So i've been having problems with my 360 for a bit.. Far Cry would randomly lock up, much to my dismay. I figured it was an isolated thing, since my other games (DOA4, Oblivion, Condemned, PD:Zero, CoD2, Burnout, etc) have NEVER frozen. However, I rented Full Auto and Table Tennis. Both games randomly freeze. I decide to contact MSoft help over PC. I'm going to cut out the boring stuff..
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bitching-about-360 or coffin thread by any means.. I just thought it was funny. What do you guys think? It's freezing on random games.. is it on its last leg? Should I go ahead and send it in? It's a launch system, I wonder how much it'd cost to repair it.. $150? Bah. I don't wanna call tech. I'll get outsourced to India or something.
{Scorch} It's happening with multiple discs, all the discs are brand new.
{Scorch} I've tried them on multiple XBox 360's, it just seems to be my system
{Norman} These are the troubleshooting steps you must do in order to resolve your game freeze.
1. Restart the console.
2. the console must be in a well ventilated area.
3. make sure that your console has a correct time and date.
4. Turn off the console, remove the hard drive, re-attach it after a couple of minutes.
5. Try any kind of game disc.
{Scorch} I was hoping to speak to a real person instead of an automated answering service that looks for keywords. I know the routine, I sell Microsoft products so I field this question all day long from 360 owners.
{Norman} Yes, Im a real person Scorch
{Scorch} OK, great, thanks. Is this a common issue for the 360 to freeze on certain specific games and not others? Or am I just lucky?
{Norman} No
{Norman} Your Just lucky
{Scorch} What are my options?
{Norman} 1. Remove any disc that may be in the tray and restart the Xbox.
2. Make sure that you are using clean discs and that you wipe it off before you put them in.
3. You might want to delete some saved games from the Memory to clear up space and remove corrupted files.
{Scorch} Yeah, none of that helped.
{Norman} Have you try to call our phone support?
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bitching-about-360 or coffin thread by any means.. I just thought it was funny. What do you guys think? It's freezing on random games.. is it on its last leg? Should I go ahead and send it in? It's a launch system, I wonder how much it'd cost to repair it.. $150? Bah. I don't wanna call tech. I'll get outsourced to India or something.