will prey kill your xbox 360?

July 19th, 2006 post a comment (70) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

Red Ring of Doom Since buying my Xbox 360 console back on launch day in November 2005, I’ve been one of the fortunate 360 owners to never have a problem with overheating, disc scratches or freezes. My console is in a wide-open, well-ventilated area and had always behaved well. I’ve played just about every game, demo and Live Arcade title to date.

Then, I bought the new FPS, Prey, and everything changed.

Within the first hour of play, the game froze twice. I figured that it was a software glitch. Then, the third time it froze, I got the Red Rings of Doom. I removed the hard drive, cleared its cache, rebooted, and managed to get about 2 more minutes of use before I got the Red Rings again. After a couple of hours, I tried again, and other games seemed fine for the 30 minutes or so that I played. Then I decided to try Prey again, BOOM, 10 seconds into the game HARD FREEZE, and now I can’t get the 360 to play anything for more than about 30 seconds before I get the Red Rings.

Did Prey kill my 360? Is this an indication that 2nd Generation 360 games which are pushing the CPU & GPU will create a whole new outbreak of system deaths?

Please comment if you’ve had any similar experiences.

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1. Lyndon | July 20th, 2006 at 2:36 am

I hope not. I have one of the systems that came out on lauch day as well and haven’t had a problem yet.

Haven’t tried out Prey yet though. The only game that I’ve heard people were have problems with lately, was Chromehounds.

Guess you’ll have to check the various 360 message boards and see if anyone else has had your problem.
2. Huffy | July 20th, 2006 at 6:42 pm

Hey, this seems very odd, the problem only seems to persist when your playing prey ? I would try another copy of the game … It’s unlikely that the game is pushing the processors to that degree. but confused about this i am.
3. Justin | July 23rd, 2006 at 1:29 pm

I’ve played through it on both dificulty levels and haven’t had any problems with it. But I got my 360 in mid 2006. I did have Quake 4 lock up a few times but no red lights.

Let this be a lesson to everybody, ALWAYS get a warrenty if your getting a system from the first batch.
4. Ghostsurfer | July 25th, 2006 at 4:19 pm

Hmmm …. My XBox 360 was freezing when i started to play Perfect Dark right away when i have bought it ha ha ….. Well,comparing to the old XBox behaviour who did the same i think i have to live whit these bad manors!.
5. Ghostsurfer | August 2nd, 2006 at 6:07 am

No the game didnt freeze as i was thinking after i have read this article.It played wery good instead and thats just great!.
6. Albie | August 7th, 2006 at 7:24 am

I got my 1st 360 on 21 dec 2005, it worked well for 5 months, then 3 red lights. code error 0102. Memmory failure.
My second brand new 360 I brought on in mid june 2006, it ran for 4 day. Now no red lights. powers on but freezes at the start up.
Phone M$ support, after more than 10 hours of tellephone calls, just no luck of helping me. I will sent it back to the store I brought it from in germany, cause I live in Namibia. In the meantime I am still waiting for my third 360 to arrive. Hope this one last longer, cause it is really now getting an very expensive hobby with no support for me.
7. Tonywolf | August 22nd, 2006 at 9:39 pm

Got my Xbox 360 in July 2006, played over 160 hours of Oblivion, several hours of other games, and 26 hours of Chromehounds… No problems at all.

Got PREY. Big mistake… First loading screen, game crashed… End of the first level, the game crashed again.

I managed to get about four solid hours out of PREY without problems, and it suddenly crashes again…

I am returning PREY and letting them know what has happened to my system.

So far I have not had the red lights of death… but every game that I have randomly locks up randomly during gameplay now… Its also having startup issues, lockups on the Xbox 360 logo, and on the Xbox dashboard… about a 75-25 ratio on startups… 75 percent being the bad startups, and lockups before my game even loads. HMMMM

Ever had to reboot your console over 20 times just to play your game? Thats frikkin rediculous… then the game crash randomly after you get it to work? That is inexcuseable…

However… the red lights…… That makes me wonder……
8. technabob | August 22nd, 2006 at 9:55 pm

Yeah… I ended up buying a new 360 core system and swapping out the drive from my premium system. I went ahead and invested the $15 for a Nyko Intercooler this time, and immediately sold my copy of Prey too. I have no interest in turning my 360 into a doorstop again.
9. reebs | August 23rd, 2006 at 9:23 pm

