New to Xbox - CD drive problem

Skii · 1 Jan 2008 at 14:59

hi all

I had a stroke of luck over xmas and was given an Xbox 360 by a friend, he did warn me that the CD drive was a little tempremental and doesn't always open and shut when you push the button, but everything else works fine.

I dashed out and bought a copy of Forza 2 but I'm encountering a few problems getting the game to run. Most of the time the Xbox doesn't recognise the game disc and a message comes up on the screen telling me to insert the game CD into an Xbox 360...!

after a few attempts of opening and closing the drive drawer it will eventually spin into life and the game will start up - and I'm away, however this can take a great many attempts to get there.

Does anyone else know about or have encountered this problem? I haven't owned a console since a PS one so i'm a beginner with the Xbox and its various features and issues - is the drive replaceable if there is a problem (like a desktop PC ?)

thanks

wedgie · 1 Jan 2008 at 15:01

Doesn't sound good, disc read errors are one of the most common problem's with the 360 besides red rings.

Thesnipergecko · 1 Jan 2008 at 15:13

You can always take it apart and adjust the POT calibration

Easy fix for CD Reading Errors.

T.

Skii · 1 Jan 2008 at 15:40

Thesnipergecko said:
You can always take it apart and adjust the POT calibration

Easy fix for CD Reading Errors.

T.

hmmm, really easy ? is there a guide anywhere for this ?

cheers

Kreeeee · 1 Jan 2008 at 15:48

Skii said:
hmmm, really easy ? is there a guide anywhere for this ?

cheers

Yes it's easy but it won't fix the problem.

You can replace the drives if you know someone who can flash the firmware on them, it's very easy to do once you've read up on it but since these flashed drives can be used for piracy we can't discuss them on here.

Ripper · 1 Jan 2008 at 16:01

If it was free just send it to Microsoft to repair it? Cost will be nowhere near the cost of a new console I doubt.

Nexus · 1 Jan 2008 at 17:14

I'd send it to MS, I wouldn't bother destroying the warranty trying to open it up.

I've returned two to them due to DVD drive problems.

Skii · 1 Jan 2008 at 17:17

Yeah sounds reasonable - thanks for the advice chaps

Usel · 1 Jan 2008 at 17:44

Is the console horizontal or vertical?

Try the opposite way just in case.

I have had a 360 which didn't like being vertical at all, would be extremely noisy and wouldn't play certain games, but ran perfectly horizontal.

Skii · 1 Jan 2008 at 19:14

Usel said:
Is the console horizontal or vertical?

Try the opposite way just in case.

I have had a 360 which didn't like being vertical at all, would be extremely noisy and wouldn't play certain games, but ran perfectly horizontal.

I've tried both - same problem regardless