[SoccerDude28]

I was browsing another forum when I saw this
some 360's are crashing



It has been reported by a few people on that forum and even by people on Team-XBOX. Still people don't know what was the cause. I guess it's to be expected with a new piece of hardware, but it's something to think about.

[RLacey]

I hope for Microsoft's sake this is something easily solvable. Imagine if they had to recall the hardware ...

[Dasilva]

Are you sure thats not just a screenshot fro the new matrix game?

[reno6]

Originally Posted by RLacey

I hope for Microsoft's sake this is something easily solvable. Imagine if they had to recall the hardware ...

It's probably something that can be fixed with a patch from Xbox Live or something. Or, as they're doing with the emulation garbage, have it available to be downloaded to the Xbox, downloaded to a PC and burned to a CD, or shipped to the user on a CD.

I don't know what the problem is, and so I hate to be judgmental without knowing the facts, but you'd think Microsoft would have worked things like this out. I mean, if it's that easy to trigger that it's happening within the first few days of 360 ownership, how hard would it be to overlook during testing?

[Intrepid Homoludens]

I'm just giggling at the thought of how the PS3 and Nintendolution fanwhores are taking this.

[RLacey]

Originally Posted by reno6

It's probably something that can be fixed with a patch from Xbox Live or something. Or, as they're doing with the emulation garbage, have it available to be downloaded to the Xbox, downloaded to a PC and burned to a CD, or shipped to the user on a CD.

But they can't do a download (unless it's a BIOS flash) because the Xbox has no hard drive by default!

But, yes, I suspect a small download will fix the problem.

[crabapple]

That doesn't seem to be the problem.
Check this guy's post
http://forum.teamxbox.com/showpost.p...4&postcount=79
http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread...4&page=6&pp=15

[RLacey]

So it's recall time. Not the best way to launch a games console ...

[reno6]

Originally Posted by RLacey

But they can't do a download (unless it's a BIOS flash) because the Xbox has no hard drive by default!

Wow... I'm so used to Xboxes having hard drives, I hadn't even thought of this. If this is the road they take, then, I hope those affected shilled out that extra $100.

Way to go Microsoft. I hope Sony learns something from this. If I start reading reports about PlayStation 3 disc read errors after its launch, I will die laughing.

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Originally Posted by reno6

Way to go Microsoft. I hope Sony learns something from this. If I start reading reports about PlayStation 3 disc read errors after its launch, I will die laughing.

If it ain't one thing it's another. If it ain't Sony getting their ass sued over patent rights infringements in the U.S. over the force feedback technology, it's Microsoft having to deal with crashes on their new consoles while they're still warm out of the box.

[artwking4]

Hehe... maybe the 360's are crashing because people were using them to play Sony's music CD's with that DRM rootkit crap. Sabotage?

[SakSquash]

I've heard of some freezing as well. Maybe it's not so bad that I didn't get one at launch?

Perhaps me > SamNMax? Bwah hah hahh....


But like the one guy said, for every one that breaks, 50,000 work, so I dunno.

[simpson_yellow]

I hope Paris Hilton's is going OK

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Yes, I hope so too. I'll be losing sleep tonight just worrying for her.

[Melanie68]

From the Washington Post - November 24, 2005:

Gamers Seeing Glitches in New Xbox

Microsoft's Xbox 360, the much-anticipated video game system that made its debut earlier this week, is apparently experiencing some technical glitches -- screens freezing only minutes into a game, for example -- and that has left some users pretty upset.

One owner complained that his new console tries to read the shooter game Perfect Dark Zero as a DVD movie.

Microsoft played down the number of complaints it has gotten from Xbox 360 users yesterday, saying the company has received only "a few, isolated reports" of Xbox 360 consoles with problems.

"The call rate is well below what you'd expect for a consumer electronics product of this complexity," said Microsoft spokeswoman Molly O'Donnell.

[Aj_]

Not that I don't think PR would blatently spin the truth, but a few guys on a forum does not a flawed product make. Most recently, the iPod Nano had a serious flaw, the media bloated the number of affected units out of all proportions. Until more infomation arrives I'm not putting tis on the same level as the PS2 forever breaking optical drives, or the Xbox's burning power supplies.

[Tobbe]

Originally Posted by temporaryscars

I've heard of some freezing as well. Maybe it's not so bad that I didn't get one at launch?
Perhaps me > SamNMax? Bwah hah hahh....

You know that´s not ever going to happen don´t you??

[MoriartyL]

Just like Microsoft to release a product which crashes often for no good reason. Old habits die hard.

[Huz]

The on-screen glitching would seem to indicate a problem with overheating. It's quite a common symptom for video RAM to be overwritten with garbage in that situation - as it's just video RAM, you get random glitches on the screen. As soon as the same thing happens to system RAM, you get a nasty crash...

It won't surprise me if the problem turns out to be overheating, I said all along that you can't shove 3 processors and a GPU in a small console case without it having enough fans to power a small zeppelin.

[Tanukitsune]

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

I'm just giggling at the thought of how the PS3 and Nintendolution fanwhores are taking this.

Indeed!
MUA HA HA HA HA!

MUA HA HA HA HA!

Actually I don't give a D...

EDIT: WHA? Nearly 15% are defected? That's INSANE!