Debunked: Xbox 360 bricking rumor due to Live update |
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Although everyone was waiting for the latest Xbox Live update with bated breath, there was a concern among modders that it would somehow render their Xboxes unplayable, at least on Live. And while Microsoft would be justified in banning the modders on Xbox Live, going so far as to totally brick their systems or drives seemed far-fetched.The rumor. Nonetheless, there was a rumor floating around the web (we reported on this rumor in an earlier article), and some reported bricks. What was needed was solid analysis by someone respected in the "scene."
It's a good thing the guys over at Team Xecuter have been checking out the reports and doing some good testing. Apparently, one of their friends was unlucky enough to "brick" their Xbox. Here's the details about the subject:
- Samsung MS28 Drive
- Flashed with Xtreme v3.3
- E66 error after Fall Update
- Red lights / No boot to dash
What was it? Personally, I think it was just incompatibility between the Xbox dashboard update and the DVD drive firmware. Even though the odds of Microsoft banning the modders was high, and it wasn't too difficult to do it either, they refrained from doing it. A simple reason could be that they don't care about it until someone can run unsigned code on it. And thinking about code, the latest update also allows you to run your XNA-created homebrew on the Xbox 360, which means that the incentive of trying to find a way to run unsigned code is very small.
Another probability is that Microsoft could be waiting for all the Live users to get their updates, and then ban them all at once. But then, it's just another baseless speculation which would be turned into another rumor (and then it will be our unfortunate duty to have to report on the rumor when it gets too big).
Still, if you're a modder, do take care while going on Live. A banned Xbox later, there probably won't be anybody to listen to your cries.
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Comments [refresh]
That's why the have to NME-360 and Fractal360 chips.
The DVD Flashing was stupid to begin with.
my console is bricked. just happened at 6:30 est. downloaded the update, played saints row for a minute. tried to change the game and BAMM. the bad thing about it is mines is not even modded. the same basic system that came in the box. somebody please let me know how to fix it because this is ridiculous!!!
same here i have orig firm never mest with it and it will not even show the boot x iv unplugged everything leftit alone for a day tried again ... 3 lights of death again and again and again. [insert explitive here] this is one scary horrible halloween for me.
hose who had theirs bricked for no reason: I feel sorry for you.
For those who have modded 360's: yours NEED to be bricked. Anybody who mods a 360 needs to have it destroyed before their very eyes.
iv read that if you flash the firm to the newest one it will work again wonder if this will fix my bricked hitachi that wasnt fashed before ,to work?
i did the update (november) and have firmware 4.2 flashed on my samsung drive.. the error im gettting is E71
whats the solution???
thanks
Get what you deserve, try and get someone for free. You should be prepared to get burned.
Little kiddies should cry to their moms for another one.
your mom was free i said HOW MUCH! she said lets go i said Niiiicccceeeee! !!!! AAAAAAAAAAHH GOOOOOD MEEE LIKE SLUT *****.
Hopefully you poor people have warranty.
i got samsung ts ms25 drive. Apparently this is happening on TS m28's. I THINK you can only check by getting to the top of the dvd (by opening your box.)
Yes i have modded FW, 4.2B and everything is fine so far. Didn't something happen to alot of people on the first update?
All you people out there worrying and getting pissed over modded FW users, i think you need to go slag off M$ first, and worry about YOUR own console first. I'm on my 3rd box and the fans are broke on this already, and its 2 months old so i've had enough.
so yeah i feel sorry for people with *****ed consoles, cos i know what its like, and especially to people with unmodded boxes, because i know all too well what that feels like.
BTW, if you're warranty has expired the only way to sort out the 3 red lights is to flash your dvd drives with the newest version 4.2
sorry, not the kind of response M$ want to hear but looks like if they don't sort things out people will HAVE to flash their drives to FIX their mistakes... bit ironic but yeah.
i bought a 360 2 days ago and attached my wthernet cable to my 360 and a required update is needed,,,,so i install it,,,,it restarts then BAM i get a E-71 system error..........had to take it back and get a diff 1.
now it wants to update on the new 1 and it wont cause it says sum kind of system network error.....called xbox support and they said there havin sum problems and i should try again in 2-3 days(all i want to to is migrate my account!)
I had the same problem i took my 360 cause it kept crashing swapped it for a new 1 downloaded the update then i got the E71 problem took that Xbox got a another new 1 that make it Xbox 360 Number 4 downloaded the new update and it been fine since then
the x360 it happend to was a core system with a harddrive i had put on it...took it back got the $400,but im afraid to install the update on live,im not even on live yet cause i need the update{tech support said they were havin probs with the update and told me to try again in 2-3days if not they want me to call em again
if u got hitachi drive and mod go ahead and do it bcuz it works 100% i have a hitachi drive wif firmware mod n it works perfect no problems, but for others i feel bad
I have an unmodded Xbox purchased 2/17/06 Manufactured 1/3/06. Downloaded Fall update 0200 10/31. Streamed a Guns N Roses video that was 6 odd some minutes long then tried to enter the friends tab of the dboard and blam it froze! My disc tray looks identical to the one at the top of the page here. Called 10/31 10 a.m. and they told me it would cost $140 to have it repaired in Texas. Thanks MS not I can't play GOW which I have already paid for preorder! They've given a whole new meaning to halloween.
Sincerely,
Tim Miller
PS My friend is a game tester in Redmond for xbox/360 in the asylum building. He told me he knows 5 people whose decks bricked that day; all unmodded, unflashed.
LIVE SUCKS!!
my xbox has no mods and freezes within 20-30 second no matter what i do. turn on and off and just flashes its red light ring at me and displays a system error E 79..
PS3 seems more appealing to me now
Modders and Pirates are the worst thing that ever happened to the internet. Here is a clue, GET A JOB!!!. Developers are doing less and less to make good games. WHY you ask because of YOU!!!!. Eventually there will be a handfull of developers left and they will have deep pockets. BUT DON"T EXPECT GOOD GAMES. I hope that eventually GOVERMENTS take notice of the IDIOTS that take everything for free. But still pay hard earned money for the PC but stea everything else. KIDS its only a matter of time before the LAW says we have had enough. ISP'S will be forced to handover everthing. GOOD JOB PIRATES now we lose what freedom was LEFT. WHY NOT BUY IT AND APPRECIATE IT.