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Xbox clock resetting. Problem?

posted by voorhees78 on Friday, 21st February 2003, 14:25

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I have just recently purchased an xbox and I noticed that, even though I have it plugged in during the day and play on it quite a lot, when I plug it back in in the morning the clock needs to be set again. I don't understand this as both the gamecube and ps2 store the time and date on a battery inside the console and i was aware that the xbox had a battery installed too. Can anyone confirm this? I know this is trivial but it is quite annoying.

RE: Xbox clock resetting. Problem?

posted by BigWullie on Friday, 21st February 2003, 14:30

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The xbox doesn't have a battery. It does have a large capacitor that acts as a battery back up but it only lasts a few hours after you unplug your box. So if you leave it unplugged overnight your time and date settings will be erased

RE: Xbox clock resetting. Problem?

posted by RWB on Friday, 21st February 2003, 17:13

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And the more you play the Xbox, the more charged up it will be, meaning the longer it will last unplugged.

Anyone detect a cunning ploy here from Micro$oft?!

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RE: Xbox clock resetting. Problem?

posted by blah789 on Friday, 21st February 2003, 21:42

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Don't unplug it, just switch the Xbox off it will still use a small amount of power to keep the time settings.

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