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==Downloading Problems== | ==Downloading Problems== | ||
The massive amount of gamers that downloaded the ''Halo 3 Beta'' via ''Crackdown'' at 7:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM | The massive amount of gamers that downloaded the ''Halo 3 Beta'' via ''Crackdown'' at 7:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM EDT) and at later times was reported by Bungie to have overwhelmed the servers, and download times, projected to be approximately 30 minutes for those for fiber-optic connections, were prolonged to 3 hours because of the number of server requests. | ||
*'''Result''': Greatly prolonged ''[[Halo 3 Beta]]'' download times via ''[[Crackdown]]''<br /> | *'''Result''': Greatly prolonged ''[[Halo 3 Beta]]'' download times via ''[[Crackdown]]''<br /> | ||
*'''Solution''': None | *'''Solution''': None | ||
=="Game Over"== | =="Game Over"== | ||
After some gamers downloaded the ''Halo 3 Beta'', they received a message that the Beta had expired, and that they were not allowed to play it. Fortunately, this message was rescinded automatically after 1 to 60 minutes, or gamers could purge their Xbox 360's server cache and perform memory unit maintenance to manually rescind this message. | After some gamers downloaded the ''Halo 3 Beta'', they received a message that the Beta had expired, and that they were not allowed to play it. Fortunately, this message was rescinded automatically after 1 to 60 minutes, or gamers could purge their Xbox 360's server cache and perform memory unit maintenance to manually rescind this message. | ||