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Zero Divided · Sep 2, 2015

that blows my mind that they say having it plugged into some power strips could affect the performance. i personally don't care if the power supply has an internal surge protector, i'm keeping mine on a UPS.

stevenicks · Sep 2, 2015

maybe a bit different using an up's because an half decent UPS will make sure the supply is clean, less ripple Etc..

surge protectors just protect against high current surges as far as I'm aware ..

WTom1 · Sep 3, 2015

> you should never plug expensive electronics directly into a wall outlet, at minimum

> it needs to go through an actual surge protector or a UPS.

That is what advertising says. Meanwhile, some of the 'dirtiest' power seen by an Xbox comes from a UPS in battery backup mode. Every claim that a UPS has 'cleaner' power comes without citing any specification numbers. That is how junk science gets promoted.

Nobody said anything about not using a power strip. Problems are created when that power strip has surge protector parts. These can compromise superior protection already inside all electronics.

DeadFall526 · Oct 31, 2018

If Companies like Mircoshaft would put as much effort into their hardware as they do with ramming ads down our throats to buy stuff we would all be happy with our invincible console. But there is no justice or right in this world so here we are.SHAFTED!

Defy Lightning

I feel your pain. My mic broke out of Narnia one day. It was perfectly fine before and one day it just decided to stop working. My Kinect also only worked half the time so I got it replaced by Microsoft for free. I also had 2 controllers go bad. (One terrible
LB and the other right stick was slow) What you should do is call Xbox support and tell them your situation. They were really helpful with me and I can say that was some of the best dang customer service.

Zero Divided

that blows my mind that they say having it plugged into some power strips could affect the performance. i personally don't care if the power supply has an internal surge protector, i'm keeping mine on a UPS.

stevenicks

As everyone's now rapidly unplugging their consoles from their surge protectors ... lol

thanks for pointing that out fella

JWSpeed

@Stan I would use a UPS or a voltage regulator. I have used a UPS for all my consoles and have yet to have a single problem.

The free headset I wouldn't expect them to last very long, most people only use them until they purchase something better.

The drive problem is usually dust build up on the roller that pulls the disk in. Keep dust off you disk and it won't happen.

Ragnarok5000

No, switch over to PC, PS4 is trash.

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