGrander]

sounds to me that if your xbox wasnt in bad shape before you got it, your tests may be stressing it out.... id play a game for a few straight hours rather than let a dvd loop for 2 days, at least then the software and hardware is all getting tested, not just the dvd drive.

iono, just an opinion. but nah, i dont know of any tester, i mean when you think about it... a motherboard and cpu shouldnt go bad unless you do something to it, a dvd drive can crap out anytime, same for a hard drive, its a computer in a black box... and i dont know a way to test how well either of those work.

anyways, not flaming, just bored.  <

[Virtucon]

I see you point, But I'm talking about a piece of software that will let you "test drive" a used xbox.  not try to make it explode.  It "should" be perfectly safe to run a few times on a perfectly good Xbox.

I guess I'm just really uneasy about buying used systems, cuz I know a few of my friends have returned BUNK systems to EB and they never checked it before giving them store credit!  

I guess I just want something that is alot faster, and more extensive than playing a game or dvd for hours and hours.
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[fghjj]

"Stress testing" (using mechanics a lot like ejecting tray) is not going to tell you whether your Xbox will break soon. There is absolutely no useful data on this (like how much volt it cost to eject your tray or "eject speed in meters/second") that can be gathered on a software level.

If the Xbox looks used, it is used. There is a manufacturing date on bottom of the Xbox. Also, 1.0 versions most likely have been used more then 1.6 units.

You can always return the product to MS or get a new DVD-player from a spare-parts company.

I'd say no chance, ever  <