I just bought Madden 07 and my console did the same thing as yours did with Prey. 3 lights of death and the secondary error code 0102. However I seem to have found a low-tech way of solving the problem as my xb 360 seems to be working fine now. I have this pretty powerful fan in my apartment and is what I did was put the XB up against the fan rotating it every minute or so on each of the vents on the outer case. I didn’t notice an overheating issue but this seemed to work. I played for about 7 hours striaight today with Madden 07 (the same game the started this whole debacle) with no problems. Hope this helps.
10. david | August 31st, 2006 at 5:45 pm

Mine did the same thing, I bought my 360 on release day and haven’t had a problem yet but all of a sudden I put in prey, get the red rings of doom, and now my 360 has a tendency to freeze… if only I could turn back the hands of time, I wouldn’t have tried that game
11. Samuel | September 16th, 2006 at 12:26 pm

Error 0102 is caused when the GPU gets to hot and the solder points on either the GPU, RAM, or Soutbridge get micro cracks. Microsoft cheaped out with the cooling on the GPU and they don’t monitor the tempiture on it. If you look inside the rear grill u can see that when the CPU heats up the CPU fan speeds up but the GPU on doesn’t. This cause the metal to expand and micro cracks form. The game it’s self doesn’t kill your xbox it’s just pushing your system to hard and there not enough cooling power. If you go to youtube and search up Modfreaks theres a video made by the guy who discovered this showing how to fix it. 99% of people who have done it have fixed them xbox360, but dude to crappy cooling it often happens again. So if you upgrade the thermo paste and fans, or doing the 12volt fan mod it should be good. of course this requires opening the case and voiding your warrenty but if your warrentys up give it a try. you got nothing to loose. if you really need to get onto your xbox 360 turn it on and let it run for about 10 minutes to let it warm up then restart the x360 and give it a try.
12. Kicko | September 19th, 2006 at 11:11 am

I have the game Prey, and it worked fine a few hours into the game. I dont have any probs with the machine, i think, but the game freezes everytime in loading screen making it impossible for me to play. Sometimes i get pass the load screen but it freezes next time its time to load. I dont know why, its just silly it happens.
XBOX 360 is so far a disapointment. I barely dare touching the machine! If I could return the machine i would and save the money for the PS3.
13. Dan | October 19th, 2006 at 8:28 pm

Prey killed mine too! Just like you said, everything was fine until i played Prey on it. Then several frozens later? it now does not even start? Red lights right away.
14. Jay | October 30th, 2006 at 4:09 pm

I ngot madden 07 then a couple of days it was fine the n suddenly the th8ing just styopped playing. I was so maD now i cant even get the thing to start.or even get to the xbox menu.
15. Jacob | November 6th, 2006 at 9:17 pm

Same here i had my xbox 360 been working fine then the other day i got marvel ultimate alliance and i got the rings of doom with the error code 0102.
16. gabriel fields | November 7th, 2006 at 6:43 pm

I really wish i could find out what happened to tommy…. you know …. saving his gilrfriend and all….but MICROLOST doesnt love me….crying now…
17. Kim | November 13th, 2006 at 11:59 pm

oh crap, it’s true! I bought one of the first 360’s in Oz about a year ago, and bought prey yesterday… couldn’t even get to the first stage. when i first put prey in, it performed an ‘update’ b4 it could load the game. when it got to the loading screen before the fist stage, it just locked up - no gameplay, no cutting back to menu, nothing. even tried another copy - nothing again. Now Call of Duty 2 is doing it halfway thru - I just wanna play a game, dammit! (sob)
18. PTiger | November 24th, 2006 at 6:14 pm

Just got the xbox 360 and rented Prey. Powered on and playing for less than 40 minutes. After dropping off a hanging bridge in the first stage the game starts a loading screen for some transitional play and the load screen starts strobing like a rapid flash camera and you can tell there is some frame overlay causing this confusion and then it beomes unresponsive and next shows a basic “loading” screen with the Prey logo and it is completely froze up. Happens at this point consistently. No red rings though. Also just froze up in Dead or Alive 4 after a match. I have been hoping prior to purchasing that this game systems was going to be solid, but this doesn’t bode well for a new system one year after launch. Maybe two years in the market and with some PS3 competition will force MS to get the bugs out.
19. technabob | November 24th, 2006 at 10:04 pm

As much as I love Gears of War on the 360, I must say that I’ve had at least 4 or 5 “dirty disc” errors, and my friends have reported similar issues.

