Xbox 360s are making their way to store shelves, finally, but that doesn’t mean all the problems with the console have disappeared.
Game Daily has a pretty lengthy report about the latest update for the machine causing issues. Plus, there was some speculation that foil within the console is to blame for the overheating, but it has since been reported that the foil is part of the thermal pad and shouldn’t be replaced.
On the update, it seems a lot of 360s are locking up right after downloading the March patch.
One frustrated gamer on the official Xbox forums wrote, "My Xbox was fine until the March update [and] now it freezes up after 10 mins of gameplay. Why cant they just leave it alone? They should have held off releasing this piece of junk until it was ready. Anyway off to eBay I go and sell my 360; I can't be arsed with this forced updates. It's nothing but trouble."
"Mine started freezing up last night after I updated as well. It has to be the update. It was running fine for a week straight," said another poster.
Added another: "I purchased a 360 on release day, and have been playing it constantly since then.. I have never had a single freeze up or issue with my system at all. Yesterday I log on and am greeting with a message that there is a mandatory update for Live. I let it go through the process of updating, and once the system reboots, it immediately freezes. I tried rebooted and got the dreaded Red Ring of Death (RROD). I have tried unplugging and replugging everything back into the unit, and I cannot go longer then a few moments without the entire machine freezing... from that point I get the RROD until I power everything off and remove the cords...
"The update killed my 360. Plain and simple... This is, without a doubt, the worst handling of a console I believe I have ever seen... I can't even exchange and/or buy a new one due to the fact that NO ONE has them in stock... almost 4 months after the release."
Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has responded on the message boards that Microsoft is currently looking into the situation.
Game Daily
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