Replicate this dashboard bug

By Ken Weeks

No, that's not a modern art masterpiece, it's a dashboard bug you can replicate by doing the following:

  • make sure the screensaver on the X360 is activated
  • start any download from live marketplace that takes longer than 10 mins. to download (to let the screensaver kick in)
  • leave the download going and don't touch the controller. the screensaver will dim the screen after 10 mins.
  • unplug the ethernet cable or end your internet connection from your router/modem
  • you'll see the screen graphics scramble on the screen when it tries to tell you that the connection has ended.
  • However, when you hit the controller the dashboard screen goes back to normal (at least that is what happens to mine)

Smashing your console with a cinderblock works pretty good too. Seriously, reader Critical3rror is having issues with the scrambled screen pictured above when downloading (at least he was when he first emailed me about it a while back). As mentioned,  it goes back to normal when he hits a controller button. Anybody else run into this issue?

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