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Some Non-Retail 360s Defective?

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Some early released Xbox 360's aren't functioning correctly with Xbox Live. That's what an email tip from a reader with the following email from Microsoft had to say. The text of the email is below:

"Today you will receive a replacement Xbox 360 RETAIL unit. We have identified a potential issue with your unit.

The default configuration on the Xbox 360 retail unit we sent you earlier may not have been set correctly, so you may be experiencing problems connecting to Xbox Live.

Please note, this problem may be specific to your unit and does not exist in consoles that are currently being shipped to retailers."

The rest of the email concerns the FedEx shipping policy, but the above is the meat and potatoes. Microsoft is tracking down the plagued 360s so don't sound the alarms just yet. Can you imagine the disaster if an issue like this found its way into retail? Shudder.

11:30 AM on Thu Nov 17 2005
By lsmith
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