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Fuck me, my Xbox DVD drive is dead
UbuRoiAA
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Okay!... So of course my DVD drive can't read any games anymore. For fuck sake, my first Xbox got stollen, my second one got the e74, Microsoft send me a "new" one and now it can't read games. Fuck!
I've had problem with it for a while now: when loading certain games (MW2 and Dragon Age), I had to close-open-close-open-close the DVD drive so that it would load the game. I heard that MW2 was causing this problem so I installed it on my hard drive. Yesterday I wanted to play NHL10, and it took me 4-5 tries before the console loaded the game. Played 2/3 of a game then it froze. Since then, it doesn't reconize (sp? bad english sorry!) any games disc I try. I will try DVDs tonight but I doubt it will work. The console wasn't hot or anything, and I have no problem playing xbox live games.
So... what do I do? The Xbox microsoft sent me is more than a year old, will they take it back? Is there a way to fix it even if I don't know anything about computers, chips and what not?
The 299$ Xbox elite is really tempting right now, but that's just throwing money at those responsible for the problem, no?
Any help would be greatly appreciated 'cause I pissed off right now!
Thx
I've had problem with it for a while now: when loading certain games (MW2 and Dragon Age), I had to close-open-close-open-close the DVD drive so that it would load the game. I heard that MW2 was causing this problem so I installed it on my hard drive. Yesterday I wanted to play NHL10, and it took me 4-5 tries before the console loaded the game. Played 2/3 of a game then it froze. Since then, it doesn't reconize (sp? bad english sorry!) any games disc I try. I will try DVDs tonight but I doubt it will work. The console wasn't hot or anything, and I have no problem playing xbox live games.
So... what do I do? The Xbox microsoft sent me is more than a year old, will they take it back? Is there a way to fix it even if I don't know anything about computers, chips and what not?
The 299$ Xbox elite is really tempting right now, but that's just throwing money at those responsible for the problem, no?
Any help would be greatly appreciated 'cause I pissed off right now!
Thx
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Wrong Forum. Try Help/Advice or Moe's Technology Tavern.
pretty much the verdict is your xbox is dying and you need to send it to microsoft.
but you can also try the things i did to fix mine for a short while
You could always just buy a new Arcade for $200, then use the hard drive you've already got. Sell your broken system on craigslist for parts, as well as the new controller, and you're looking at probably $50-$60.
So, instead of paying $100 for a refurb/repair unit, you're paying $140-$150 for a brand new unit with the newest (and most reliable) chipset.
Supposedly there are local people out there who can fix 360s with this issue; I'm going to have to do that myself.