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[ThE MaSTeR 3]

If they freeze at initial load you need 2 set your Xbox's clock in MS Dash.

Same thing happened 2 me when my power was out for a few hours. I tried 2 play Vice and it would freeze at initial load! So I check my clock and it said 11/15/8010 after I set it 2 correct date my game loaded like normal. I'm not sure if this is your problem but I hate when this happens!

[rameysblackbelt]

mine is doing it at level 4 but the game is oo7 , always freezes at level 4 anyone know what this is

[tanoshimi]

Thanks so much Master 3!

I'd been having this exact same problem - GTA3, Vice City, or FIFA 2004 crashing when loading - I was fiddling with my evox settings for ages trying to make sure I had disabled IGR and everything, but I never thought to make sure the clock had been set.

Doh!

[cacacaca123]

I had the same problem with games freezing at the initial load. I changed E drive with an old backup, but this not resolve the situation. I then tried deleting all game saves but this also did not help. I also tried reburning the games with different applications. The least to say that I tried everything. What I never noticed was that the clock-date settings on my xbox were off , until someone pointed it out to me. As soon as I corrected the time and date on the ms dashboard, all the game operations returned to normal ! One important note is to never disconnect the power to the xbox and if you do remember to correct the settings before playing any games.

[ragingcow420]

i dont know if this will help anyone or not but this is my set up. I have the xbox behind 3 surge protections and i cut the power to it EVERY day and have not had one single clock issue. I think whats being forgotten here is that this is a "homebrew" system (excellent hombrew at that) and like any progam used it may have a bug here and there. Example: my buddy justins box-- Ive had to reflash the bios (upgrade) to get it to run certain games (this was mainly a PAL NTSC issue though). There have been times when copying a game when someone runs through the house causing vibration, in turn causing corruption in the copy. Try a re-copy and it works fine.
Dirty dvd lense can also do this (if youd like, i can post a tut on how to clean it easily, anyone can do it)
I have also had my eithernet card start puking out without any signs other than something working that is now corrupted. (re-ftp'd with same results.) I replaced the card and ftp'd  and boom, it works.

Like i said, i dont know if this helps anyone, but it could be as simple as upgrading your Evox.