Are freezing problems this common for everyone?

When I first bought my 360, I expected nothing different in terms of putting in a disc and being able to play through the game. However, it seems like I NEED my HDD or I will not be able to play some games. This really annoys me, I should be able to play the entire game from just the disc without installing it to the hard drive.

GTAIV: Freezes every 11 minutes, installed to HDD, works perfectly.

FlatOut Ultimate Carnage: Was freezing at a certain loading screen and at most loading screens online. Installed to HDD and it works perfectly.

Alone in the Dark: The end of one level would never load. I spent an hour re-doing everything and consulting a walkthrough only to find out it just wasn't loading. I installed it to my HDD, it loaded just fine.

Splinter Cell Double Agent: The game would freeze at the beginning of every match. Installed it to my HDD, works perfectly.

Does anyone else get problems like this? My discs are in great condition by the way, with hardly a scratch on any of them. I thought GTAIV was an exception, but I've been buying more and more games and I keep finding certain qualities in the games that make them UNPLAYABLE without my HDD. It doesn't make sense, as other games such as Gears 1 and 2, Pure, Prey, Frontlines Fuel of War, Stuntman Ignition and The Darkness will work just fine without me needing to install them.

Maybe its a problem with the dvd drive. My 360 was freezing a lot the past few days and yesterday i got the RROD.:(

Maybe its a problem with the dvd drive. My 360 was freezing a lot the past few days and yesterday i got the RROD.:(

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How long before ya suffered the RROD?

i feel your pain. if your 360 is freezing alot i recommend you send it into microsoft for a replacement.

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Maybe its a problem with the dvd drive. My 360 was freezing a lot the past few days and yesterday i got the RROD.:(

Joss09

How long before ya suffered the RROD?

I have had my 360 elite since launch and I just got RROD yesterday, so I had it for like 2 years without any problems and all of a sudden it starts to freeze.

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Maybe its a problem with the dvd drive. My 360 was freezing a lot the past few days and yesterday i got the RROD.:(

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How long before ya suffered the RROD?

I have had my 360 elite since launch and I just got RROD yesterday, so I had it for like 2 years without any problems and all of a sudden it starts to freeze.

Not bad then... that's quite the time of gaming, most go out year-year and a half :D

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How long before ya suffered the RROD?

Joss09

I have had my 360 elite since launch and I just got RROD yesterday, so I had it for like 2 years without any problems and all of a sudden it starts to freeze.

Good thing I got it before the warranty ran out.

Not bad then... that's quite the time of gaming, most go out year-year and a half :D

Mine always froze during GTA IV every 45 minutes or so but it just randomly stopped doing it one day.

I find that the HDD only improves the noise the console makes, I noticed no differences in load times.

my 360 freezes alot regardless of if i install it to the HD or not

arcade titles have never frozen tho, so i guess my diskdrive is the problem

Does anyone else get problems like this? My discs are in great condition by the way, with hardly a scratch on any of them. I thought GTAIV was an exception, but I've been buying more and more games and I keep finding certain qualities in the games that make them UNPLAYABLE without my HDD. It doesn't make sense, as other games such as Gears 1 and 2, Pure, Prey, Frontlines Fuel of War, Stuntman Ignition and The Darkness will work just fine without me needing to install them.

BradHummr

My 360 is 1 month old and I have had the exact same problems with RE5. It would freeze at the loading screen between chapters, so I installed it to the HDD and so far so good.

Methinks the RROD is a bit overplayed and it is too bad Microsoft has never, AFAIK, put out a report discussing the technical details of what leads to the RROD failure. Then again, why would they?

The only game I got freezing on was with Fallout 3 and it froze three times on me.

Maybe something is wrong with the dvd drive. I only install games i really like/play a lot. I only do it to shut the dvd drive up lool!!

But this has never happened to me or any of my friends

If it's only freezing when reading from the disc then, as others said, it's probably a problem with the disc drive. It could be as simple as a dirty lens.... do you smoke in your house? Is there a lot of dust? If so that could likely be the culprit. I don't know which, if any, lens cleaners are safe for the 360... but if you use one make sure it says it is safe for the console.

I had problems with my PS1 and I used a DVD lens cleaner on it and it made it worse. When I called Sony they told me some crap about how the lens was more sensitive and scratches easier so you're not supposed to use any lens cleaner disc on it. Since then I've never used one on a console.... but usually if my lens gets that bad it's well after the warranty is up and I just take it apart and clean it manually or with canned air.

Oh, and in response to the title question... my Xbox has frozen about once a month or so since I bought it just over a year ago. It's never led to any serious problems (so far), and I know a few of those times it had something to do with streaming from the PC. Most of the time it'll just randomly freeze while gaming. Fallout 3 froze a lot for me... but I cleared the cache on the HDD and it stopped.

The 360 is an awesome system... easily the best out of the current gen. But it was built like a piece of junk. They're practically disposable, and everyone knows it except for the fanboys in denial.

If it's only freezing when reading from the disc then, as others said, it's probably a problem with the disc drive. It could be as simple as a dirty lens.... do you smoke in your house? Is there a lot of dust? If so that could likely be the culprit. I don't know which, if any, lens cleaners are safe for the 360... but if you use one make sure it says it is safe for the console.

I had problems with my PS1 and I used a DVD lens cleaner on it and it made it worse. When I called Sony they told me some crap about how the lens was more sensitive and scratches easier so you're not supposed to use any lens cleaner disc on it. Since then I've never used one on a console.... but usually if my lens gets that bad it's well after the warranty is up and I just take it apart and clean it manually or with canned air.