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Shortening the life of a drive by playing backups?
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tn1848
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24. November 2009 @ 10:03 |
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A curious question, nothing to do with ban implications whatsoever. I'm wondering if backups make the DVD drive work harder than originals do, and in turn shorten the life of the drive.
The reason I ask is because I have a BenQ running 1.61, and I swear I hear much more noise coming from my console when I play a backup vs an original.
I realize that some of this may be due to the quality of the rip, the fixes from abgx, etc. But lets assume everything is equal, and you're playing a backup (on a Verb of course). Would you expect there to be a difference in the amount of effort required from the drive as opposed to if it was an original?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 24. November 2009 @ 10:20
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Kelewan
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24. November 2009 @ 10:59 |
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My understanding is yes, backups cause the drive to work harder and shorten it's lifespan. I would suggest installing games to your hdd if you haven't been banned.
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tn1848
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24. November 2009 @ 12:27 |
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Originally posted by Kelewan:
My understanding is yes, backups cause the drive to work harder and shorten it's lifespan. I would suggest installing games to your hdd if you haven't been banned.
Thanks!
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Ray21
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24. November 2009 @ 14:11 |
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Somewhat stupid, but related, question....
If you install the game onto the HDD, does it matter if you are using verbatims or cheaper dvd brands? Reason being that someone gave me some games on memorex and I dont want to re-burn and waste more discs if i dont have to (better for the environment too!).
I read on this forum that it shouldnt but would like some confirmation. Once the game is installed, the dvd drive only reads the disc to verify that you actually have the game... I guess to prevent piracy. Correct?
Thanks in advance.
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Aiur
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24. November 2009 @ 14:37 |
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I can pretty much confirm this. I've had a bunch of different 360's since October of 2006, and none of them had any disc read problems. I've had my most recent Xbox since April of 2008, and I didn't have any problems when I was using retail games. I flashed it in February of this year and I started experiencing disc read problems in September. I cleaned the system out, did a POT calibration, everything short of buying a new laser, and it reads low quality discs fairly well, but Verbatim's read maybe once every 5 tries. I only installed games with big open worlds to the hard drive (4-5 games), nothing else. I just bought a new console and I'm going to upgrade to the 250 gig hard drive and install every game to it and use nothing but Verbatim's just to be extra careful.
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gameover9
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24. November 2009 @ 15:03 |
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depends on what media you use. I would recommend copying games over to the HD, which saves the life of your laser. If you're using Verbs, the laser should work as normal. If you're using memorex then the laser will work harder.
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24. November 2009 @ 16:04 |
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You may also run into problems when trying to install games from memorex discs. It will give you the dirty disc error. It's always best to stick to verbatims whether you install games or not.
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mitch04
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24. November 2009 @ 16:55 |
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yeah im pritty some that one way of getting banned microsoft checking the disc and everything.
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