Xbox 360

I've killed yet another XBOX. Admittedly I'm a little of zealous with my methods at dealing with the deaths, I can't be bothered trying to get somewhere with customer support so I make the kills count. That makes two for me, From the people I know they've had various numbers of boxes die over the years, one of them had Seven die in total.

Anyhow the problem I'm having is that the actual problem was a 5 minute fix with a bit of glue. The Hitachi DVD drive has a small donut shaped magnetic metal piece that's suppose to align the top spindle with the centre of the moving spindle. Unfortunately for some reason the metal just got sucked right out of the moving spindle due to it's magnetic power and stuck to the top spindle, I had to crack open the case to fix this problem (and of course open up the DVD drive)

The problem is now down to Microsoft's DRM methods of controlling the drive with the overall hardware, it no longer believes the drive (or XBOX in general) to be a true XBOX 360 so gives me some tall tale about 'Playing the disc in an XBOX 360'.

Admittedly it's interesting to see that it doesn't have the three lights of death and can still play DVD's, unfortunately though it now has it's "Emperor's New cloths" on which basically mean it's no longer got a case, it's stripped bare.

I admittedly Felt very near to flinging it against the nearest hard place for a destructive ends to yet another box, however I'm putting it off just in case I can resolve the problem. Anyhow I think I'm going to be back to PC gaming and Modification at least for the most part they are easier to fix and you can DIY all you like.

 

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I have a problem with my XBOX 360 reading discs as well. It plays CDs and DVDs without fail but when it comes to XBOX 360 discs, it always comes up with that message "to play this disc please put it in an XBOX 360 console". Sounds similar to your situation... I am now on my second XBOX 360 after getting a 30% discount on a core package. I still have the old console with the disc drive problem and I would like to fix it if possible.

 

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I bought my360 the day they came out. It's worked fine until about a month ago. Then the hard drive stopped working. I called microsoft, they sent me a box, I mailed in the XBOX, they fixed it, and mailed it back. It took about 2 weeks and didn't cost me a thing.

 

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It's a shame though that the x box does this.

Mine is now broken, and I must go through this trouble. Do they plan on ever actually fixing this?

 

and this is why i have a ps3 100 dollars more yet it doesn't brake down

 

Wii is fun.

 

What a joke. Cheapass. I'm gonna pass on all the consoles this time around. We'll see if the xbox 720 or whatthehellever doesn't have a 50/50 kill ratio or they wise up and put an HD player in it from the start.

 

I was going to do the same thing, but Mass Effect came out and sucked me in.

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I'm from Edmonton and now hate Bioware. In the MS back pocket. 360 exclusive - fuck them.

 

ive had 360 yr and half nothing has gone wrong for me

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guess i'm just lucky >.>

 

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to this stuff, what's the connection between you being from Edmonton and Bioware?

(Even if you don't want to give them any money, you should find a pal and borrow a 360 and Mass Effect, if you're into that kind of game. It's fucking fantastic!)

 

My brother had the meltdown problem with his 360. He also sent it in for a 2 week turnaround at the XBOX fix it shop with no charge (including postage).

 

so....i shouldnt have bought my son a xbox 360 elite for christmas! ?

 

I managed to fix the error, I ripped the cables from my old broken one and used them to replace the other. It turns out I must of damaged one of the cables on removing the drive, so it's possible that just replacing the cables could fix the problem.

 

I think the XBOX 360 Elite is using different manufacturers or at least Quality Assurance. Since the failures with the first batches of XBOX 360, I'm sure they've tried to make sure that the quality is greater in the Elites. I could be wrong, but I think they would of learnt by now.

 

do you really want to trust a company that put a product with a 30% failure rate on the market

 

How is anyone able to afford two xboxes? Much less 7?

 

Ski mask, gloves, and a getaway vehicle.

 

You might get lucky, but you better make sure you've got ample fire insurance.

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oh yes,it is so insured its unbeliveable, theft, damage, water damage, it is even insured against the cats peeing on it, and if my younger child wants to put a jam sandwhich in the draw its also insured against that