XBL Update = Monday

[BREVITY]

XBL Update = Monday

[H]ardNews 10th Edition
Friday January 27, 2006
Posted by Steve 5:15 PM (CST)

Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Delay:
We linked a story yesterday at Xboxic that broke the news of an update for the Xbox 360 dashboard. We received confirmation from Microsoft that the Xboxic information was indeed accurate and that an update was “imminent”. Unfortunately, that update was supposed to head to production today but a few minor issues pushed the target date back to Monday. There will also be a Call Of Duty 2 update hitting the following day, so next week should be a good one for Xbox 360 owners.


hotness!

this is supposed to fix a ton of bugs and issues w/ the 360 Live dashboard and all that, even let you download stuff in the background instead of waiting half an hour for your demo downloads and you can't do ****.

[greyerlynx]

Background downloads! YES!

[speed stick]

Thats today. Cool. I better see if its true.

[BREVITY]

Casper take note ppl are saying this will change the chat so you can have more ppl in the same room. Woot!!! Woot!!!

[Sheeyt]

Sorry Brev none of that was included in the update. See XO front page for update details.

[Yankeez]

haha ownd!

[bmdubya]

that sucks, i was hoping for more than one person in a chat. oh well, guess that will come later.

[speed stick]

Well I got the update downloaded and now my 360 is flashing 3 red lights. I got a box coming.

I don't really think it was the update because the console started freezing lots today for the first time before I downloading the updates.

[Dr Jax]

The same thing happened to me.

My Xbox is dead.

[blinx]

dr jax.... capser owes me 5 bucks

[speed stick]

The same thing happened to me.

My Xbox is dead.

Are you serious? If so, weird.

[Variation]

Now I'm scared to turn mine on :/

[aasp]

what do I do?

should I download it or not?

I'm scared

[bmdubya]

haha, its fine, i downloaded it and my 360 worked fine after it rebooted. dont be a pussy, has ahhnold would say.

[aasp]

if my 360 se chinga

tu me compras otro

[Ranzo]

mine worked fine. downloaded, rebooted, nuff said.

[Variation]

Whew, mine was alright as well.

[aasp]

ok I did it, it went allright

[BREVITY]

Never has my 360 froze till I dled this. It locked up last night in the middle of a game.
Shitty update.

[Pharaoh13]

I've had smooth sailing as well. Pretty lame update though. Oh well, I'm sure it was probably just a test by Microsoft to see what kind of bandwidth they needed for something like that and whatnot. This just paves the way for bigger, better, and more substancial updates in the future...

[Casper]

Never has my 360 froze till I dled this. It locked up last night in the middle of a game.
Shitty update.
Wasn't that because your Net went dead?

Anyways -

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14401

According to a number of reports however, the real reason for the update was a preemptive strike of sorts, preventing a possible security breach following the availability of 'kiosk discs'.

Hackers had discovered that the discs designed for in-store Xbox 360 demonstration kiosks did not contain any copy-protection, allowing multpiple copies to be produced that would run on standard retail units. Since December, the demo disc code has been appearing on the Internet for download from Usenet sites, allowing gamers to burn their own working copy free of charge.

Although the discs in question held nothing more than game demos, it was believed that the security breach could lead to hackers uncovering further security loopholes in the new machine.As a result fo the automatic update, the kiosk discs no longer function.

[speed stick]

^I could never get that kiosk disc to work before anyway.

So Brevity, you 360 screen went all screwed up? Thats how mine started, after the first time that happened, then it happened again and occured more often until I got 3 red lights when I start my console up.

[BREVITY]

Wasn't that because your Net went dead?

Anyways -

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14401
NA I got on the PC once I got off the phone with you.
It was the 360.

[Casper]

^I could never get that kiosk disc to work before anyway.

So Brevity, you 360 screen went all screwed up? Thats how mine started, after the first time that happened, then it happened again and occured more often until I got 3 red lights when I start my console up.
If you didn't get it fixed yet - try this

http://xbox360.joystiq.com/2006/01/30/do-it-yourself-repair-xbox-360-delight-007/

[Dr Jax]

Check this:

Last night, my 360 didn't work worth a crap.

Turned it on this morning and it worked fine.

I have no idea what the problem was.

:huh:

[speed stick]

If you didn't get it fixed yet - try this

http://xbox360.joystiq.com/2006/01/30/do-it-yourself-repair-xbox-360-delight-007/

I would do that except when I push the power button nothing comes on the screen. the 3 red lights just flash like 3 seconds after I press the power button. It doesn't make a difference if the hard drive is attached or not. thx anyway.

[ECUnlimited]

I was expecting more then what was given in the update, but oh well. I guess those other things will be added eventually.