360 Game problems, Yes already,...

shimy182 · 8 Jul 2007 at 16:11

It's been roughly 24 hours since i had the 360, and my first problem has already started...
Well, it's not the 360 thats the problem, its the disk.

So i jolted the xBox a bit and it scratched my disk.. its forza 2, I really wanted to play that game, so i took it in to town as i heard Block Busters can sort it out, They did there machine thing, and most of the scratch was gone, but because of the machine it made parts of the disk look ugly,.
Theres now a ring much towards the centre which is not clean, in fact its dirtier, Its the part which the machine couldn't reach, I'm thinking thats why the disk is not working.

( its the part that says XBOX in holograms) and also a small ring just over the bulge thing.

Pics to come up, though dont know how well it will show

Andybtsn · 8 Jul 2007 at 16:13

Unlucky dude, but its a common fact never to touch the console whilst its on!

Hoep you sort it

shimy182 · 8 Jul 2007 at 16:20

So, its a bit hard to work out.. But on the first photo, you can see a that the center part is totally blured out, and also the small smokey ring just out of the bulge..

second photo you can see the small scar the machine left..

When you put it in the box, it says..
'Please put this disk in to a xbox360 to play' or something smiler

Andybtsn · 8 Jul 2007 at 16:21

I take it other games play ok?

shimy182 · 8 Jul 2007 at 16:22

Andybtsn said:
I take it other games play ok?

only game i have

VIRII · 8 Jul 2007 at 16:26

shimy182 said:
only game i have

If I was that way inclined I'd rent a copy and accidentally give the rental company back the bad one.

shimy182 · 8 Jul 2007 at 17:10

when you put the disk up against the light, you can see some holes the machine made.. can that be where the errors coming from?

wedgie · 8 Jul 2007 at 17:13

VIRII said:
If I was that way inclined I'd rent a copy and accidentally give the rental company back the bad one.

Aren't rental copies tagged to prevent such things?

Every dvd I've had from Lovefilm has been tagged.

ScarySquirrel · 8 Jul 2007 at 17:18

Don't Microsoft have a disc replacement program? You might have to pay but it will be cheaper than buying the game again.

shimy182 · 8 Jul 2007 at 17:21

ScarySquirrel said:
Don't Microsoft have a disc replacement program? You might have to pay but it will be cheaper than buying the game again.

Forza isnt in the plan

will block buster not do anything about it?

Memphis · 8 Jul 2007 at 17:29

shimy182 said:
Forza isnt in the plan
will block buster not do anything about it?

Unlikely.

"andy" · 8 Jul 2007 at 17:42

that part of the disc isnt read anyway so it all seems weird

tried any dvds etc in the machine ?

when you knocked it its possible the laser and disc where both damaged

fish99 · 8 Jul 2007 at 18:29

andy said:
when you knocked it its possible the laser and disc where both damaged

Unlikely, my 360 has scratched several discs with the laser hitting the disc making horrible clicking noises, but it's never damaged the laser.

Back OT I got my Forza 2 disc changed by the retailer (coincidentally also blockbuster) after it was scratched.

NokkonWud · 8 Jul 2007 at 19:32

shimy182 said:
So i jolted the xBox a bit and it scratched my disk..

The topic makes it sound like it was the console that did it, when infact it was your fault.

It says in the Xbox manual to never move the system when it's on as it will destroy discs.

"andy" · 8 Jul 2007 at 19:50

just crap design but yeah they cover themselves in both the console maual and the games manuals so there isnt much you can do

nightmare really , i was lucky enough to get the game (just cause) swapped when it happened to me , took it back again to swap for a different game when i realised how poor it was too

NokkonWud · 8 Jul 2007 at 19:50

wedgie said:
Every dvd I've had from Lovefilm has been tagged.

Not from SwapGame they aint.

VIRII · 8 Jul 2007 at 20:07

wedgie said:
Aren't rental copies tagged to prevent such things?

Every dvd I've had from Lovefilm has been tagged.

I was thinking about a high street rental shop.

shimy182 · 8 Jul 2007 at 21:06

andy said:
that part of the disc isnt read anyway so it all seems weird

tried any dvds etc in the machine ?

when you knocked it its possible the laser and disc where both damaged

When i put the disk agains the sun, i see areas where the top paint (the pictures) layer has been taken off by the machine, I'm starting to think its that.

Zico · 8 Jul 2007 at 21:22

shimy182 said:
When i put the disk agains the sun, i see areas where the top paint (the pictures) layer has been taken off by the machine, I'm starting to think its that.

If the top layer of the disc is damaged then the disc is dead. The top layer is the data layer and is held flat by being printed onto the plastic disc.

If you damage the bottom of a cd/dvd then the laser beam light is diverted by the scratch and doesn't see the underside of the data layer. Obviously if the data layer is gone then there is nothing to read.

If this damage was not present before you took it to Block Busters then perhaps you should see if they will replace it.

Margaret · 8 Jul 2007 at 21:23

andy said:
just crap design

Well it's never wise to move something with a disc spinning around in it.