xbox arcade problems

phildevan2

i've an xbox arcade and from time to time i've noticed that the system time keep resetting back to some default around 12/12/2005,never passed much remarks
but now some of the saved games aren't saved

any ideas

i've got a very dissapointed 6y old

corcaigh07

the xbox tends to do that if you're not connected to LIVE, if you have BB, its worth connecting the xbox.

phildevan2

i have one of thoses mobile bb modems but most people talk in mega bits this downloads in bits
would this be reason enough to bring it back

TouchingVirus

There is no CMOS battery in the xbox like there is a PC. If you plug it out of a power source for long enough it'll lose time and reset itself.

I do not know what is "long enough" by the way. If you connect the console to xbox live every time you power it on the clock should sync up with the actual time & date as reported by the xbox servers. If your console is offline then you'll have to change the date yourself

What do you mean the "saved games aren't saved"? You mean to say savegames went and vanished on you? Did somebody delete them? Did your drive clear itself?

And no, I'm currently leaning towards user error here so I wouldn't think you could bring the console back, you've not established a fault with it yet

phildevan2

ok...
my kid has indiana jones lego when the xbox says do you want to load new game or a saved game ,we choose saved game (which should be 50% completed) and there is no game saved

Did somebody delete them? Did your drive clear itself?

i'm thinking as i'm writing this could the game be deleted...not sure

but why do i have to keep going back to console settings and entering the correct time and date.

xbox is left plugged in and is used every other day.

TouchingVirus

The clock reset is a power issue, power to the console is being lost and the clock is resetting itself because there is no battery to keep this information (like there is in a PC).

You wouldn't have to keep resetting the time if you had the console connecting to xbox live where it could sync up by itself, or if you solved whatever is causing the loss of power.

Either way, having the wrong time on your console is no big deal, it causes no problem that I know of. I played my console for months when it thought it was 2005


Keep an eye on it yourself, it's an arcade with no hard drive so there may be something wrong with it that's causing problems but it's inconclusive at the minute IMO

phildevan2

thanks TouchingVirus
i'll keep an eye on it
to try and find if there is a problem