thesimpsons69 Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 I got my XBOX yesterday and it has not yet freeze but I have seen it happed at Best Buy during a game of NFL Fever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bez Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 Nope, never. Had it running all day, playing Halo from time to time during a day. Noproblems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesimpsons69 Posted May 25, 2002 Author Share Posted May 25, 2002 Thats good to hear, Bez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 They only freeze as much as any other disc based console (usually from disc problems - scratches etc.). The store units tend to freeze a LOT. I have a mate who works in a games store and he told me why - it's the big green light on the playpost, when that's on the thing crashes all the time - probably just the heat it generates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bez Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 I´m keeping it in the freezer! along with the AMD 1.3... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted May 28, 2002 Share Posted May 28, 2002 mine didn't yet but i've heard of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varan Posted May 28, 2002 Share Posted May 28, 2002 I had my Dreamcast freeze on me the first week I had it after playing NFL2K for awhile. I think the problem was that I had the system setting on carpet and it got too hot. I've kept it on a flat surface since so it could stay ventilated and have never had the problem again. So keep the XBox off the carpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesimpsons69 Posted May 28, 2002 Author Share Posted May 28, 2002 My Dreacast has always been on the carpet and it had never freeze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted May 28, 2002 Share Posted May 28, 2002 its really really bad on the internals of the DC if you keep it runnig on he carpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgehog Posted May 29, 2002 Share Posted May 29, 2002 quote: Originally posted by liquid_sky: its really really bad on the internals of the DC if you keep it runnig on he carpet. Damn, I better move my DC to a safer place then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noble Kale Posted May 29, 2002 Share Posted May 29, 2002 ps1's should not be run on carpet, as the vents for the console are underneath it. Therefore, when you run it on the carpet, it sucks in fluff & crap from your carpet.... all that fluff in your machine = very bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 Mine just frove during Unreal yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starscream Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 My only one that does is the 1st one that I bought on release day. It only freezes every once in great while, but just about every time it has, it's been more the game than the Xbox itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustangarrett Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 ps1's should not be run on carpet, as the vents for the console are underneath it. Therefore, when you run it on the carpet, it sucks in fluff & crap from your carpet.... all that fluff in your machine = very bad. Isn’t the PS1 passively cooled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bargora Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 My Xbox has frozen several times when I was playing Halo or Steel Battalion. Each time it froze, it was loading in a new section (start mission, finished mission, new map). I opened up the drive door and blew some air duster into the console a couple of days ago, and it hasn't frozen since. I haven't gotten much play time in, though. I'm hoping I won't get any more freezing for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagMX Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 my xbox used to freeze at a certain point in splashdown at the character select screen, but later found out the saved file was corrupt, i deleted it and started anew and everything was fine - but it also frooze rarely for me, mainly because it was in a contained spot where the heat got too much and there was no breathing room, now i have more air and space for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z28in82 Posted April 19, 2003 Share Posted April 19, 2003 Mine freezes all the time while playing outlaw golf, it will do it occasionally with other game but I can't even finish the front 9 without the game lockin up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock Posted April 19, 2003 Share Posted April 19, 2003 I've had my UK Xbox for a year now and it has never let me down. I asked my friends (X5) about their Xboxs and they also have never had this happen. I use it on Live and we often have Lan parties and they behave admirably...we even once had a 24 hour session of multiplayer Halo and the Xboxs were still good and 3 of the Xboxs were on the carpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveng Posted April 19, 2003 Share Posted April 19, 2003 No, but while playing Eternal Darkness I got the Windoze "blue screen of death". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzzzybee Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Mine freezes every now and then. Like Starscream said, it's usually the game that's being played. I bought LOTR for the boys, and I believe it even says in the booklet that it will freeze the first few times played. I thought it was defective at first, but leave it to my 10 year old to set me straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasoco Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 My Xbox hasn't, but my GameCube did once. Though I also saw an Xbox just freeze up when trying to reset it in the store. I think the demo units freeze so much because they're constantly on and being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveng Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I bought LOTR for the boys, and I believe it even says in the booklet that it will freeze the first few times played. That's unusual (and rather poor programming...they should fix the bugs, not just document them in the manual). What kind of bug would make a game freeze the first few times, and then work 100% after??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasoco Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I bought LOTR for the boys, and I believe it even says in the booklet that it will freeze the first few times played. That's unusual (and rather poor programming...they should fix the bugs, not just document them in the manual). What kind of bug would make a game freeze the first few times, and then work 100% after??? The Xbox does have a HD, that would have to be part of the solution. Lazy programmers suck so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starscream Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 I bought LOTR for the boys, and I believe it even says in the booklet that it will freeze the first few times played. That's unusual (and rather poor programming...they should fix the bugs, not just document them in the manual). What kind of bug would make a game freeze the first few times, and then work 100% after??? Hehe, that's EA for ya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 Nope, no prob with mine. It froze once, but my 9 year old had played it last. I took out the disc, wiped off her greasy potato chip fingerprints from the disc and it never happened again. I think the "xbox freezes up" legend was started by Sony or Nintendo. I have a bunch of games, and my "box" goes sometimes from early am to late night (betwqeen me and the 2 kids) and never a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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