thought id post my status.. as its interesting.
today i fixed a friends modded 360. back sometime in july or august, it got the 3 red lights. he had a 2nd xbox, so there was no rush to get it fixed.
so for the last few months, he had it stored away (literally 'stored away'.. packed in the closet).
today i was bored, so i fixed it via x-clamp fix. i turned it on and it worked fine.
so then i turned it off and plugged an ethernet cord into it.
within a few seconds of turning it on again, it said a security update was available. so i did the update.
after the update, it was banned!
again, this xbox hadnt been played with any backups in a few months, and i didnt have a game in it at all. it did the update, and was banned right away.
i agree that playing early releases will cause people to be banned. thats a givin. but thats not the case here.
what do all of you think of this?
edit - its a hitachi 47. sorry.. i dont remember which fw