Update on 19/01

greenman09

Turned on xbox last nite and it updated for about 40mins. Any idea what was in this latest update?

chin_grin

Mmmyep.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/19/xbox-360-mandatory-update-restores-boot-to-disc-detains-call-of/

The story of the Trojan Horse must be a favorite among video game console manufacturers, because software updates these days often come with more than bargained for -- today, Microsoft issued a mandatory Xbox 360 update, reportedly for a single bugfix, but which seems to have coincidentally halted scores of pirates and hackers from playing Call of Duty: Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2 on the console. Members of the Xbox-Scene forums noted the update was taking suspiciously long to download, discovered that backup copies of these games ceased to work, and presently believe that Microsoft included a patch for these two games to enable an anti-piracy feature that specifically targets burned copies. What does the mandatory update do for you if you're not part of the hacking scene? It merely enables the console to automatically boot a pre-inserted game when you power it on, a feature that was accidentally disabled in November.

rizzla

The boot to disc option was added. That's all, and some security updates. 40 mins is a long time. Think mine took 5 mins.

greenman09

Yeah there was one update that took 5 mins. Machine restarted then updated again for the remainder of the time.

pdbhp

yea that update fouled up my gaming last night, I was only going on the Xbox for a quick blast and instead I got an updating screen for 20 minutes...tragedy!!!

Lamposts

pdbhp wrote: »

.tragedy!!!

Now that song is stuck in my head.

garv123

mine took 5 mines to download and then 30 mins to install after the console restarted.
i was wondering why my xbox was always going to the dashboard since that last update instead of straight into the game :rolleyes:

KERSPLAT!

I kept getting connection errors even though net was fine :mad:

Took about 5-10 mins in total

Dues Bellator

rizzla wrote: »

The boot to disc option was added. That's all, and some security updates. 40 mins is a long time. Think mine took 5 mins.

same 5 mins

zero19

4 or 5 minute job here too, thank jaysus for quick internetz!

dunworth1

took about 10 min here

bigbadcon

Yeah was a bit of a pain alright.

Took me about 10 mins with "Eircom acomin across the nayyyshon"

Oh no wait thats Wimax. Bet its stuck in your head though

Reamer Fanny

The update was an effort to stop backup games the titles affected were black ops modern warfare 2 and halo reach wouldn't do anything to normal retail copies of these games

hightower1

zero19 wrote: »

4 or 5 minute job here too, thank jaysus for quick internetz!

Under a min for me..... 100mb UPC ftw!!

Reamer Fanny

100mb UPC!? Pics or GTFO!

Venom

Took about 4-5 min total on UPC 15mb for me.

Dues Bellator

Venom wrote: »

Took about 4-5 min total on UPC 15mb for me.

reboot your modem and that 15mb should turn into 20 mb

free upc upgrade.

Venom

almanu wrote: »

reboot your modem and that 15mb should turn into 20 mb

free upc upgrade.

I'd forgotten I got the free upgrade lol.

hightower1

justryan wrote: »

100mb UPC!? Pics or GTFO!

Screen cap of a speedtest after the install .....


:cool:;)

Reamer Fanny

OMG! who pays the bill? :eek:

hightower1

justryan wrote: »

OMG! who pays the bill? :eek:

Already had the 30 / 3 mb line and am testing the 100mb line for my area at no extra charge. 100mb down and 10 mb up. Pretty dam nice, pings nice and low too.

Deep Thought

Holy Moley

Thats some speed...

Dues Bellator

hightower1 wrote: »

Screen cap of a speedtest after the install .....


:cool:;)

me likey alotty

PerrinV2

O the lord!

Denisoftus

hightower1 wrote: »

Screen cap of a speedtest after the install .....


:cool:;)

It's a dream....

Damned eircom can't offer more then 2mbps, I feel I live in the stone age.

folan

took 40 mins here too. 10M line, but i only wanted to play for about 20 mins Halo. and i instead got nuffin!

NUFFIN