Oops, I Did It the First Time

[the_gneech]

Computer Update
Well, we managed to get the backup drive working again by a complete power-down-cycle on it. Apparently, the last successful backup was in March. Good to know! >.<

Anyway, I manually activated a backup and it's back on the automated schedule now (I hope), so I'll be checking on that from time to time.

DDR Update
Not wanting to spend $600 on a pair of Cobalt Fusion DDR pads if I could avoid it, I went over to EBGames and spent $200 on a Playstation 2, a memory card, a Pirates of the Caribbean secondary controller (so lythandra and I can play co-op games like Champions of Norrath), and a copy of DDR Extreme 2. Into that we plugged our Red Octane soft pads and discovered that they work perfectly.

In other words, it's not the pad that's not working, it's the connection between the pad and the X-Box.

This presents a problem because, well, all the good music is on DDR Ultramix 2 and DDR Ultramix 3, which are only on the X-Box! GRRR. So tomorrow, I'm going to pick up a pair of "Playstation to X-Box" converters and try plugging the pads' Playstation jacks into those, and those into the X-Box. Oy! If that doesn't work, well ... we'll play the PS2 DDR and be thankful for what we've got. The game is a lot more fun when all the arrows work, in any case.

So anyway, the good news is that the backup is working, and we got in a fun 45-minute DDR workout getting mostly A's on songs we'd never played before. So we had a good evening. No drawing or cleaning up done, alas, but you can't have everything.

-The Gneech

Comments

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*great big WHEW re: the computer* :>

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

BTW, where were you at Comic-Con? ;) I kept hearing that you were there, but I never did see you!

-The Gneech

[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

Must be somethign in the air - my hard drive just went kaput also.

[mg4h.livejournal.com]

I've got a pair of pads that have x-box plugs, but they came with ps2 adapters. Occasionally I've had problems where something doesn't show up, and usually if I unplug, wait, replug, wait, test it out, it starts working fine again.

I guess it's not just me tho :(

[elektron.livejournal.com]

If you've been abusing the cables a bit (swivel chairs especially, and chairs in general, tend to), then the problem can probably be fixed with a soldering iron ;)