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Is the March update bricking 360s?

Apparently that mysterious update last week did more than prepare the console for future updates, it caused a small percentage of them to start crashing consistently. Chrissy from MaxConsole writes, "This past Sunday I logged on and was greeting with a message that there is a mandatory update for Live, and that I am unable to log onto Live until I perform the Update. I let it go through the process of updating, and once the system rebooted, it immediately froze when hitting the Live Dashboard. Subsequent reboots resulted in the entire unit freezing within 5 minutes."

Her experience is corroborated by this thread at the Xbox.com forums, with four pages (and counting) of 360 owners claiming similar problems. Once again, this is surely a minority of users (mine's fine) but even a 0.01% problem is pretty significant. If you haven't upgraded yet, you might do best to refuse the update if you can live without Live until Microsoft acknowledges a problem or issues an updated patch.

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1. Haven't had a problem yet, actually haven't had any problems since I bought the system back in december!

Posted at 12:42PM on Mar 9th 2006 by Me 0 stars

2. Ditto #1

Posted at 1:23PM on Mar 9th 2006 by JGE 0 stars

3. Ditto #2

Posted at 1:35PM on Mar 9th 2006 by Joel 0 stars

4. I had no issues, until last week's update, when my system started crashing pretty consistently within five minutes of booting. Until yesterday, I was able to play without any issues if, after it crashed, I left it on for about 10 minutes. Then, once I rebooted it, I would be fine. But since yesterday, things have gotten worst, where, even if I do get it to work, it works for maybe an hour and then crashes. When I called MS last night, they didn't seem surprised at all that my issues started with the update, so I think it's a known issue in Redmond. I can't wait for my replacement to arrive, so I can play some GRAW.

Posted at 1:40PM on Mar 9th 2006 by profane 0 stars

5. Ditto #3

Posted at 2:07PM on Mar 9th 2006 by Art Guy 0 stars

6. I have had a problem with my 360 in that it can only be played for a maximum of 24 hrs in any given day. If I leave it on for longer, friends (both of them) and relatives start to worry about its addictive effect. Other than that, it has worked perfectly fine since launch and the new update was pain free as well.

Posted at 2:07PM on Mar 9th 2006 by crym fytr 0 stars

7. this happened to mine ( a launch one ) so had to replace it, and no problems now, and better yet the new one is less noisy yet i am sad about losing my original one :(

Posted at 2:55PM on Mar 9th 2006 by blademirage2 0 stars

8. No problems here.

Posted at 3:03PM on Mar 9th 2006 by Jon 0 stars

9. Crap. My 360 started locking up on games after the patch was applied but I'm out of the 3-month warranty period. :(

You think MS would replace it?

Posted at 3:04PM on Mar 9th 2006 by Scott 0 stars

10. My 360s a UK Lunch one and its just started hanging after the patch.
Just been on to tech suport today who are recalling mine.
With GRAW & Fightnight out im GUTTED!

Posted at 3:55PM on Mar 9th 2006 by gowans007 0 stars

11. MS will replace it now. Just call them. I called for another issue and they told me my unit was under warranty until June, and I didnt' buy any additional warranty.

MS Doesn't need any more bad press. They should take care of you.

Posted at 4:02PM on Mar 9th 2006 by Thomas Crymes 5 stars

12. Well, my 360 has been fine from day 1, but after applying the March update, it now freezes up in games.

Posted at 5:11PM on Mar 9th 2006 by elsumptero 0 stars

13. Yeah, this happened to me. I called them up yesterday, and they said they're gonna send a box today to send it to them for repairs. Apparently my console wasn't registered so the kind lady said she'd register as if I had bought it yesterday (Even though I had a launch console; bought it on Nov. 26). Still havn't received the box yet :/ and they said it'd take like 2 weeks.

Posted at 5:31PM on Mar 9th 2006 by battousai8728 0 stars

14. No problems with mine. Knock on wood.

Posted at 7:54PM on Mar 9th 2006 by funkyflea 0 stars

15. My 360 froze after 30 minutes .It wasn't anything to do with the power supply.I threw it on E-bay got twice what i paid for it and bought a Nintendo DS.I'm never buying a Microsoft console again.I'm not a Sony/Nintendo fanboy either.I waited a long time for my 360 and paid a lot of money for it.I can say it's the worst let down i've had in Video gaming since i started playing them back in 1985.Flame away because i really don't care .

Posted at 7:55PM on Mar 9th 2006 by Stuart B -1 stars

16. I removed the media center connection & it appears to be stable now. Played for a couple of hours.

Posted at 12:46AM on Mar 10th 2006 by elsumptero 0 stars

17. Crap. My 360 foze after 5 mins, bought mines the first day it came out. Called microsoft and they are going to fix it. NO VIDEO GAMES for a WEEK! Dam that sucks. I guess back to my psp.

Posted at 8:06AM on Mar 10th 2006 by Memo 0 stars

18. I called MS last night and they are going to replace my 360 even though it is out of the 90day warranty period. Kudos to MS for this!

Posted at 11:13AM on Mar 10th 2006 by Scott 0 stars

19. Stuart B: Flame away? Well alright then!

Waaaa Waaa Waaaaaa! I'm a big baby and I'm not playing GRAW.

That is punishment enough.

Posted at 2:09PM on Mar 10th 2006 by Assbestos 0 stars

20. OMFG,

What a bunch of whiney b*tches! I'm really pissed off with people complaining about their consoles! Technology breaks down! Software is written by humans & Hardware is made by humans & Humans are fallible. When PS2 came out, how many consoles went FUBAR in the first month alone?! How many times have we updated XP & gotten the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (Thats why I use OS X)?! I've been playing video games since the late 70s and all I have to say is that I don't care what company makes the system, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sega, Coca-Cola, Advil, or whoever! If Radio Shack made a console with good games, here's my $300! The whole East Coast, West Coast, Wizards of the Coast console warfare has got to stop! STOP THE VIOLENCE!

Make Soap.

P.S. - Hey Stuart B., here is a novel idea, READ A BOOK.

Posted at 2:40PM on Mar 10th 2006 by MacDugal 0 stars

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