Xbox 360 update Error message E66.

From, what I read online, this might have something to do with a Faulty DVD player. My DVD is faulty at times. It makes a LOT of noise which I assumed is normal because the console is really old.. Sometimes when I fire up my xbox it doesnt detect the game and it says PLAY DVD instead of saying play Fifa 11.

Then I just eject the drive and close it again and sometimes after restarting the console, it reads the game and works fine.

blue4life23

Your DVD drive is probably going to die soon, I remember my xbox started doing that same thing, then 5 months later I had to get it fixed.

blu4life23

I have the same problem!, I never opened my console and when it had to be repaired only Microsoft support made the repair and only they have touched my console!!!!.

When I contact support, they tell me that my xbox has either been modified or I used copied games, that's not true and not fair.

It is not fair that the only answer is "You have to buy a new console".

Can someone help me? or Microsoft will decide when we have to buy a new console?

I never violated the terms of use agreement!     This is an outrage!

I have the same generation Xbox as you and I am having the same issue. Mine was built on 6.27.2006. It has never been modified in any way. It functions perfectly but can no longer access live and any attempt to update ends in the E66 error. I was told by a supervisor that there are others like us who have been unintentionally impacted but currently there is no process in place to help us and they do not know if anything will ever be done. My system is a refurb I received from Xbox support after my 3rd in warranty RROD after launch.

Hi,

Please see this post forums.xbox.com/.../59534.aspx

This is what i found www.gamingexcellence.com/.../3394.shtml

I believe my console falls into that category from the older generation. What do you reckon ShadowMan?

Oh btw i tried all of your suggestions Shadowman and I still get the same error about 75% into the update

Hi,

I'm afraid only the helpdesk will be able to assist with this as per that link

I got the same problem too, from what i have read this has happened to everyone that has an old model im not sure what model i have got but it doesnt have a hdmi slot and after i update it comes up with E 66 so this is happening from the update :/

I'm having the same problem on my xbox too.  (E66 error after update)  My xbox is also the original older model.   I'm not able to update through live, cd, or usb methods.    I get E66 each time.    What's wrong??????    This old thing is out of warranty so are we SOL because of a MS update?  WTF?