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.

There are 2 parts to the update..

first... you'll see "Downloading Update, Do Not Turn Off Your HDD, etc. etc." that's when it's downloading the update. If it disconnects, or lightning strikes then.. you'll be fine. I've done that before.

after that you'll see "Applying Update, Do not etc. etc. etc." THIS is the part that must happen without problems, THIS is the thing you must make sure succeeds without fuss, cause THIS is when you ROM gets Flashed, interupt this and...

Microsoft will fix this problem eventually.....here is the link....http://www.gamespot.com/news/6160850.html?tag=latestnews;title;0

Wahhhh.....if dont update they dont let you go Live!..hmmm..i so scared to update...wait till they solve this problem then i will update..hehehehe

Why wud you be scared to update?

he he... no pain no gain .. he he

didn't realised the update will cause problem.. just whack only...

So far no reports of dead 360s from here I think.... It's probably those people who are suspected of flashing their consoles to play ahem games.

The dashboard update is pretty nice. Easier on the eyes

wahaha finally can online after 2 days n there's a dashboard update waiting for me!!!
downloading halfway now!

ok first of all, I will not go as far as to say I don't play pirated games at all, I do , my whole PS2 library is nearly all pirated.. i do buy ORI games like FFXII, Dragon Quest..

but for x360, i've totally signed of modding, why? What is the fun of x360 without online play ?

For me, as long as the next gen consoles offer a solid onlline platform (like LIVE and not PS2's feeble attempt) I will support ori

Ok, this is off-topic but just wodnering how come I can't get SFII on LIVE? I can't find it ..



This post has been edited by tnsai: Nov 2 2006, 11:49 AM

IIRC,SFII not available in most regions except for US n Canada

... nooooooooooooooo

Yeah.. cause the characthers have their US names, and not their Asian ones.

okay2 i'm sorry bro xeno! well as a defense, i didn't mean to blame tmnet..but knowing that sometimes the connection is unstable, anything could happen. but well now knowing that the update can only go wrong while actually flashing the ROM and not while downloading it so no worries then!

and yeah without tmnet we won't have live..wonder when could we experience higher bandwidth like our neighbor...that'd be cool!

So far, all of you have applied the update without any issues?
I'm a little hesitant after reading some scary reports on xboxic.com. Looks like quite a lot of people using un-modded boxes got screwed as well.

well.. if you don't update you can't logon back to Live then.. anyway.. oh yeah.. the problem is fixed already what.. seee..


Edit: An updated version of the Fall Update is now available on Xbox Live which has elminated issues relating to new or refurbished consoles failing after applying the Fall Update. Users who have already applied the Fall Update and are seeing an error message should call their local Xbox Support telephone number. If you already have the update, you will not be prompted for another update.


From major nelson.

no problems with me, it went smoothly

now if i get dc from Live my downloads will not start from 0% or lose any % i don't even have to restart my download, got auto resume

so it's supposedly safe now I see, thanks for the heads up......
keeping my fingers crossed...

lisoong,

if you're worried connect your xbox to a UPS. If blackout also no problem.

haih... the console also wants its own UPS even my pc don't have a UPS

Ok..im gonna update today....hopefully nothng screws up cos here im Msia we dont have technical support....scary.....blair witch scary....

whoa u serious? whoopie! now my dreaded 1gb demo problem could possibly be solved! gotta try downloading later.

what updates do the dashboard get?

hm guys, my update was easy,.. nothings wrong. Just looks nicer i guess interms on the dashboards.

Anyway, i reliase one thing, before i update, i still get to download certain latest demos. eg. NBA2k7......

But after i updated, alot of the titles in the list is not there ler.

demo for fifa07, nba2k7...

My locale is set as singapore btw.

"merdeka" if ur reading this.. u got any prob with this?

Do you know what is known as internet and xbox.com? There's a lot info on the update. If you memang malas. Here is the link.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2...ompletelist.htm