Open disc tray fault on 360

Jimmy1983 · 10 Nov 2010 at 23:49

Tried various fixes and when I took it apart and moved the laser towards the middle the disc played fine. But not its not reading discs anymore-ive not opened the XBOX again but looks like iam going to have too

but doesnt anyone have any other advice on a fix?

Pestilence · 11 Nov 2010 at 00:21

It's happened to two consoles of mine. Pretty much all DIY fixes are (very) temporary. The drive'll need changed, ultimately.

ZedPowered · 11 Nov 2010 at 06:58

look up 360 laser pot adjustment. its easy to do and has fixed several of my drives with this error

Jimmy1983 · 11 Nov 2010 at 07:53

Pestilence said:
It's happened to two consoles of mine. Pretty much all DIY fixes are (very) temporary. The drive'll need changed, ultimately.

Yeah well I do have another XBOX which has the RRoD. Can I take out that drive and literally swap it into my other XBOX? The two XBOX's are slightly different generations the newer one that has the open tray issue has an HDMI port and the RRoD hasnt.

jessjess said:
look up 360 laser pot adjustment. its easy to do and has fixed several of my drives with this error

Not heard about this before, do you mean this kinda fix?

http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/tutorial/XBOX_360_POT_CALIBRATION_V1.0_by_Moda.pdf

MikGriff · 11 Nov 2010 at 08:26

You cant just swap drives willy nilly I'm afraid, Would be easier just buying a new one considering the cost.

ZedPowered · 11 Nov 2010 at 10:23

Jimmy1983 said:
Not heard about this before, do you mean this kinda fix?

http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/tutorial/XBOX_360_POT_CALIBRATION_V1.0_by_Moda.pdf

yup thats the one, mail me in trust if you need any help fixing the drive.

Jimmy1983 · 11 Nov 2010 at 12:52

MikGriff said:
You cant just swap drives willy nilly I'm afraid, Would be easier just buying a new one considering the cost.

How come you can't swap drives? Doesn't seem to be any difference other than makes of the actual drives.

What buy a while new XBOX?

Jimmy1983 · 11 Nov 2010 at 13:00

jessjess said:
yup thats the one, mail me in trust if you need any help fixing the drive.

Ok thanks a lot, shall I just follow that guide? Do it permentantly fix your XBOX?

agnes · 11 Nov 2010 at 13:25

Jimmy1983 said:
How come you can't swap drives? Doesn't seem to be any difference other than makes of the actual drives.

What buy a while new XBOX?

There are 4 types of drive, but mainly because the FW key will be different. Essentially, if you manage to swap the drive, you will probably be ban. As far as I am aware.

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ZedPowered · 11 Nov 2010 at 15:26

Jimmy1983 said:
Ok thanks a lot, shall I just follow that guide? Do it permentantly fix your XBOX?

it fixed the problem i had with the laser not reading properly.

Pestilence · 11 Nov 2010 at 15:35

Jimmy1983 said:
How come you can't swap drives? Doesn't seem to be any difference other than makes of the actual drives.

What buy a while new XBOX?

Each drive is locked to the individual console with a firmware key. If you take the drive out of one console, you need to clear that one, dump the key from the original drive, then flash that key to the cleared drive before it will work.

It's also a one-way ticket to an Xbox LIVE ban. Not worth it at all.

spaced out · 12 Nov 2010 at 16:07

Jimmy1983 said:
How come you can't swap drives? Doesn't seem to be any difference other than makes of the actual drives.

You can

Just get exact same model and swap pcb board over all done simple.

Jimmy1983 · 2 Dec 2010 at 22:03

Well the xbox had been working fine pretty much until I got FIFA 11, and its loads up then says the disc is scratched-which it isnt as it plays in my mates xbox fine.

Black Ops plays fine in it, any ideas? Ive not changed the drive over btw.

Jimmy1983 · 2 Dec 2010 at 22:04

Also OT but if I get another which doesnt have a HDMI port will the graphics suffer using just the component cable?