XBox lockup. (1 Viewer)

[Darren K Price]

I received an XBox for Xmas and I have one question....Is it acceptable that my XBox locks up, at least once, each gaming session? I play Splinter Cell, Mech Assault and Madden. At least once a game it locks up and has to be turned off and back on in order to continue playing. Should I return it because it is a real annoyance? But, being Microsoft, does the system behave like the Windows operating system and crash for no reason? Any info would be much appreciated.

Darren K Price

 

[Carl Johnson]

no, you should return it because it is defective. I've had my X Box since the day the console was released and i've never once had a lockup. Considering it's a universal format that has to deal with dozens of variables i can forgive windows for an occasional crash but it should never be the case with a video game console.

 

[Kami]

Yep, it's defective. That's TOTALLY unacceptable. My xbox has never had a hiccup in the 4-5 months I've had it, even with very long gaming sessions.

 

[EdR]

I wonder if the lockup you're describing is related to the disc reading problems. I've had a few occasons where the game I'm playing starts to stutter, literally freezing intermittently, the audio screws up. If I let it go on long enough, eventually I get the 'dirty disc' error, but I usually just reboot because I know it won't recover.

Are these the kinds of symptoms you're seeing, or is it different?

 

[Jeremy_Nelson]

I've had it lock up a couple of times on NFL2k3, but I think it might be just the dirty disk error. But yeah if it is locking up on every session then you need to return it.

 

[Martin Rendall]

EdR,

So, if one was getting this sort of thing, would one be reasonable in wanting to to get their Xbox replaced or repaired? Sounds like you're living with it...

Martin.

 

[Joshua Moran]

It could be overheating. Do you have it placed and a ventilated area?

 

[EdR]

So, if one was getting this sort of thing, would one be reasonable in wanting to to get their Xbox replaced or repaired? Sounds like you're living with it...

I am living with it...for now at least. It's fairly rare so far, I'd say that I've had about 10-15 episodes of dirty disc, and of those about 3 or 4 interrupted a game (the worst was during a boss battle in PDO).

The rest were all at times when the disc was being accessed during a load (between games, starting a game, etc) so i didn't lose anything but a few minutes of my time.

I am considering contacting MS about it, but I guess I'm kind of lazy. If the problem was more common, like Darren's I wouldn't hesitate to get it fixed/replaced.

 

[Darren K Price]

All of my discs are brand new so I doubt it's dirt. It doesnt stutter it just locks. It's going back. Thanks for the help guys!

Darren K Price