I’m on my second 360, and have a PS3 now and a Wii on the way. So far, I’ve had NO freezes on the PS3, with about 8 hours of play (Resistance:Fall of Man). Amazingly, the PS3 actually feels barely warm after a session, and it makes less noise than the 360, and has no external power supply. While the 360 clearly has superior software (dashboard & Xbox Live), and a much bigger game library so far, I think the PS3 could give Microsoft a run for their money in a year or so.
20. Dave | December 13th, 2006 at 12:55 pm

Prey is a total nightmare. Nothing but screen freezes, after about 3-4 hours of game play. Other games would lock up as well after playing Prey. I got in contact with Microsoft. The Xbox 360 rep had me do a system cache clear by loading Oblivion and pressing the “a” button while it loads. In addition, go to system, memory, press “y”…then press X, X, LB, RB, X, X. Do this at your own risk, but my system has played correctly since (OK it did lock up once, but for the most part no errors).

Dave
21. mark | December 14th, 2006 at 2:10 am

I had my 360 from launch day been fine no freezes no red lights nothing untill i played rainbow 6 lv freezes then i get the error 0102 ,really really anoyed to say the least just out off warrenty im in 2 minds to buy another or wait for the ps3 in march [uk] .just very poor quality from ms,,,,,,,,
22. chris | December 16th, 2006 at 8:08 am

Viva Pinata killed mine I think. I played for 30 minutes and frozen screen. It seemed harmless enough. So I kept playing for about 2 weeks. Then Gears of War freezes 30 minutes in.

Viva in about 5 minutes, DOA4 in about 2, it’s terrible.

I’m out of warranty too, and this is a replacement console microsoft sent me.
23. technabob | December 16th, 2006 at 8:17 am

That sucks. As much as the 360 is the most well-rounded of the current gen consoles, Microsoft really needs to rethink the cooling design of the system and release a new version of the console. Here’s my wish list:

1) Fix the freaking overheating issues (my PS3 has none of these problems, and the power supply is built-in!)
2) Fix the noisy fans and DVD drive (again the PS3 is whisper quiet)
3) Replace the DVD drive with an HD-DVD drive (or offer it as an option)
4) Replace the anemic 20GB hard drive with a 250GB hard drive, so we can actually download content from the Marketplace and keep it
5) Do all that and keep the price at $399 or less, and I’ll re-up for sure
24. Eag1eFeather | January 15th, 2007 at 8:32 am

Ok - less than a week ago, I finally upgraded the xbox to a 360. I’ve played Gears of War completely through a couple of times, Sonic, Arcade games, and a few others with no glitches or issues at all. Yesterday I tried to play Prey and as soon as you get past the opening bar sequence, it locks up tight as a drum. I’ve tried cleaning the disc, it locks up in the same place every time. I still haven’t had a problem with any other game. It doesnt seem to be related to overheating or any other issues - its definately related to the game Prey.
25. technabob | January 15th, 2007 at 4:01 pm

Hey, I just read about this rather silly fix for 360 overheating:

http://thexboxdomain.net/2007/01/15/the-towel-trick-fixes-360s/

Supposedly, if you wrap a towel around your overheated 360 immediately after the red rings of doom, wait about 10 minutes, then go back to the 360, it will work again. I’m assuming this just has something to do with the towel absorbing some of the excess case heat, but it’s still pretty funny.
26. Yi | January 17th, 2007 at 8:19 pm

Dude the same thing happened to my xbox 360 I was playing Raw VS smack down 07 and the same thing happend
27. FracalStructure | January 20th, 2007 at 7:47 pm

I got my 360 fairly recently, started out with Oblivion, which never really gave me any problems whatsoever. Just a few days ago, i got Prey as a present, and in single player mode im up to the 4th level or so, and have not seen any glitches whatsoever. However, when i play online, almost every time i get this horrible glitch, where when i try the move, the screen flickers, and my character just goes back and forth, and i have no control over
him, thus rendering online play useless. 1) Does prey really screw up the 360 permanetly, for other games? Because its such an expensive system, which i got for my bday, i dont want to ruin it. even though it has yet to freeze on me or anything like, i do get the really bad online glitches 2) if its okay to keep playing this game, is there a way to get rid of this godawful glitch? thnx in advance to anyone that can help me with these questions
28. SHARKBAIT 69 | February 6th, 2007 at 8:03 pm

