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DaHu
Joined: 09 Feb 2011
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 Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:26 pm Post subject: XBOX Power |
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Would you recommend getting a 220 V XBox power brick when I get to Korea or just use a transformer for my 120 V XBox?
As I understand it, transformers aren't made to be used for extended periods of time?
Well, better safe than sorry, so I thought I would ask. |
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darkjedidave
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
Location: Shanghai/Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I was in an apartment for a year that didnt have 110v outlets and 220-100 transformer for my Xbox and PS3, worked fine all year. Just make sure it has room to vent itself or it could get pretty hot. |
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Seph
Joined: 07 Mar 2011
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Fairly sure about this but not 100%, but I think that a North American XBOX would be fried by a Korea power supply. The NA Xbox is made for 110 and by putting a 220 into it, it may overload.
Best be safe and get a converter. Make sure you get a heavy duty one since I fried a power supply when i first arrived here by plugging into a weak converter and had to get a new one on ebay.
I live in an apt that has 110 outlets, but my friend uses the converter and it works totally fine for long periods of time.
Good Luck!  |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| Seph wrote: |
Fairly sure about this but not 100%, but I think that a North American XBOX would be fried by a Korea power supply. The NA Xbox is made for 110 and by putting a 220 into it, it may overload.
Best be safe and get a converter. Make sure you get a heavy duty one since I fried a power supply when i first arrived here by plugging into a weak converter and had to get a new one on ebay.
I live in an apt that has 110 outlets, but my friend uses the converter and it works totally fine for long periods of time.
Good Luck! |
NA 360s can have a Korean 360 power supply attached to them and they're fine...as long as the plugs match(i.e. some newer version power supply plugs wont fit into older version ones). Attaching the NA power supply to the 220V outlet here will fry it(but, not the 360 itself). I know because i have a korean power supply plugged into my US 360 now.
to the op. i think u'll find it cheaper to buy a step-down transformer. which is better/safer? i dont know. probably either is fine. |
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Boffo97
Joined: 08 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:15 am Post subject: |
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I recently bought an American XBox from this forum and needed to get a Korean power supply from XBox Support Korea to make it work.
It might have been an issue with the power supply, or it might have been an issue with power bricks not working with transformers. |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:36 am Post subject: |
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| Boffo97 wrote: |
I recently bought an American XBox from this forum and needed to get a Korean power supply from XBox Support Korea to make it work.
It might have been an issue with the power supply, or it might have been an issue with power bricks not working with transformers. |
May be the case, but before my korean-bought 360 died, i had the US one connected to a step-down transformer and it worked fine...think the light on the power supply was orange(=stand by), but no issues with the 360 and it's still working fine(knock on wood, as we should always say with 360s!). |
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DerJon
Joined: 30 Jan 2010
Location: Dongducheon-Si, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:40 am Post subject: |
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The 360, like most game consoles, is ITSELF voltage "neutral". Meaning, it's the power brick that determines the voltage, not the system itself. If you buy a Korean brick here, it WILL work with your US Xbox, no problem whatsoever.
Side note: PS3's, despite the labeling, are also universal in the voltage category. I plugged my Korean 80GB, non-BC, 220v into a voltage converter (110v), and it powered up, no problem. Did the same with a Korean Wii Brick. Again, no problem. Did the same with a Korean Xbox brick, and the light on the brick itself went red, instead of yellow/green, but that was only after I turned it on. DS and GameBoy chargers are NOT voltage "neutral", PSP's and slim PS2's are. N64 systems depend on the power supply, not the system, as do NES, SNES, Sega's and pretty much anything else where the power supply is outside of the unit itself. Just read the labels, and remember, 110's goes boom in a 220 socket, and 220's do nothing in a 110 socket |
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DaHu
Joined: 09 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:02 am Post subject: |
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yeah I think anything with a power brick is voltage neutral, as the brick adjusts what it gets to what the device needs.
I'll try the heavier-duty transformers first, see how that goes. Probably need one for something else anyway.
Thanks guys |
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So Sincere
Joined: 04 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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For those of you who are using your Xbox from home, how did you get it to Korea? I'm trying to decide if I should bring mine on the flight over or have it shipped. Any advice?
Sorry for hi-jacking the thread. |
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DaHu
Joined: 09 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I've heard stories about expensive items not making it to their destination in Korea. I'd bring it with you, carry it on. |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| So Sincere wrote: |
For those of you who are using your Xbox from home, how did you get it to Korea? I'm trying to decide if I should bring mine on the flight over or have it shipped. Any advice?
Sorry for hi-jacking the thread. |
for the US one I'm using, a friend packed it in his checked luggage! still working two years later, surprisingly. as the previous poster said, i'd carry it in your carry-on...not only so someone doesn't steal it, but also so it has less of a chance of getting damaged. |
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chrisinkorea2011
Joined: 16 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| So Sincere wrote: |
For those of you who are using your Xbox from home, how did you get it to Korea? I'm trying to decide if I should bring mine on the flight over or have it shipped. Any advice?
Sorry for hi-jacking the thread. |
for the US one I'm using, a friend packed it in his checked luggage! still working two years later, surprisingly. as the previous poster said, i'd carry it in your carry-on...not only so someone doesn't steal it, but also so it has less of a chance of getting damaged. |
Agreed, i brought a PS2 slim and put it in my luggage. it wound up with the lens reader broken and those bast,ards stole my rechargable batteries/charger AND my Giorgio armani cologne! now there is a good smelling thief in an airport somewhere lol |
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smogdonkey
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| DerJon wrote: |
The 360, like most game consoles, is ITSELF voltage "neutral". Meaning, it's the power brick that determines the voltage, not the system itself. If you buy a Korean brick here, it WILL work with your US Xbox, no problem whatsoever.
Side note: PS3's, despite the labeling, are also universal in the voltage category. I plugged my Korean 80GB, non-BC, 220v into a voltage converter (110v), and it powered up, no problem. Did the same with a Korean Wii Brick. Again, no problem. Did the same with a Korean Xbox brick, and the light on the brick itself went red, instead of yellow/green, but that was only after I turned it on. DS and GameBoy chargers are NOT voltage "neutral", PSP's and slim PS2's are. N64 systems depend on the power supply, not the system, as do NES, SNES, Sega's and pretty much anything else where the power supply is outside of the unit itself. Just read the labels, and remember, 110's goes boom in a 220 socket, and 220's do nothing in a 110 socket |
This.
Love the fact that I had for years been using a converter for my US ps3, which was actually much less safe than just a plug adapter... Dude who fixed my fried GPU told me they're all the same despite the label, he was right.
Side note, I thought this would be an XBOX fanboy thread because of the PSN outage. |
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So Sincere
Joined: 04 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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I'm bringing my 360 I bought in 2007 with me and it sounds like it's best to buy a Korean brick once I get there.
Is my 360 too old to use the Korean brick?
If it's not too old, how do I get the Korean brick and how long will it take? |
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Boffo97
Joined: 08 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| So Sincere wrote: |
I'm bringing my 360 I bought in 2007 with me and it sounds like it's best to buy a Korean brick once I get there.
Is my 360 too old to use the Korean brick?
If it's not too old, how do I get the Korean brick and how long will it take? |
MS seems to not sell official peripherals in stores. I had to call XBox Support Korea. |
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