Glaber Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Recently, I and many other have downloaded the latest update only to find our 360 unplayable after aprox 5 minuets. At the moment it looks like Microsoft is trying to cover up this issue, but being one of the affected I will not be silenced! See this link here: http://forums.xbox.com/1/25603474/ShowPost.aspx#25603474 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ espeed Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Recently, I and many other have downloaded the latest update only to find our 360 unplayable after aprox 5 minuets. I got the update, and my Xbox is fine. Must be something with the older hardware if your Xbox is freezing up and RRoD'ing. How old is your 'box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Try reading the links in posts before you start asking about the problems. If you had, you'd realize that this is affecting a wide range of consoles with a significantly increased chance of crashing older consoles, but that it is occurring on the newer consoles as well. In any event, I haven't done the update yet. My XBox360 isn't connected to the internet right now and hasn't been for the last few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Bailey Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I haven't got the latest update yet, but because of the 360 (or "Fuck Box" as my PS3 owning brother calls it) and it's RRoD (I had to send 1 machine back to Microsoft and it's replacement had to be sent back to be repaired, both only lasted a couple weeks before RRoDing) and PSP (which no longer runs anything from a UMD after an update) I now have a slight phobia of downloading updates for any console or gadget. I nearly shit myself a few years ago when even my TV decided it wanted to download an update, since I'd never heard of a TV that downloads updates, and to this day I have no idea what the update did. Anyway, looks like I better not let my 360 connect to LIVE for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I nearly shit myself a few years ago when even my TV decided it wanted to download an update, since I'd never heard of a TV that downloads updates, and to this day I have no idea what the update did. TV updates? Do you live in Neo Tokyo? Oh, no, wait... I live in Serbia, nevermind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Yeah, this happened to my friend's 360 when she updated. Luckily, all she had to do was reset it and it worked again. Really lucky considering she just now got it back from Microsoft after getting red ringed. As for me, my connection on my 360 has been total crap since then. In COD5, I'll go from having all four bars of connection to having one, then back to four. It's annoying. But that's been happening to lots of people online since the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rael0505 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Wow, sucks for everyone who has an xbox. I'd like to see what Microsoft plans to do to fix this. I nearly shit myself a few years ago when even my TV decided it wanted to download an update, since I'd never heard of a TV that downloads updates, and to this day I have no idea what the update did. rofl, that's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herotokami Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Glad, I came here first, I was about to go on Xbox Live in a few and they dont let you play unless you update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSF Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 TVs with upgradeable software? Heck... Microsoft will probably release another update and do some kind of 'offer' to the ones who suffered damages. This time it won't be as simple as the "Wait until tomorrow and it fixes by itself" issue with the 30GB Zunes. Lame date programming... They dont let you play unless you update. Ugh, that sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epon Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 On an unrelated note... has anyone had issues with Windows 7 & their 360 streaming videos? I have and apparently I'm not alone. Problem on both x86 and x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I haven't got the latest update yet, but because of the 360 (or "Fuck Box" as my PS3 owning brother calls it) and it's RRoD (I had to send 1 machine back to Microsoft and it's replacement had to be sent back to be repaired, both only lasted a couple weeks before RRoDing) and PSP (which no longer runs anything from a UMD after an update) I now have a slight phobia of downloading updates for any console or gadget. I nearly shit myself a few years ago when even my TV decided it wanted to download an update, since I'd never heard of a TV that downloads updates, and to this day I have no idea what the update did.Anyway, looks like I better not let my 360 connect to LIVE for now. When you say TV, do you mean the TV or do you mean the cable/satellite box? One of those makes some sense updating. The other doesn't. I can't even imagine how a TV would acquire an update in the first place unless it was some kind of legendary future television like Rat was saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKsoft Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 What the hell, why haven't I heard of this? I wonder if MS is trying to keep it quiet. I applied the update back on Wednesday and played The Orange Box for about four hours and didn't see any issues. I haven't played since then. However, knowing my luck, I have a feeling that something will go wrong next time I start it up. It is a newer 360, a Falcon manufactured around September, so I dunno if that lowers the odds of having a problem. I will not be happy if my 360 RRODs after I've only been a 360 owner for about a month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensionWarped Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Probably not. Most of those people were reporting problems pretty close to immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosol Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I want a 360. I had to set one up at work to see if it worked and I felt jipped that I wasn't setting it up in my living room. Ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKsoft Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Probably not. Most of those people were reporting problems pretty close to immediately. Well a couple said they played for a bit and then next time they turned it on all hell broke loose. ...but I think I'm fine. I just played a couple rounds of Worms against my brother, no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 You've got Worms, Ksoft? Ooh, add me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Bailey Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 When you say TV, do you mean the TV or do you mean the cable/satellite box? One of those makes some sense updating. The other doesn't. I can't even imagine how a TV would acquire an update in the first place unless it was some kind of legendary future television like Rat was saying. I assume it was something to do with the built in Freeview receiver (Freeview is the standard free digital TV service here) but even I'm still baffled as to how it downloaded an update since it has no internet connection or anything like that, heck, the thing doesn't even have any HDMI connections so it's certainly not the TV of the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosol Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 through the coaxial cable, the same way it receives digital tv. I know, it's ridiculous anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaber Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I got the update, and my Xbox is fine. Must be something with the older hardware if your Xbox is freezing up and RRoD'ing. How old is your 'box? A little over two years. It was a 2006 pro model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techokami Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Strange, I was playing Halo 3 co-op last night after getting the update on Friday and I had no problems whatsoever o.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Well, not EVERYONE had problems, but a lot of people did. I'm seeing more people with little to no connection on COD than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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