In-built time on xbox console

rejkin · 26-09-2007 3:49pm #1

i found that the time on my xbox doesnt stay on time when i turn it off and then turn it on again,is there any way you can get it to keep updated cos its screwed up my bioshock save files,any help would be great:)

Retr0gamer · 26-09-2007 3:56pm

If you have it connected to xbox live it updates the time I think.

I have the same problem as well, very annoying. Really bad design decision by MS since the original xbox had the same problem and it used to screw up the saves in games like Prince of Persia.

rejkin · 26-09-2007 3:59pm

thanks for that,its annoying though,cant get the internet on my xbox, gonna have to get used to the screwed time then :mad:

CarefulNow · 26-09-2007 4:10pm

Yeah its very annoying. There must not be a built in battery on the main board.

Scruff · 26-09-2007 4:33pm

there must be a battery, i turn of my 360 at the mains completely after shut down and sometimes dont connect to live at all. havent had any problems with bioshock save games.
ye'd void yer warranty trying to replace it yerself if there is though.

Helix · 26-09-2007 6:34pm

if youre unplugging it at the mains, youll lose the time after a few hours

if youre just turning it off, you shouldnt, i know i havent

rejkin · 26-09-2007 8:31pm

yeah i unplug it at the mains so the clock keeps resetting,tbh though for the amount you pay for the machine you at least expect them to have thought of a battery for the time,is the elite any different?

DarkJager · 27-09-2007 7:13am

The time on the Xbox 360 (much like a PC) is controlled by a CMOS battery. If the time keeps changing, it may mean the battery is on its way out.

Riesen_Meal · 27-09-2007 10:09am

DarkJager wrote:

The time on the Xbox 360 (much like a PC) is controlled by a CMOS battery. If the time keeps changing, it may mean the battery is on its way out.

I dont think there is any CMOS battery in the 360?

The same way there is on a cube....

It only updates time from XBL afaik, and yes if its plugged out for a bit it loses the time....

Anyone? maybe Helix who cracked his open confirm this?

Helix · 27-09-2007 10:25am

i dont recall seeing any battery inside her to be honest, and i generally pay a bit of heed to these things coz im a nosey so and so, theres defo one in the wii anyway

mcgovern · 27-09-2007 10:41am

There isn't one.
If you just turn it off it will keep the time. If you plug it out it will lose the time.

DarkJager · 27-09-2007 11:35am

I haven't really had a good chance to get a look at the inner workings of the 360 but there must be something to regulate the time and date settings?? Maybe its an extra function added to the CPU?

Scruff · 27-09-2007 12:03pm

havent noticed any problems and i've left it plugged out for weeks. maybe didnt notice anything cause of connecting to live.

Retr0gamer · 27-09-2007 12:16pm

It definitely doesn't have a battery to keep the time. There was a lot of complaints about this when the xbox 360 was released since it was a big flaw with the original xbox that MS didn't bother to fix. The time automatically updates each time you connect to live.

Burning Eclipse · 01-10-2007 2:09pm

Oh noes...

So I was playing Halo 3, finished halfway through the second level, came back to it later that day and progressed to halfway through the 3rd level and then last night I selected continue campaign.... And it put me back to the second level. I know why, my clock resets to 12 every time I plug out and at the mo I've no BB!! Any ideas how I can continue and use the save game from later in the game... Help me please!!:(

Vegeta · 01-10-2007 2:16pm

Burning Eclipse wrote:

Oh noes...

So I was playing Halo 3, finished halfway through the second level, came back to it later that day and progressed to halfway through the 3rd level and then last night I selected continue campaign.... And it put me back to the second level. I know why, my clock resets to 12 every time I plug out and at the mo I've no BB!! Any ideas how I can continue and use the save game from later in the game... Help me please!!:(

Ouch, don't know if you'll get a way around that dude.

Just try and keep it plugged in from now on I suppose even while powered down

Scruff · 01-10-2007 4:10pm

that really is one stupid design flaw. even worse that they did it the 2nd time round.

Helix · 01-10-2007 4:50pm

you could just not plug it out?

Burning Eclipse · 01-10-2007 6:45pm

Helix wrote:

you could just not plug it out?

Perhaps I didn't explain myself clearly enough, I know what the problem is now. I want advice on how to get my save game back!!!

tman · 01-10-2007 11:15pm

To answer your question, try going to the second item on the menu (campaign) instead of using the first one.
There should be an option here to start from the beggining of the third level (it's better than nothing...)

mcgovern · 02-10-2007 9:15am

Burning Eclipse wrote:

Oh noes...

So I was playing Halo 3, finished halfway through the second level, came back to it later that day and progressed to halfway through the 3rd level and then last night I selected continue campaign.... And it put me back to the second level. I know why, my clock resets to 12 every time I plug out and at the mo I've no BB!! Any ideas how I can continue and use the save game from later in the game... Help me please!!:(

I'd say the problem is more likely to be that you didn't save and exit? Getting a checkpoint is not an autosave. Even if the time was wrong, the save file would have been overwrote when you hit save and it would be the only one there and thus the one that got loaded.

In-built time on xbox console

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