R63 VEGAS HAS BEEN FREEZING DURING ONLINE PLAY. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS PROBLEM? SOMETIMES IT WILL WORK FOR HOURS, AND SOMETIMES IT WILL FREEZE ON EVERY BOARD. ALWAYS COMES BACK ON WHEN YOU RESTART. FYI THIS IS A REPLACEMENT UNIT
29. chance | February 12th, 2007 at 1:29 pm

DUde my 360 is freezing ever 10 min i need help!
30. TNT | February 24th, 2007 at 2:06 pm

Just loaded Prey on my so far perfect XBox 360, 2months old. Red rings of death an now no boot.

Any ideas?
31. technabob | February 24th, 2007 at 6:32 pm

Bummer. Chances are you’ll need to send it into Microsoft for a replacement. Once you start getting those red rings, it usually means something’s started to go bad. If I were you, I’d contact Microsoft at (800) 4MY-XBOX and do an exchange.
32. Dain | February 26th, 2007 at 4:27 pm

I put a movie into my 360 yesterday…. It locked up and I got a solid red ring.. No flashing. I cant find anything about it and Microsoft wont return my calls or emails. I am lost on what to do?
33. technabob | February 26th, 2007 at 6:53 pm

When you say “Microsoft won’t return my calls,” don’t you speak with a representative when you call the 800 number? They usually make arrangements right then and there to do an exchange.

I’ve never heard of the solid red ring though. Were you able to eject the disk, or is it jammed in there?
34. Freebie Archive | March 4th, 2007 at 4:08 am

I’m having a similar problem but i dont think it’s prey related. I do own prey but I wasn’t playing it when the console screwed up. I’m getting error code 0102. WHAT THE HELL? I paid $400 for this system and over $200 in games just for this shit to break on me? That pisses me off.
35. Andrew | March 14th, 2007 at 11:51 pm

hey bro it wasnt the game its some kind of pain in the ass error i think its over heating what u gotta do its disconected for about 5 min then it may work but it can happen to u again, right now mine its dead too, my advice to u is take it where u bouth it, it could me a short contact or a union between contacte becouse of the overheating n after u fix it u gotta buy a extra fan they sell them over amazon good luck fellow gamer….

Talkalikathis
36. Andrew | March 21st, 2007 at 11:23 pm

i know what wrong some problem with the X clips easy to fix just gotta ad pressure…:)

Talkalikathis
37. Dennis | April 19th, 2007 at 4:44 am

Just got the game the other day for a bargain and it ’s killing alright.

Played WWE Smackdown vs RAW before even starting prey for hours on end. Then after inserting prey updating.. everything worked fine.. then I got locked in graphic on level 3 or so and tried to reload a old save… xbox frooze… restarted the game same thing, tried RAW vs smackdown.. Same thing.. I get a whole bunch of greenish triangles (graphical artefacts) all over and it hangs… Tried some other games and they work or so it seems… but The only thing that’s changed is prey and its update.
38. technabob | April 22nd, 2007 at 4:55 pm

Here’s irony for you…
http://www.qj.net/Human-Head-Studios-damaged-in-fire/pg/49/aid/90107

Perhaps they were playing their own game?
39. Gary | May 1st, 2007 at 9:46 am

Hi, I had a similar problem with my xbox 360 but luckily I found a great solution and I was able to fix this problem.

Here is the solution for the red light error

good luck
40. theOne | May 12th, 2007 at 4:31 am

Well believe me Prey has something to do with it. When my first xbox360 got the 3 red lights it was because of Prey(evil game). I got to a point where I was on this planet and when I finally got to a door the game froze and I got the lights, could not even turn it on for 15 seconds. The second time my xbox360 got the lights was again at the same place? rofl, piece of shit game.
41. Stuart | June 17th, 2007 at 11:42 am

i have the red rings of doom and i havent even played prey. I dont want to open my xbox and use the hot air gun icase it damages my system. any thought on how to fix it. If you do please email me at admin@henryjsaunders.com
42. Axe | June 29th, 2007 at 7:10 am

