Gaming My first 360

[Steevsee]

Hi to all.
Finally got my first xbox 360 two days ago. (I know! But better late than never, right?)
I bought it secondhand and it came with power and video leads but nothing else.

It was sold with RROD and when I tested, it did indeed display three red leds.
I've had a fair bit of electronics/computer experience and after installing a RROD repair kit, manged to get four green lights. Lovely!

However when I tried to boot the console, it displays the xbox 360 graphic the then says"updating".
Then says "Disc not detected - Can't find update disc - Please reinsert the disc -press A to continue"
I have tried to install a system update which I downloaded from the official xbox site, and burned to a cd but says "update failed.. contact microsoft support".(also tried a Dvd with same result)

I don't have any 360 games yet but have a large library of original xbox titles and tried to load one but still looks for update file.

I've been reading about some 360 bricks but I think they are mostly associated with flashing the dvd, and I'm pretty sure the drive has not been flashed as the warranty seal was intact.
Seems like I have no system installed? The fact that the dashboard can't load makes me guess that i have a corrupt or incomplete installation of the system files?

Anyone have any ideas about what I could try next?
Appreciate all suggestions as I am total noob in 360 land.
Thanks

 

[kobykaan]

googling around suggest using a HD with all current updates applied fixes this issue once its up and running you no longer need the borrowed hd

note some say this did not work either! ..But worth trying

 

[Steevsee]

Just a quick update in case anyone else has the same problem.
I finally manged to complete the update and now have a fully functioning 360.
Downloaded all of the dasboard updates( 12 different) and tried one by one(via USB) until I found the one that worked.

 

[Maz7006]

great news

i also had some problems when updating for some strange reason, i managed to get it working by doing the USB one on the MS website and then i updated through live and it alll worked out

you said 12 different dashboard updates....do you mind linking them to me, the internet here is a mess and i'd rather do offline updates if possible

thanks.

 

[Steevsee]

Here is the link to the forum where I found the dashboard updates.

 

[JesseB]

Glad you got it all sorted out. 360s are the best.