I hate flatscreen TVs for this reason. They're like picture frames, only heavier. They just kinda can't be balanced on their stands right. Anyways, a flatscreen TV tipped over and fell on my GameCube. It apparently felt it, since the game froze up and I had to restart it. Since then, it's been making a slightly loud "whirring" sound whenever I play. I don't know if this is something new or something I never noticed. Can anybody else with a GC attest to what sort of noise they make while engaged?
The thing is, it's not my TV. Heh. Actually, it has a scratch on it, but it's only visible if you look at it from the side while the light is reflecting from a certain direction.
The TV falling on the Cube may have knocked something loose. But, if it still plays games, then I wouldn't be too concerned about the noise. The thing was build like a tank, so it's pretty damn hard to really damage them.
You wanna talk about system noise, then let go get my Dreamcast.
Every flatpanel TV I've seen has a huge freaking stand. I've never really seen an unstable one. However you might want to consider moving your GameCube to the right about 3 feet in the future.
In the noise department, when I am playing graphically intense games like RE4 it is kind of noisy. I think that might be because I use my Cube to play like 2 games a year now and I've had it since a few months after release. My dreamcast is loud as sin, I am amazed that thing can still spin discs. Too bad I have no A/V cable for it, so spinning discs is a little pointless.
Baba O'Reily wrote:Speaking of unwanted DC noise, I'm still pissed off that my VMU insists on doing its best smoke detector impression whenever I turn on the console.
Then go to Walmart, spend 3 dollars and buy some CR 2032 batteries. Drive home, put them in your VMU's, and proceed to miss the orgasm.
Edit: Oh and don't forget to repeat that process every 10 or 15 days. Maybe more now that you probably don't play your Dreamcast as much.