Hmm I had the exact same thing with Saints Row … I’m waiting for a new bawx from MS
43. Jay | July 5th, 2007 at 3:31 pm

Dang man Dang i really need some help good help i JUST got 0102 system error on my 360 no warning except freezing u c what happened was that crap G.R.A.W 2 demo was freezing alot and so now i got red ring 3 of them and if i tell my dad im dead freakin screwed so my best bet is fixing it on my own somehow WITHOUT sending my console in 4 repairs so ever since then precisely 3 days ago i think posssibly 4 ive been at it trying 2 find a cure on the web but thats not as easy as it sounds i tried sending an email 2 ms but they still havent said a word 2 days ago so i go 2 my last hope the REAL verdict the people people who know what im talkin about so im turning towards u guys i need help will u help? towel glitch how long does that last? well ummm no thanks i REALLY dont wanna do THAT i tried the t-shirt 1 that just helps 4 1 day and i dont wanna keep doing that cause i dont wanna burn somethin out also how long would that work i mean 4 the t-shirt 1 all u have 2 do is get a t-shirt obviously and hold it on the back of the console vents 4 5min then it should overheat because it traps all the heat inside warming everything up and expanding that plate thing inside so it will touch the other 1 so how many times can u do that? and im NOT taking apart my console so can some kind soul out there help me? please i appreciate all the postings and info tryin 2 help so thanks hope th e t-shirt thing helped and i sure hope u can thanks F.Y.I im NOT sending it in so dont mention that thanks
44. Jay | July 5th, 2007 at 3:34 pm

yoboyjayjay28@yahoo.com is my email i hope u guys check this often like the bottom lol
45. technabob | July 5th, 2007 at 3:43 pm

Other than sending it in, the only real permanent solution is a new 360. I never did manage to get my old 360 to work properly after the red rings of doom, and I ended up buying a new one.

You can try adding a fan like the Nyko Intercooler, and that might help IF the console is working at present, and occasionally crapping out.
46. technabob | July 5th, 2007 at 4:18 pm

Today might be your lucky day at Microsoft….
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/petermooreletter.htm

Sounds like they’re extending the warranty to 3-years for any consoles that has three flashing red lights.
47. Jay | July 5th, 2007 at 4:34 pm

i know but im really trying 2 avoid that any further tips?
48. technabob | July 5th, 2007 at 4:49 pm

Did you try to add a fan like the Nyko Intercooler?
49. Jay | July 5th, 2007 at 5:15 pm

no i heard that 1 melts on and messes up your console because all of the electricity isnt spreading because its draining some of the 360’s power so i was considering the vertical stand
50. technabob | July 5th, 2007 at 9:39 pm

There were some rare reports where intercoolers might have caused “arcing” problems at the power adapter, but most people who’ve used them reported positive results. A directly attached fan like that is most likely to decrease temperature.

I know you don’t want to send your console to Microsoft, but I really think that’s your best bet if you want the problem cured.
51. Jay | July 5th, 2007 at 11:04 pm

yea thanks u guys really help and earlier 2day my console kept freezing up how can i stop this because the error isnt appearing as much anymore any ideas?
52. Jay | July 6th, 2007 at 10:15 pm

does anyone have a fix your 360 guide without taking it apart free? i need 1 bad
53. Brent | July 17th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

I’ve heard some bad stories about the intercooler fans, so i went with a vertical stand fan, which retails for about $25 CDN at Future Shop. Now if you don’t mind having your 360 standing up, i’ve found this vertical stand fan to be an excellent cooling system. it eliminates the possibility of causing power surge or arc related problems in the unit because it is powered by its own independent ac adaptor, which is also handy because you can leave the cooling stand on after the 360 is turned off to get the unit completely cooled off faster.
54. STRING3R | July 25th, 2007 at 3:07 pm

Whenever the loading screen appears after i finish the level “sacrifices” the screen starts blinking and the game stops loading, can anyone help me please?
55. michael | August 1st, 2007 at 10:14 pm

i had the 360 for 7 months then one day boom playing halo 2 freezes, lines in the screen. restarted didnt turn on, got the 3 red rings of death. waited 10 mins. try again work good until it froze with no game inside the 360 then every game are no game after 10 mins of playing it freezes. and after i try to restart red rings!! and have to wait 10 mins to turn on. but it still freeze after 10 mins of playing!! even on the 360 dashboard it freezes!!!! i had halo 2 for ever so its not the game. i think it wasnt the game for u.
56. Jay | August 6th, 2007 at 11:23 pm

hey i need a fix your own 360 guide without opening it free if some1 is willing to pay 4 1 google Chris Jones three red light fix u should find it and then give tell me how 2 fix it thanks! u can reach me at
yoboyjayjay28@yahoo.com
Thanks!
57. technabob | August 6th, 2007 at 11:41 pm

Dude… Send your Xbox in to Microsoft once and for all.

