360 cache

[Disturbed316]

After getting my 360 back from a RROD repair, the thing kept freezing up whenever I tried to sign into live. After looking on the xbox site it gave instructions to clear the cache. Now my question is, wtf is a 'cache'? Whats its purpose?

[El Fangel]

Well a cache on a computer, is where frequently used things (for example the images for mainpage of this site :)) would be stored for faster access.

[El Fangel]

Re-reading that, Ill simplify more by saying more or less it stores info to make things load faster.

[Kane Knight]

HEXUS (http://www.hexus.net/) has discovered a new way to clear the Xbox 360 hard drive cache. Previously, you needed to reset your Xbox 360, and hold down the A button as a game was booting up. This new code allows you to clear the entire hard drive cache:

Go to the system blade and then select memory. <center>http://media.teamxbox.com/dailyposts/xbox360/hardware/thumb_hd.jpg</center>
Press Y on the HD symbol and then press X,X,Left Bumper, Right Bumper, X,X. Once you do this a messsage will appear saying: Do you want to perform maintenance on your Xbox 360 storage devices?

Performing this function will also clear any software updates.

[Kane Knight]

Anyway, the cach is for software updates, as the last line alludes to. You can simply redownload them.

[Disturbed316]

Yeah once I cleared it, things were fine again. So its basically like the temporary internet files folder on a pc, but also stores the software updates?

[Kane Knight]

More or less.

Unfortunately, this is as close to a defrag as you can get, and it only impacts the way the updates are stored (and mandates that you download them again).