Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-107.5.136.178-20130918210106/@comment-129.101.153.5-20131128084630

Brute Force Solution to Tonal Bug:

1) Save game upon arrival to Tonal Lock puzzle

2) Turn Off XBox, wait a couple of minutes

3) Turn On XBox and "continue" with game. 4) Solve puzzle

I have noticed that when the Tonal Puzzle refuses to work, you won't hear a musical note when you hit one of the resonators. If you hear a musical tone, there is a good probability that the puzzle will work just fine. It is unknown why the puzzle sometimes plays musical notes and sometimes does not. Maybe it has to do with a runtime error that's difficult to debug. If this type of runtime error is to blame, it makes sense as to why you must turn off and then on the XBox.