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Do banned systems lose hard drive functionality?
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bludd
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30. October 2009 @ 23:01 |
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Just wondering as I can't install games to the hard drive anymore or play ones that were installed to the hard drive.
I can save games to the HD but nothing else on it.
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30. October 2009 @ 23:28 |
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Banned systems do not lose hard drive functionality.
Edit- Well it looks like Microsoft has definitely done something with banned consoles.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31. October 2009 @ 20:00
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bludd
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30. October 2009 @ 23:33 |
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31. October 2009 @ 01:54 |
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Yeah, you're definitely not alone there: -
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qwert99
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31. October 2009 @ 11:50 |
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MS definitely stepping up their game. And I was met with derision when I thought the new trend of banning gamertags for pre-release play was a disturbing new indication of MS stepping their game up. Wish I would have been wrong.
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31. October 2009 @ 12:41 |
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Ok... I´m not connecting to live again... :/
At least until someone find a way to restore hard drive functionality.
Really, can they do that? Banning is one thing, but that goes against the law. The EULA states that they can cut youre live privileges, but making youre hd stop working... You bought that hd for it.
Too sleepy and pissed to elaborate more in english, but if it happens to me I´ll sue them.
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qwert99
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31. October 2009 @ 12:45 |
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Originally posted by Inalbis:
Too sleepy and pissed to elaborate more in english, but if it happens to me I´ll sue them.
That might actually work in Europe. In the US nobody cares about consumers enough for that to happen.
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manu07
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31. October 2009 @ 14:59 |
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yes it has lost the function. i even tried a reflash of the hd to see if that would work but it seems that it is something that gets logged on your xbox when you get banned.
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31. October 2009 @ 15:08 |
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Originally posted by Inalbis:
Too sleepy and pissed to elaborate more in english, but if it happens to me I´ll sue them.
Yeah, best of luck with that! I'm gonna sue that guy that sold me some bad weed that made me puke too.
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bludd
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31. October 2009 @ 15:10 |
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So aside from it being a giant memory card now, what else can you do with it? Like store videos on it or anything with some hack?
It already seemed pretty useless before when it was working and now it's not it seems like something that should be put on ebay. =)
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manu07
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31. October 2009 @ 15:42 |
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im pretty sure it hasnt lost the ability to install games. (it's the xbox that was banned that has lost that ability.) Try the same hard drive with another console.
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manu07
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31. October 2009 @ 18:35 |
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ok i just confirmed it. i got my brother in laws banned xbox 360 removed the hd connected to one of my spare consoles. And it does still have the ability to install games its the console that has lost that ability.
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31. October 2009 @ 22:52 |
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Originally posted by funksoulb:
Originally posted by Inalbis:
Too sleepy and pissed to elaborate more in english, but if it happens to me I´ll sue them.
Yeah, best of luck with that! I'm gonna sue that guy that sold me some bad weed that made me puke too.
Yes, that was inevitable. I should have continue lurking so I wouldn´t have to respond to this.
The EULA states that xbox Live is a privilege, and that it could be taken away whenever M$ wanted to. Not in this words of course, but thats what they meant. So I modify the console they take live away from me. I knew this when I bought the console, I knew this when i modified it. It was part of the contract. I accepted it.
Now, I didn´t knew that my xbox with a 120 gb hd i bought legally and payed import fees would loose some of its basic functionality. They sold me a game system that could install games to its hdd (and charged acordingly) without never ever saying they would/could take it away.
I havent payed for live. I pay for it monthly if so I choose, and this right could be taken way from me. Now I ALREADY BOUGHT THE HDD. And now they make it useless.
It´s not weed I bought. I bought a legal product. And they voluntarily made it stopped working.
Even If I had done something illegal with it (with I didn´t), they damaging it (it stopped working, therefore damaged it), would be what we call here "making justice with youre own hands", with happens to be a crime in my legal system. I could but wont mention the article on the penal code so no one finds out where I´m from (kinda paranoid).
Removing Live access is a right, acquired by contract (EULA), even thou in courts here is questionable, since I really didn´t had an option to argue about that.
Now if they think I´ve done something wrong and whanna punish me any other way they must use the legal system. And boy... They´re in for a ride if they do...
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31. October 2009 @ 22:53 |
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And you should cultivate youre own weed.
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31. October 2009 @ 23:23 |
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Your hard drive still works if you get banned. Nothing about the hard drive itself changes. The dashboard feature that allows you to install games to the hard drive no longer works if you get banned. MS have the right to add or remove dashboard features at any time. You would not stand a chance of winning a court case.
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CODgmrWAW
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1. November 2009 @ 02:39 |
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so if you get banned is there anyway to play live again? If you buy a new console can you use the same credit card information?
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impacta
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1. November 2009 @ 02:56 |
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Not only can you use the same cc info, you can still use your profile. Its your console that has been banned. Jusr put your hard drive on another console. Or recover your gamer tag.
Duck Tape is like the force. It has a Dark Side and a Light Side. And it holds the universe together.
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CODgmrWAW
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1. November 2009 @ 03:06 |
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ok good to know. i havnt been banned im just wondering cause i heard m4 is pulling some shizt
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randykhb
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1. November 2009 @ 04:23 |
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i agree with inalbis on this, they cannot modify features of a console you own without telling you before hand. M$ doing this is the same thing as going to someones house and bricking files on their computer
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2. November 2009 @ 09:32 |
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Originally posted by funksoulb:
Your hard drive still works if you get banned. Nothing about the hard drive itself changes. The dashboard feature that allows you to install games to the hard drive no longer works if you get banned. MS have the right to add or remove dashboard features at any time. You would not stand a chance of winning a court case.
So, they can change the dashboard feature of, say... loading games? And you would be fine with it?
But I see the stunt theyre pulling. The ability to install games to the hdd came with an early update, didn´t came the console, at least for old owners. So they can say its xbox Live related therefore covered by EULA. But NO ONE buys a 120 hdd to store save games...
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bcham
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2. November 2009 @ 09:48 |
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cant you just install the last update on a usb stick, to get it back working again.
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bludd
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2. November 2009 @ 10:12 |
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Originally posted by bcham:
cant you just install the last update on a usb stick, to get it back working again.
As Manu07 noted earlier, the hard drive works fine on other systems that aren't banned. It's only flagged to not work on your banned 360. So regardless of reinstalling the update, it'll be noted as banned and non functional except to save games or rip music cds atm.
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bcham
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2. November 2009 @ 10:48 |
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bummer.looks like i wont be going on live again.incase im banned.
if i check to see, then bang no harddrive to install games on.
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cowboy333
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2. November 2009 @ 15:40 |
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Microsoft have definitely done something strange
See my earlier thread
http://forums.afterdawn.com/t.cfm/f-152/..._update-811019/
I've spoken to them today and they weren't really interested in the console itself just where the hard drive came from. kept asking me what the serial number was, of the orginal console the hard drive came from. As this hard drive came from an 2005 console I said there was no chance of it still working so i'd chucked it out. They didn't seem to like that.
Anyway they couldn't answer the problem and are getting back to me tomorrow with an answer. We'll see what they got to say then!
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cowboy333
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3. November 2009 @ 11:34 |
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well the error i had was 801500034294697295 and finally had a phone microsoft saying its an internal fault within the console so now thats got to go back to them. 3rd console i've sent back in last 2 months.
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