Topic: Info & How To: Avoid/fix E66 Issues With Fall Dash Update (Read 766 times)

loonyx · « **Reply #15 on:** October 31, 2006, 06:56:00 AM »

easy way to avoid any problems, unplug the dvd drive and update, works everytime on any 360 with no errors

Kibe · « **Reply #16 on:** October 31, 2006, 07:08:00 AM »

QUOTE(loonyx @ Oct 31 2006, 02:03 PM)

easy way to avoid any problems, unplug the dvd drive and update, works everytime on any 360 with no errors

Hey, didn't even knew it would boot without a DVD drive attached!

Will try that as soon as I get home!

Thanks for the hint!

kolpro · « **Reply #17 on:** October 31, 2006, 07:18:00 AM »

Question if you run the xbox 360 with the drive unplugged should the power led continue to flash green and the dashboard say opening? Just wondering.

Thanks in advance

Bananas · « **Reply #18 on:** October 31, 2006, 07:19:00 AM »

QUOTE(loonyx @ Oct 31 2006, 02:03 PM)

easy way to avoid any problems, unplug the dvd drive and update, works everytime on any 360 with no errors

Nice! Might not have to flash it again then, just hope i don't burn too many 0800 coasters if i do have to re-flash it.

loonyx · « **Reply #19 on:** October 31, 2006, 07:26:00 AM »

unplug the drive completely from the 360, and power on and update. works fine

antz1970 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 31, 2006, 07:39:00 AM »

QUOTE(loonyx @ Oct 31 2006, 04:33 PM)

unplug the drive completely from the 360, and power on and update. works fine

if this is the case then that means that ms is flashing something into the firmware!! , maybe someone needs to get a dump of an error66 firmware and compare to a non error 66 firmware(of the same type) and see if there are any differences between the 2

fakka · « **Reply #21 on:** October 31, 2006, 08:03:00 AM »

LOL! I was about to buy one today and flash it.

What would you recomend me to do...

* Update the box first before I flash
* Flash, then update
* Or wait with buying one until this thing blows over

?

Vintersorg69 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 31, 2006, 08:09:00 AM »

QUOTE(fakka @ Oct 31 2006, 04:10 PM)

LOL! I was about to buy one today and flash it.

What would you recomend me to do...

* Update the box first before I flash
* Flash, then update
* Or wait with buying one until this thing blows over

?

Buy know, buy the games you like, and have some fun.
And hack/flash the thing when there are more infos about security...
...if u have to!
If u don't care bout XBL, then buy it now and flash it w/ whatever works...

Trex666 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 31, 2006, 08:09:00 AM »

QUOTE(OriginalCompGeek @ Oct 31 2006, 12:26 PM)

HOW TO AVOIDProblems:
Samsung MS25 - Rarely seems to have issues, your safest bet is to have 4.1 or 4.2 firmware before you update.
Samsung MS28 - Seems to have issues a lot, though not always. Best bet is to update to Xtreme 4.1/4.2 firmware before updating.
Hitachi - Does not seem to be having issues.
IF YOU HAVE RUN INTO E66:
Simple, reflash your drive. Seems to have worked every time.

*There is absolutely NO reason to panic, if it happens to you it is easily fixable*
I'll need mods to edit this with new info if/when it becomes available.

QUOTE(noikz @ Oct 31 2006, 02:00 PM)

I already tried that before this thread was started.

I updated with 4.2a which gave me the E66 error. Flashed back to original, worked fine, re-flashed a freshly updated 4.2a, E66 again. Flashed to 3.3 and all working.

So the E66 error occurs when the update attempts to write to a 4.x xtreme firmware and fails?

Hinotori · « **Reply #24 on:** October 31, 2006, 08:24:00 AM »

Please be careful before stating that it is not banning. We know from the old XBOX days that banning can take up to some days... Hopefully, for our friends who got E66, it is just a compatibility issue... Let's wait and see. If I were about to hack my drive (which is original, btw), I would wait a few more days before doing that. Better be safe than sorry.

OriginalCompGeek · « **Reply #25 on:** October 31, 2006, 08:33:00 AM »

Thanks for all the replies guys.

I'd do some slight updates, but of course, I can't edit my post... I don't know if there's anything that can be done about this.

Bananas · « **Reply #26 on:** October 31, 2006, 08:46:00 AM »

I just downloaded the update and everything seems fine for now, Samsung/MS25 with xtreme 4.0 firmware, just unplugged the drive, updated, then plugged it back in.

NookularDeath · « **Reply #27 on:** October 31, 2006, 08:54:00 AM »

before anyone starts assuming that the update actually is trying to flash the DVD firmware.. somebody better verify exactly what E66 or as someone else got a E71 means..

I seriously doubt the firmware is attempting to write to the DVD firmware.. that is highly risky on M$s part.. suppose you had a region wide power outage in mid upgrade and it bricked your system... M$ would get a class action lawsuit for bricking thousands consoles..

how many people have PAL and NTSC systems??

I upgraded both of my NTSC consoles which have a Hitachi and Samsung drives with the latest firmware respectively.. neither one got an error...

lordinfamouz · « **Reply #28 on:** October 31, 2006, 10:07:00 AM »

so upgrading to the latest firmware with the the drive unplugged will work. even if using the ms28 drive?
can anyone confirm..most likely someone with the ms28 drive who have done the above method

CreisoN · « **Reply #29 on:** October 31, 2006, 10:18:00 AM »

(Xtreme v4.2 Fast Boot Mode as Default) looks like is error free!
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