DayZ 'Bios Error' (0x00050017) on Xbox troubles some players, issue acknowledged (workaround inside)

Developed by Bohemia Interactive, DayZ is a popular multiplayer survival video game. One can enjoy playing it on a Windows PC, Xbox or PlayStation console.

Like any typical survival game, players must protect themselves from zombies and hunt for different kinds of resources such as food, water, and weapons.

The game had recently received a new update 1.46/1.19, which fixed some of the known issues.

The patch addressed server crashes caused by animations, several exploits caused by object and terrain glitches, the power of a melee stealth kill by a weapon’s regular hit, and much more.

However, like any other popular game, DayZ also suffers from occasional bugs and issues.

According to reports (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10), multiple players are experiencing a problem during startup and are thus unable to play the game. The bug seems to be affecting only Xbox consoles.

One of those affected even complained that the ‘Bios Error (0x00050017)’ pops up every time they tried to load the game.

Another claimed that the game was working fine until the past month and that the issue seems to have popped up recently.

Even though internet connectivity was normal at their end, Xbox owners still faced issues connecting to the server and playing it.

I’m been receiving this BIOS Error (0x00050018) on my DayZ account ever since yesterday. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? I play on a PS5. #DayZ
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Bios error , me an my buddy had it for a solid 5 days now I deleted the game an re downloaded it and just got new Wi-Fi about a month ago an I was playin it perfectly fine until about 5 days ago
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Xbox owners are irritated because of the delay made by the developers in resolving the issue. Some even tried resetting the console and updating or reinstalling the game but nothing seemed to work.

Fortunately, the developers have officially acknowledged the issue and are currently working on fixing it. Although, it must be noted that no official ETA has been shared for the same.

We did come across a potential workaround that may help solve the problem for some. It is recommended that you unblock the website ‘bitstudio.com’ on your router or Wi-Fi app.

We are hopeful that the developers will fix the issue with some Dayz players getting ‘Bios Error’ (0x00050017) on Xbox so that players can enjoy playing the game soon.

We will keep tabs on the matter and update the article as soon as we come across any new information.

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Featured image source: Dayz.

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