Xbox is working pretty poorly. What to do?
06-25-04, 12:43 AM
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Xbox is working pretty poorly. What to do?
My Xbox has latley been questionable on game playing and dvd playback. Some discs wont work and neither will some movies. I dont think that I have the dreaded thompson drive and I've cleaned the drive with an aircan and several lens cleaner discs. Is my Xbox just dying or is there another way I should clean it?
06-25-04, 01:03 PM
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Try cleaning lense.
Talk with MS.
If those fail, start saving for another. A lot of xboxes have been failing, and if they lay outside warranty its often cheaper to buy a new one then try and fix it.
Talk with MS.
If those fail, start saving for another. A lot of xboxes have been failing, and if they lay outside warranty its often cheaper to buy a new one then try and fix it.
06-25-04, 05:20 PM
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Originally posted by RyoHazuki
How would i go about doing that?
How would i go about doing that?
i would call ms cust rep and see if they can fix it for you before open up your xbox since that would void the waranty.
06-25-04, 08:21 PM
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My xbox used to not play some games and dvds and would get disc read errors, but a lot of games still worked. I thought buying one of those cleaning discs that has the little brush would help. After I used it, nothing worked. For some reason it made things worse. Anyways I found directions online about how to take the xbox apart and clean the lens and the little mirror directly. Now everything works flawlessly.
06-25-04, 08:22 PM
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Originally posted by BadBrandon
Anyways I found directions online about how to take the xbox apart and clean the lens and the little mirror directly. Now everything works flawlessly.
Anyways I found directions online about how to take the xbox apart and clean the lens and the little mirror directly. Now everything works flawlessly.
