Unplayable Disc error

JMOORE91 · 24-06-2008, 04:02 PM

HELP!!!

I am experiencing this issue and my COD4 disc is in mint condition....I have played it for over 12 days i think....today the machine wont play it or any other of my discs.......any advise?

tried unplugging it and plugging it back in
tried removing HD and plugging back in

put the disc in the holder and close and it doesnt even sound like the machine is even spinning the disc.....

also tried the verticle vs horizontal......

Help please

Jacksmith28 · 24-06-2008, 08:33 PM

1-800-4MY-XBOX

It's the only thing that can help you at this point. I am sorry to be the one to tell you but your disc tray is dead. Call that number and all your problems will be solved in an un-timely fashion.

bevo1981 · 24-06-2008, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jacksmith28

I am sorry to be the one to tell you but your disc tray is dead.

Pepper Jack · 25-06-2008, 01:40 AM

my cod4 does that too, gotta keep getting it to re-read the disk, sometimes it takes like 20 times for it to work, thank god only my flatmates play the game because i sure don't

rabbitc · 25-06-2008, 03:31 AM

does this only happen on COD4?

Pepper Jack · 25-06-2008, 03:33 AM

for me it only happens on cod 4, it's happened on a couple of other games once or twice but very rarely, but with cod 4 it happens every time i put the disk in

Boost King · 25-06-2008, 04:03 AM

Hi,

My younger Bro has a Nov 06 console, so 1 year old when bought and its been fine up till 2 months ago. He was getting disc errors with GOW. So I had the disc cleaned and it still did it. We thought nothing of it until GTA4 came out. While I was borrowing his console (as mine was being repaired for RROD) I was getting craploads of disc errors on GTA4, a brand new game! Even when I played my GOW, it was also getting errors.

Thinking I'll monitor the situation, my younger bro receives his console back (as mine is returned by MS) and he starts playing GTA4 as well, and sure enuff, on his copy he was also getting craploads of disc errors.

So I logged it with MS via their website (under console registration etc) and sent his back. THey sent back his console 2 weeks later, all fixed. I opened the disc drive and checked that its the new BenQ driver (like the elites have). Seems MS replace all drives with the newer Benq drives. A easy way to tell is to look at the following pic.

So anyway, send your console to MS.

Boost

Pepper Jack · 25-06-2008, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Boost King

So anyway, send your console to MS.

Boost

there is no pic, but please upload on because i have no idea which drive i have and i would like to find out

edit: after looking at that pic it seems that i have the toshiba one, is that the oldest?

Boost King · 25-06-2008, 04:06 AM

Sorry, Pic attached,

Boost

Boost King · 25-06-2008, 04:08 AM

Should be up now.

The launch units had the Toshiba Drives, these were noisy as hell.

Next come the Hitachi drives. These are better, but still a issue.

The most recent is the BenQ drive, featured on teh far right.

Hope it helps.

sportscrazed2 · 08-07-2008, 10:06 PM

thats weird ive bought and returned 2 brand new copies of gears of war this week because of that error. never happens in any of my other games must be a cheap disc by epic

Boost King · 08-07-2008, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sportscrazed2

thats weird ive bought and returned 2 brand new copies of gears of war this week because of that error. never happens in any of my other games must be a cheap disc by epic

Maybe you were trying to put resistance 1 into your 360 and got confused?

ElderScroller27 · 08-07-2008, 11:39 PM

My drive is starting to crap out too. usually I have to open/close the drive 2 or 3 times to get it to read a disc. It's like it doesn't want to spin up to speed all the time. I'm tempted to sell mine used for $150 and then grab one of the $299.00 units NEW.... but I would need a memory card to transfer my save data.

ReaperMojo · 08-07-2008, 11:45 PM

most of the time when this starts happening your xbox will be dead in the next few months, i am on my 4th one and this is the first sign most of the time..... or alot of freezing.

Pepper Jack · 08-07-2008, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ElderScroller27

My drive is starting to crap out too. usually I have to open/close the drive 2 or 3 times to get it to read a disc. It's like it doesn't want to spin up to speed all the time. I'm tempted to sell mine used for $150 and then grab one of the $299.00 units NEW.... but I would need a memory card to transfer my save data.

you would also need an advance in your allowance from your wife

nufan · 09-07-2008, 08:00 AM

I had disc errors on a few games, definately not as much as what you guys are reporting though.

I simply now start my games from pushing the eject button when the 360 is switched off. This of course ejects the tray and powers on the 360. Once the dashboard is loaded I close the tray (just by selecting close tray on the dash). And the game auto loads. I saw this suggested on another site for this problem and I have never had a disc error since. Worth trying.

bevo1981 · 09-07-2008, 07:02 PM

i still get an occasional disc error for GTAIV even after the fix. don't get it for any other game.