Hello,
I have an untouched Xbox 360 slim 4gb with a trinity motherboard and I've noticed something quite strange and I don't know how to fix it.
The console seems to boot normally but once it gets to the part that the dashboard shows up (it goes straight to the dashboard, no login stuff) it freezes. What's weird is that the console seems to work perfectly before it crashes: controllers sync, game discs spin and when the dash starts to show you can see the "Play game" tile.
My first thought was that either the internal memory unit had gone bad, or there was a failed update which caused the problem.
My first course of action was to remove the IMU. No dice.
Second course of action was to try to uninstall failed updates with the sync button + power button combo. Again, nothing.
At this point I'm thinking that maybe the onboard nand chip (16mb) has gone bad. So I try to update the dashboard by USB thinking I could "refresh" it. But when the console boots up with the USB inserted it shows the "update required" dialog with text sometimes missing either partially or completely. When the console manages to load the whole text and I click on "Yes", the screen changes and it hangs again. What's baffling is that even if the text are missing, the "update required" dialog is functional (i.e. you can move the selection to yes or no), if the text are missing, selecting an option causes the console to hang.
So right now I'm out of ideas. I'm thinking that either the nand chip is dead or I have some cold solder joints somewhere which are causing this chaos.
I should note that the console NEVER red dots! Even when it hangs, you can open/close the tray and it turns off with a single click of the power button (which is strange since it's supposed to be frozen).
Any ideas would be appreciated guys!
I have an untouched Xbox 360 slim 4gb with a trinity motherboard and I've noticed something quite strange and I don't know how to fix it.
The console seems to boot normally but once it gets to the part that the dashboard shows up (it goes straight to the dashboard, no login stuff) it freezes. What's weird is that the console seems to work perfectly before it crashes: controllers sync, game discs spin and when the dash starts to show you can see the "Play game" tile.
My first thought was that either the internal memory unit had gone bad, or there was a failed update which caused the problem.
My first course of action was to remove the IMU. No dice.
Second course of action was to try to uninstall failed updates with the sync button + power button combo. Again, nothing.
At this point I'm thinking that maybe the onboard nand chip (16mb) has gone bad. So I try to update the dashboard by USB thinking I could "refresh" it. But when the console boots up with the USB inserted it shows the "update required" dialog with text sometimes missing either partially or completely. When the console manages to load the whole text and I click on "Yes", the screen changes and it hangs again. What's baffling is that even if the text are missing, the "update required" dialog is functional (i.e. you can move the selection to yes or no), if the text are missing, selecting an option causes the console to hang.
So right now I'm out of ideas. I'm thinking that either the nand chip is dead or I have some cold solder joints somewhere which are causing this chaos.
I should note that the console NEVER red dots! Even when it hangs, you can open/close the tray and it turns off with a single click of the power button (which is strange since it's supposed to be frozen).
Any ideas would be appreciated guys!
