Banned????

Iguana Bob

ok got a second hand xbox yesterday, then went out and bought a 60gb hard drive. went home to go on line and it failed apperantly the xbox has been banned!!!! called ms and they said no they cant unban it. basically all i want to do is watch avi's on it does anyone know where i can download the avi update. or is there a way to unban it apart from the changing motherboard codes

rizzla

I'd return the xbox. Too much trouble for yourself to go through, you should have been made aware if it was banned from xbox live.

You can only download System Updates and burn them to a dvd/cd to update your console. Can you not even get a silver account? Why if all you wanted to do was play avi's would you get a 60gb hard drive?

Asmodean

What a ****ing gyp op!! Definitely bring it back. From which establishment did you buy it? Some sneaky yoke trying to flog it off.

Iguana Bob

i traded in two games and it was only 6 euro on top of that so figured didnt matter. as for the xbox just got it of some random guy and he wont answer. i may go throught the effort to change the xbox codes some other time but for now i dont really have the time to spend tryin to figure out how to do it
do you know the address to get the downloads off the net cant find them on the xbox site

robinph

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/console/systemupdates.htm

I believe the Video codec can only be downloaded via XBL.

Kinetic^

I'd hunt the guy down tbh.

TheChrisD

It's one of those things you need to check when buying a second-hand 360, whether it has had any hardware issues in the past, and if it is flagged on Live or something.

I'd try and find the guy who sold it to you and give him what for, if I were you.

Asmodean

I'd hunt the guy down tbh

+1!!!!!

Kirby

You have my sympathy. Not a nice thing to happen. But ultimately, its your own fault. You shouldn't buy something second hand without trying it out first.

Asking to see a game on live wouldve been the first thing I woulda asked the guy before purchasing it. Nearly everyone who has a 360 has tried out the online at one point or another so if he tried to claim he didn't have a live account, hes lying and you shouldn't buy it.

It's not nice but buyer beware and all that. Ive seen some perfectly nice people here on boards screw people over on adverts.ie with sales. Most people have great scruples and morals untill it comes to money :P

duploelabs

Did MS give you a reason why it was banned? Could it be because it was stolen, in that case get onto the guards and they can do the hunting for you.

witnessmenow

Iguana Bob wrote: »

ok got a second hand xbox yesterday, then went out and bought a 60gb hard drive. went home to go on line and it failed apperantly the xbox has been banned!!!! called ms and they said no they cant unban it. basically all i want to do is watch avi's on it does anyone know where i can download the avi update. or is there a way to unban it apart from the changing motherboard codes

Look on the bright side op, its probably already modified

+1 for hunting the guy down

Blazer

Kirby wrote: »

You have my sympathy. Not a nice thing to happen. But ultimately, its your own fault. You shouldn't buy something second hand without trying it out first.

Asking to see a game on live wouldve been the first thing I woulda asked the guy before purchasing it. Nearly everyone who has a 360 has tried out the online at one point or another so if he tried to claim he didn't have a live account, hes lying and you shouldn't buy it.

It's not nice but buyer beware and all that. Ive seen some perfectly nice people here on boards screw people over on adverts.ie with sales. Most people have great scruples and morals untill it comes to money :P

Not all..over 30million xboxes sold (360) and 17 million on live. So there's a few floating around.
tbh I wouldn't have checked for that either..but hindsight's a great thing isn't it

Axwell

duploelabs wrote: »

Did MS give you a reason why it was banned? Could it be because it was stolen, in that case get onto the guards and they can do the hunting for you.

Possibly but more than likely its because it was modded and being used online

Professey Chin

Mathew Reilly wrote: »

Not all..over 30million xboxes sold (360) and 17 million on live. So there's a few floating around.
tbh I wouldn't have checked for that either..but hindsight's a great thing isn't it

Thats cause the other 13 million are broken :pac:
*runs for the hills*

Iguana Bob

i honestly didnt know a specific xbox could be blocked from live thought it was just accounts. but now i know
ps perfectly working xbox for sale €120
only messin

It was flashed and banned.

Id say it was flashed back to original firmware and sold, actually it probably wasn't.

Id guess it still has hacked firmware on it.

Check the error code when you run live test, if its Status Code: Z: 8015 - 190D then it was banned for firmware mod.

witnessmenow

Iguana Bob wrote: »

i honestly didnt know a specific xbox could be blocked from live thought it was just accounts. but now i know
ps perfectly working xbox for sale €120
only messin

You'd get €120 for a banned 60gb I'd say. I'd pay that anyways

Its the console its self that gets banned, not the account

Evolute

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Thats cause the other 13 million are broken :pac:
*runs for the hills*

Lols Sadly its true was reading the posts and wondering when someone would throw the sly dig in :P