I know it sucks to let go of it, but that’s the only way you’ll get it fixed properly. Especially now that they extended the warranty for the 3 red ring issue, you have no excuse.

They even have a special new Website where you can start the service process:

http://service.xbox.com
58. Jay | August 9th, 2007 at 11:36 pm

your right thanks
59. ben | August 29th, 2007 at 10:52 am

my 360 has broke 3 time in less then eight months its in a well ventilated place near my window and next time i think im going to sue Microsoft for a defaulter iv also play a lot of game but gust renting them iv only had my 360 about half a year can you give me some tip on how to stop it doing again and do you now that the xbox 360 garenty is now 3 years
60. technabob | August 29th, 2007 at 11:51 am

Ben, the only thing that you can hope is that when you send your 360 in for repair, that you’ll end up with the new cooling design that’s supposed to be better.

You certainly could try a Nyko Intercooler fan too, but there’s some debate on if that’s a good thing or not. Personally, I found that it cooled off my 360 quite a bit, but was just painfully loud.

And yes, if you’re getting 3 red rings, your warranty will go for up to 3 years.
61. Shadow Ferret | September 27th, 2007 at 10:41 pm

This has recently happened to me with Halo 3. Exactly the same symptoms, everything. I now have to send it in for repairs.
62. technabob | September 27th, 2007 at 11:19 pm

Word is that lots of people are starting to report Halo 3 errors, freezes and RROD issues. Rumors are that it could be corrupting the hard drive — but that’s just an early rumor.

If you can believe it, I haven’t picked up my copy yet, but I’m hoping it doesn’t kill my (currently functional) console.
63. Switch201 | October 6th, 2007 at 6:01 pm

Ya i was playing halo 3 about to kill a brute then the game froze. when i turned it back on 3 red rings were around the power switch. so i unpluged that box thing that is conected to the powere switch because it was making a weid nose. but i still don’t think that will do it
64. Cam | October 29th, 2007 at 7:25 am

Ya that happened to me and it sucks like sometimes i can get actuaollly in to the game then it freezes but usally icant even get it on
65. colton | November 23rd, 2007 at 7:35 am

my xbox is in a moderately well ventilated area and i have never had any issues with freezing before but when i play prey i have gotten to a specific point in the game and every time i load my save file it freezes on the loading screen. I am not technologically oriented person but as far as i know game systems cannot be judgemental towards games can they?
66. technabob | November 23rd, 2007 at 2:44 pm

Actually, any given game engine could exercise the CPU and GPU in different way than others. So it’s possible that Prey’s engine pushes the processors harder than some others.
67. Ian | November 27th, 2007 at 7:17 pm

i think ur xbox is just messed up i bought mine in 07 and i havnt had any problems yet, prey froze ONCE and now it is fine, no problems. You guys just need newer xbox 360’s.
68. rocker117 | May 18th, 2008 at 11:00 pm

I Recieve My Xbox From Repairing …
And The Red Lights Appeared …
I Disconnected The Console Quickly …
I Installed The Xbox In Another Room …
And …
Eureka …
My Loving Xbox Was Working Again …
Since That Day I Never Saw 3 F**king lights …
Just Saying , Maybe The INformation Is Useful To The Others …
69. rocker117 | May 18th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

The 2 Times I Saw 3 Red Lights …
I Was Playing Halo 3 …
Watch Out With Your Xbox While Finishing The Fight !!
70. JT | August 22nd, 2008 at 2:16 pm

i’ve had a problem with my elite freezing at the xbox logo…I get around that by starting the console without the video cable plugged in the back and as its starting plugging the cable in….it works for me. and my games use to freeze in play all the time but i found if you start them from the dashboard it happens a lot less…not sure how to totally stop it though.