Posted by: InfernoDivider
Sorry guys I just signed in to the forum, and they won't let me post for 24 hours, so I had to reply.
so I THINK I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO FIX SOME CASES OF DRE. After 5 days of testing, I think I should post this here to relieve the pain and anger of the comrades here.
By some cases, I mean that if you are able to play fine WITHOUT HDD, then I'm pretty sure it will fix this issue.
I got DRE EVERY TIME at first cinematics, and after a Firefight game. I removed the HDD, and I could go through these sections of the game.
Ok. Here's how I got mine working.
1. Get a usb drive. Mine's 4G. About 4 years old.
2. Make sure you backed up everything in the usb.
3. Plug it in the xbox.
4. Turn it on, go to System settings-memory-then u will see ur usb drive there.
5. I don't quite remember this step, but if you press Y to bring up action menu for the selected device, there will be a menu item that says "Configure this device for XBOX" or sth like that.
6. What that does is that XBOX formatts the whole thing and make it usable as an XBOX360 memory unit. Do it.
7. Move your profile to the usb. Again press Y over the HDD, not usb, to bring up the menu, and press transfer content.
8. The moving procedure is so easy that if you are over 5 years old you can figure it out in 5 seconds.
9. Turn off the xbox, remove the stupid HDD, but leave the USB there, then turn it on.
10. It will ask you to do a system update.
11. After the update is done, then you can play Reach without -blam!- DRE screen.
So here's the result.
5 days of ABSOLUTELY NO DRE after anything, campaign, firefight, MP, whatever you do, it works as it is supposed to.
Disadvantages? No HDD, so you can't install your game unless ur USB is like 8G. Firefight "matchmaking" doesnt work, as it requires an HDD to play. (you can play Firefight from the main menu though. Just the matchmaking one is not working.) No install means -blam!- LOUD noises.
Advantages? You can play the effing game you paid $60(more than this for some of you guys out there :D) for.
I'd like to see if this is working for some of you out there.
Remember, that I was able to play fine without HDD. If you detach ur HDD and still get DRE, then I cannot guarantee that this is going to work. But I recommend that you try it out at least.
Today I decided to actually call support about this. I was hesitant because it seemed like they didn't have a concrete fix, so I didn't even want to waste my time. However after getting disc read errors when trying to join a matchmaking game I finally broke and decided to call.
Let me first say that the person I spoke to was extremely nice and helpful, so not everyone at support is out of touch as public perception would lead you to believe. We stayed on the phone for a while, and basically support can only go through their troubleshooting steps - there is still not a concrete answer as to why this is happening.
Anyway long story short, he walked me through the exact fix I'm quoting and it did fix my matchmaking problems (for the meantime). Because it works without my HD he seems to think it's a hard drive problem. However I don't have another hard drive to test this theory out with, and I want to give it a few more days until I break down and purchase a new one. Some people here have said that they have tried swapping hard drives and had the same DRE problems, so who knows. Maybe over the weekend Bungie/MS will come up with SOMETHING to fix this issue. If we don't get word by Wednesday or something maybe I'll give a new HD a shot.
IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE: The support person did say this seems to be a rare issue, based on calls received. He said more people called in about the bonus recon armor than they did for DRE problems. That means either a.) not a lot of people are bothering to call, or b.) this really is rare, considering the amount sold. I'm leaning towards a.). So if you have the problem please call support, even if you think it will get you nowhere. I think in the long run it will do all of us some good, and maybe, just MAYBE you'll actually get someone cool like I did today to chat with so it won't be so bad.