In an article on gamespot today it was brought to my attention that the latest fall update causes bricking in modded 360's. In other words modded 360's will become expensive paperweights! Additionally there are some rare cases of bricking in unmodded 360's too but its rare.....however this problem can be fixed if sent for repairs....please be warned...and here's the link.............http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25101615&sid=6160771




P.S. I think MS intentionally did this!!

Way to go MS

Ori ftw!

why you wanna blame msoft? as expected my friend... i just pity those paid extra to sg wangs shops believing in the socalled "modchip"

No lah friend not blaming MS...the exclamation marks was for the excitement!!!

I support ori all the way.

Currently it happens on "unmoded" console as well~

windows360 genuine advantage FTW!

eh? there's an update liao? what new features/fixes? excuse me for my ignorance, didnt have the time to reconnect my router and 360 since back from hari raya

*edit: nvm, found it already... WMV playback is interesting, gonna hook it up when i get back

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Nov 1 2006, 01:53 PM

I saja update only. Didn't realize that it might brick non modded console as well. Phew... luckily my update went well.

Notice visual some changes on the dashboard.

i'm scared of this already when i was updating mine, but lucky nothing happen.

is there any modded box but didn't brick when update?

just make sure ur power and internet connection was stable before doing the update.

This post has been edited by xxboxx: Nov 1 2006, 04:32 PM

Yes.. main thing is.. the update actually flashes to a ROM so during that time NOTHING bad must happen when it actually flashes.

^whether the bricking was intentional onot, at least sum1 at MS has a sense of humor

After updated and reboot it stuck at the "X" logo for almost 2 mins, scared the hell out me

Mine got stuck b4 I even update it ... but after restart my console and update it ... everything is fine.

Btw ... whats the meaning of bricking ?

bricking if im not mistaken is modifying the flash card of the 360's firmware. making it able to play pirated games. please correct me if im wrong guys.

No lar. Bricking means turning your xbox360 into a brick

If failed update and cannot use anymore, its basically becomes a brick or paperweight or door stopper or wadever u can think of.

This post has been edited by terencey: Nov 1 2006, 08:27 PM

holy crap! at first, when i read that modded consoles will be brickified after the update, i was like..wooohey! go MS!

but then some original consoles got brickified too?? i mean..WHAT??? what's the purpose of the update then?? shouldn't like MS give some warning first?

so tell me guys, what could be the possible causes of update failure? maybe disconnected while updating?we're using tmnuts here so anything could happen..


but well, eventho my update went well but still i get the feeling similar to when u take a picture and later find a ghostly apparition beside u in the final photo.



hopefully future updates are not this scary..or i shall retain from updating until no negative issues come up.



but hey wmv streaming 'out of the box' rules!

this isnt the first time something like this has happened
PSPs have been bricked,too...
want to support ori,and this happens

Like I said b4 ... please DO NOT blame Tmnet for this lar ... without em .. u guys cannot play on Xbox Live.