More Spring Update woes: death via update

If you want read about two pages worth of sad stories involving the feared Xbox 360 “red ring of death” click our “read” link below. But before you do that, here’s what’s happening: People are getting the Spring Update, and their Xbox 360’s are dying.

The common thread across most of the testimonies involves downloading the Xbox 360 Spring Update, having a few hours worth of joy, turning the Xbox 360 off for a break, and then turning it on again later, only to be greeted by flashing lights in quadrants one, three, and four. Others have noted that for some reason their units “revived” themselves only to succumb to the Red Ring again after playing a few HD movie trailers.

General opinions in the forum of Xbox 360 customer support for this situation range from “they were helpful” to “I think they’re too busy…”, so saying that Microsoft is “ignoring” this situation seems a bit too hasty. All we could add to this is that our Xbox 360 was generally ok, after the update. How about you folks, any problems?

Wow, from blue screens to red rings, we now wonder what dreaded error-thingie we’ll fear five years from now. We’ll update you when more info on the matter is made available. Stay tuned.

If you want read about two pages worth of sad stories involving the feared Xbox 360 “red ring of death” click our “read” link below. But before you do that, here’s what’s happening: People are getting the Spring Update, and their Xbox 360’s are dying.

The common thread across most of the testimonies involves downloading the Xbox 360 Spring Update, having a few hours worth of joy, turning the Xbox 360 off for a break, and then turning it on again later, only to be greeted by flashing lights in quadrants one, three, and four. Others have noted that for some reason their units “revived” themselves only to succumb to the Red Ring again after playing a few HD movie trailers.

General opinions in the forum of Xbox 360 customer support for this situation range from “they were helpful” to “I think they’re too busy…”, so saying that Microsoft is “ignoring” this situation seems a bit too hasty. All we could add to this is that our Xbox 360 was generally ok, after the update. How about you folks, any problems?

Wow, from blue screens to red rings, we now wonder what dreaded error-thingie we’ll fear five years from now. We’ll update you when more info on the matter is made available. Stay tuned.