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Ballad of Gay Tony - Freezing issue?

Topic started by PhatSeeJay on Oct. 29, 2009. Last post by UnsolvedParadox 3 weeks, 1 day ago.
Post by PhatSeeJay (21 posts) See mini bio
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 I've had my 360 elite for 18 months now or something. Has run smoothly.
But today I decided to download the DLC... Everytime I put down the controller and walked away the system froze after about five minutes and I had to manually turn it off. But if I kept browsing the dashboard and so on it worked fine. After the download was complete I left the system on for half an hour and it seemed to be fine again, assumed it was some problem for the system to handle such a large download while going into sleep or something.
 
So when I started to play the game I got random freezes with lapses between twenty minutes up to two hours in between. Tried clearing the disc cache with no luck.
 
Anyone else having similar issues?
Haven't tried playing any other games just yet, just wanted to check since I know there has been freezing problems with GTA IV in the past.
 
**Edit** I downloaded and played The Maw four days ago and I had no problems there, that's why I'm a bit suspicious about this dlc.


Post by Chaser324 (1,328 posts) See mini bio
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I haven't really played it too much yet, but I've had no such issues. I'm sorry to say that these sort of freezes can sometimes be the precursor to something even worse.


Post by PhatSeeJay (21 posts) See mini bio
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@Chaser324: 
Indeed but it came without warning and in relation to this game, that I know has had freeze issues before.


Post by Meltac (141 posts) See mini bio
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I played it yesterday, and it froze one time, so I had to manually turn it off. Haven't had any problems since ^^


Post by lowrider330 (1 posts) See mini bio

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okay; i will start off with saying i didnt get the one that you needed to install to the harddrive i got the 40 dollar one with lost and damned and gay tony put together ive only had two problems with freezing i got it today im trying to make sure nothings wrong because when i pushed the button on the console after it froze it shut down real fast i dont kno if there is a problem if anyone knos plzzz msg me back


Post by UnsolvedParadox (400 posts) See mini bio
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I've never had this problem, I would strongly suggest you try out other games to determine if it's a game or system issue.


Post by PhatSeeJay (21 posts) See mini bio
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This problem is very strange... I have no explanation to it... 


So today I began doing some torubleshooting and  I deleted ballad of gay tony AND lost and damned to see what happens... I downloaded lost and damned, let the xbox alone and it downloaded the entire thing without problems... When I then started doing ballad of gay tony again it started freezing... THIS time it RROD'ed... So I called and set up for it to be shipped off when I remembered the disc was still in so I turned the box on and it was fine... So now I have deleted ballad of Gay Tony totally and I played Brutal Legend. I got no freezes no nothing...

I'm not really sure where to take it from here.. could always try to download the DLC again but... I don't know it just doesn't seem to be any problems with my 360...


Post by UnsolvedParadox (400 posts) See mini bio
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Have you tried these steps? If not, it may be worth exploring (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907586). When I've called about 360 issues before, they usually direct me to this page or the RROD one ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907534). 
 
There's also a cache clearing option, I can't find it online now but it's something like holding down a trigger and X. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?





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