New X360 Dashboard update may break disc-reading functionality in your 360.

glottis8

http://kotaku.com/5802935/does-the-xbox-360s-new-disc-format-not-work-with-some-older-consoles

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/18/new-xbox-360-update-incompatible-with-some-models-ms-offering-r/

New X360 Dashboard update may break disc-reading functionality in your 360, leading MS to replace it with a brandy-new 360 S w/ 250gig drive - plus 1 year of XBL Gold.

Keg

ohhhh I hope my xbox fails because of this. The video is starting to go on it already and I'm going to have to replace it at some point before long.

Andreas

Any chance my new S console will go so I can get a free year of gold :P

Xoliul

Perfect, my drive has been acting up for a while, stops reading disks until I open it up ans fiddle with it. Wonder if broken warranty seal excludes me from this though...

Autocon

How can you even tell how long your warranty is? I got my Xbox as a gift about a year and a half to two years ago. It was one of the white xboxs, arcade I think.

glottis8

Autocon wrote: »

How can you even tell how long your warranty is? I got my Xbox as a gift about a year and a half to two years ago. It was one of the white xboxs, arcade I think.

http://support.xbox.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx

I am pretty sure you can register your xbox and check the warranty on it. Mine had an extended year that covered the 3 rings of death like 2 months ago. But i dunno more details on how this will work. My guess is, wait for the update, if it breaks your xbox send a request for replacement in that same website. Send it, wait for your new fancy 360.

Oniram

when did the update take place?

Keg

Oniram wrote: »

when did the update take place?

The update goes live tomorrow from what I can tell. May 19th

Oniram

ah. thanks

Jeremy Tabor

Xoliul wrote: »

Perfect, my drive has been acting up for a while

Hahaha, that's exactly what I thought. Mine has been on the fritz for a while. Here's to hopin'...

glottis8

http://majornelson.com/2011/05/18/clearing-up-some-confusion/

UPDATE:
Clearing up some confusion

Clarification time! The console replacement plan that is the subject of some of today’s headlines is related to a previous update, NOT the system update that has been in public beta and will be deployed shortly.
The new disc format that is part of the beta has been rigorously tested across all Xbox 360 models and there are no known compatibility issues.
Hope that clears a few things up.
Xbox 360 By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson