xbox won't work :S

[T. 12 E E D.]

Hi

I've bough an xbox 360 and the plug on the power pack to power the unit won't fit into the back of the machine :S the socket on the back of the machine has 2 small plastic bit's on that won't allow the plug to go into the rear of the computer. Can anyone tell me why this is please ???

Thank's

 

[Alex H]

There are two sections to the power pack. Check you have both.

 

[T. 12 E E D.]

I've spoken to the gent i bought it from and he has sent me the wrong power pack lol. It does look the same:

But this plug doesn't fit in

 

[richy22]

Really?? I thought they were all the same??:S

 

[Jason_E]

Yeh i assumed they were?

 

[Reyes]

OMG

 

[FiXX]

there is 3 different types, all with different male and female plugs, newer ones are all backward compatible but not the other way round

 

[richy22]

Whats the back of the machine look then then??

 

[T. 12 E E D.]

Whats the back of the machine look then then??

Identical to this one but where i've put the 2 yellow spots there are 2 plastic bit's that won't allow the older power pack's to fit :S

 

[Riley!]

there are two different power packs with different plugs. They both put out different voltage, as earlyier model xbox's run off higher or lower(cant remember which way round) voltage to the newer ones. They have different plugs to stop people frying them

 

[Griff]

Three different PSU's each supplying different voltages and amps depending on motherboard/chipset revision.

 

[Gareth]

newer ones run lower voltages.

 

[richy22]

Oh I see.

So you got an old power pack to go with a newer XBOX

 

[KDF]

That's what happens when the power supply isn't built in.. PS3 FTW !


k thx bai !

 

[Gareth]

flol, the size of the Xbox power supply is a major pain in the arse, it weighs a tonne as well.

 

[T. 12 E E D.]

That's what happens when the power supply isn't built in.. PS3 FTW !


k thx bai !

1+ ps3's are the way forward but gt5 isn't going to be released for another few month so i've bought an xbox360 to play Forza 3 on it will be going back in the box when gt5 is released

 

[steven.m]

flol, the size of the Xbox power supply is a major pain in the arse, it weighs a tonne as well.

Since I placed my xbox on the stand, I havent had to touch the psu again so can't say I noticed how heavy it was. But it is huge lol.

 

[FiXX]

flol, the size of the Xbox power supply is a major pain in the arse, it weighs a tonne as well.

newer ones are a lot smaller now.

 

[Perrinho]

flol, the size of the Xbox power supply is a major pain in the arse, it weighs a tonne as well.

But at least you get to tuck it away out of sight and it isnt heating the system....

 

[Dink]

from what i can see is that the new ones run on the same 12v + 5v supply but the new psu's only output about 12A where as the old ones used to do about 16A

also the new ones are lighter and smaller

 

[lau2908]

tbh i had this same problem, i cut away the 2 plastic bits with a knife , the 2 bits that prevented the psu sliding into the back of the xbox console, bobs ur uncle, it works just the same, i did it as i really needed a power supply an thought what the hell lets try it and it did

 

[Dink]

so you running a old console on a new psu?