New Xbox Experience: Download the Live update

Pretty damn good but I think if microsoft go too far with the avatars. Use them in gameplay for example the 360 may start to look too much like the nintendo Wii. I still believe the 360 is the best console around.

Sick

Downloaded it last night to all 3 xbox’s. very impressed with the new look. Very refeshing and up to date, easy, fast navigation. Feels like having a new console again. I do like the feature to install a game to the hard-drive. I like the avatars (and so too does my daughter) but will wait and see what online community games are brought out to take advantage of them. Two thumbs up .

So I did the download and now I have no sound….

This is the worst. I have religiously used my X-box 360 console for intense gaming for the last two years with no problem. That is of course, after straight up replacing the first one i had due to getting the ring of death for no apparent reason. Now with the NXE just shortly after downloading and playing a few rounds… CRAAAAASH… E-74 hardware failure. Oh and PS: my warranty is up which leaves me SOL. Thanks X-Box for crashing my system and leaving me to the foot the bill during this sh*tty economy. I’d rather save for Playstation 3

Mike, I hear ya, Im not even a big gamer, I play a little of Madden and a few shooters just everyonce in a great while. With this said, I downloaded the new “great” xbox esp, and boom, 2 freezes later and I get a E74 msg…. a short term fix btw, is to simply over heat the console, but I think this is simply short termed.

I downloaded the new upgrade and poof no sound through HDMI. Hope they fix this fast!

“I downloaded the new upgrade and poof no sound through HDMI. Hope they fix this fast!”

Same here. WTF is going on?!

for Mike or anyone who gets E 74 from this, this is what I did and it has worked thus far (over a day) ,

Wrap the Xbox in 3 towels, unplug the video feed, and turn it on, while in the the 3 towels the xbox will over heat in about 5 or 10 mins, this is “baking” the xbox, and it sometimes fixes the problem , or sometimes simply fixes it for a short time, but still a option.

Lost my sound too after applying the update thru hdmi, hooked up the cables that came with it and still had no sound. Called tech support and got the run around…. blah blah blah, stories and more stories.. fix this, I’ve it it for less than 2 weeks and played 3 games and maybe 10 hours of playtime… they say 4 or more days for a fix..huh.. wtf its friday night and I can’t play.. my only f**n day off

Typical of microsoft extortion tactics:

I play madden 09 online, so downloaded the update when prompted. It “failed” and told me to buy a hard drive or bigger memory card. So now I can’t connect to play, as I did before this so called “improved” game experience.

To boot, it downloaded enough that I have to select “load disc” from a menu prior to starting any game. How is that an improvement? Starting a console and loading a game is the most basic part of any gaming experience. Now they are forcing an extra step before you can play a game? Thats horrible!

Craigslist here I come…

WELL SMARTASS [REFERRING TO THE VARNEY] ORWHATEVER, IF U WOULD NAVIGATE A LITTLE MORE TROUGH SYSTEM OPTIONS U WOULDNOTICE THERES AN OPTION CALLED “STARTUP” AND IT LETS U CHOOSE WHAT TO START WHE U TURN ON UR 360 [MEDIA CENTER, DASHBOARD OR DISC IN TRAY] AND THERES ANOTHER OPTION 4 AUTOMATICALLY START PLAYING ANY DISC U POP IN! ITS ALL ARROUIND BETTER!!!

Well…..same sound problem. You can get around it by doing the following: eject the harddrive, boot the system. Once booted up, snap in the harddrive and it will reboot….you now have sound…BUT, i have then experenced problems too numourus to post here. This is very poor testing and planning by MS. There is no way to roll back the change, and they (xbox live) you can not get on xbox live without taking the update. Mine is 3 weeks old and going back to the store tomorrow……I am done with this.

I hear the problems all and sundry are having with their console after applying the update. as frustrating it it there will be a patch to rectify, just like an computer based system. swap your cables to perhaps component and spdif optical and get on with enjoying the good things about the console. lifes to short to bitch and groan when you have when another avenue to use the console.

Cable swapping didn’t fix my problem and either did swapping the harddrive because I do not have one. (Arcade Version) After applying the update there was no sound so I returned my x-box to the retailer where I purchased it 3 weeks before and exchanged it for another. This time around I never connected the console to the Internet, that’s my fix until they release an updated NXE. Called Microsoft tech support and they won’t acknowledge the problem so I’m eeery with going LIVE on this one, nor am I willing to try to bake it with a few towels.

NO SOUND = NO FUN

hey ,
justt downloaded the new ‘update’ and my sound failed . i can play the game but with no sound . I have it connected via a hdmi ‘ 4 slot’ box with the dvd also attached . I simply turned off the xbox . Took ‘hard drive off ( elite xbox) . Started the xbox .After the xbox green logo / globe came up i slotted the hard drive back in and straight away my sound came back .

hope this helps for ppl with an ‘ Elite ‘

I know how to fix the sound we are missing. Make sure your xbox is off, take out your hard drive. Turn the xbox on (with the hard drive still out) and when it loads to your dash board put the hard drive back in and ta-da! Sound!! Its a temp. fix until they figure this out.

did new download now can’t play final fantasy any ideal

i got the sound problem as well people…..but i think i found out what is wrong….with mine anyways. i got the recharger kit plugged into the REAR USB. if i fiddle with it….i dont even know what i do to tell ya’s the truth…the sound comes back on. i dont even wanna turn it off anymore….i ordered the HDMI adapter bungle with the optical audio plug to run it through the surround sound. i called microsoft as well…they eventually told me they were sending me a box to get it replaced / fixed, whatever. that was almost 2 weeks ago. people have told me they got their repair boxes in like 3 days? so is microsoft saying go scratch or what?

just returned my xbox last night went live again and no sound. The fix works poping hard drive out with power on, then back in but I should not have to do this on a second brand new system. Also microsoft does not acknowledge the problem is disturbing to say the least. I may consider psp3 loved the psp2 without any problems ever.

Absolutely ridiculous.

I install the update – sound disappears