What the heck is wrong with my Xbox?

huh? · 12-29-03, 07:55 AM

Has anyone ever experienced this with an Xbox:

I place HALO into my Xbox and it does not load. It comes back with the message:

"This is an Xbox disk, please place it into your Xbox to play it".

I then proceed to turn my Xbox on and off a few times and it starts working. It used to come up the first time every time with this disk, but now its not. Should I be concerned?

I have yet to experience it with other games, but is this the first sign that my Xbox is doomed? Its only like 4 months old (my 2nd one-- first one broke so i am getting a litte gunshy with these things).

Thanks.

PixyJunket · 12-29-03, 08:28 AM

Mine thought PSO was a DVD movie a couple of time, but that's it.

dcswirl · 12-29-03, 09:48 AM

Sounds like your lens may be dirty. I know someone who used a dvd cleaner on theirs and it works fine now.

Josh H · 12-29-03, 10:12 AM

Sounds like, best case, a dirty lense, worst case a bad drive.

njchris · 12-29-03, 12:54 PM

It could also be that the original drives used (thompson i think) were crummy and could fail at some point. Check out the teamxbox forums I believe for other people with that problem (if that is yours or just happens to be the one disk)

Kromax · 12-29-03, 03:37 PM

Are you absolutely certain you didn't put the disk into your PS2?

huh? · 12-29-03, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kromax
Are you absolutely certain you didn't put the disk into your PS2?

don't have a PS2 hooked up to that TV, so I'm fairly certain.

nickdawgy · 12-29-03, 09:19 PM

A couple of time mine said something like "please insert an Xbox game or DVD movie" when I had an Xbox game in there already. I ejected the disc, and reinserted it, and all was well. Guess the system just has hiccups every now and then.

mrmagoo · 01-03-04, 07:41 PM

I have had my x-box from the beginning and I had something very similar to this happen to me today (first time it ever happened)

I put in NBA STREET 2 and it would not load, eventually a message came up that said something like "Make sure that the disc you put in the xbox is an xbox disc, video cd, or dvd" I took it out and put it back in and got the same message. I repeated this a few times and finally took the game out, looked at it very carefully and it was SPOTLESS, none-the-less I cleaned it with one of those dust rag thingys that are made for cd's, and it worked fine. (but I KNOW it was clean before)

12-29-03, 07:55 AM	#1
huh? DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Beverly, MA Posts: 5,502	What the heck is wrong with my Xbox? Has anyone ever experienced this with an Xbox: I place HALO into my Xbox and it does not load. It comes back with the message: "This is an Xbox disk, please place it into your Xbox to play it". I then proceed to turn my Xbox on and off a few times and it starts working. It used to come up the first time every time with this disk, but now its not. Should I be concerned? I have yet to experience it with other games, but is this the first sign that my Xbox is doomed? Its only like 4 months old (my 2nd one-- first one broke so i am getting a litte gunshy with these things). Thanks.

12-29-03, 08:28 AM	#2
PixyJunket DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 23,217	Mine thought PSO was a DVD movie a couple of time, but that's it. __________________ Twitter, Wii U and Xbox 360: PixyJunket

12-29-03, 09:48 AM	#3
dcswirl Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Buckeye State Posts: 768	Sounds like your lens may be dirty. I know someone who used a dvd cleaner on theirs and it works fine now. __________________ Liverpool FC You'll Never Walk Alone

12-29-03, 12:54 PM	#5
njchris Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 179	It could also be that the original drives used (thompson i think) were crummy and could fail at some point. Check out the teamxbox forums I believe for other people with that problem (if that is yours or just happens to be the one disk) __________________ http://card.mygamercard.net/zzaz.jpg

12-29-03, 03:37 PM	#6
Kromax DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: New York City Posts: 1,254	Are you absolutely certain you didn't put the disk into your PS2? __________________ "Cleanliness is next to Johnnyness when you burger up and woof 'em down." --Anonymous (graffiti)

12-29-03, 10:12 AM	#4
Josh H Retired Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 27,389	Sounds like, best case, a dirty lense, worst case a bad drive.

12-29-03, 09:19 PM	#8
nickdawgy DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Southern Cal-ee-for-nee Posts: 21,652	A couple of time mine said something like "please insert an Xbox game or DVD movie" when I had an Xbox game in there already. I ejected the disc, and reinserted it, and all was well. Guess the system just has hiccups every now and then.

01-03-04, 07:41 PM	#9
mrmagoo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Batavia, New York USA Posts: 780	I have had my x-box from the beginning and I had something very similar to this happen to me today (first time it ever happened) I put in NBA STREET 2 and it would not load, eventually a message came up that said something like "Make sure that the disc you put in the xbox is an xbox disc, video cd, or dvd" I took it out and put it back in and got the same message. I repeated this a few times and finally took the game out, looked at it very carefully and it was SPOTLESS, none-the-less I cleaned it with one of those dust rag thingys that are made for cd's, and it worked fine. (but I KNOW it was clean before) __________________ Marge Simpson: "500 Pretzels! Wait, wait, let me get this down....Meat Packers Union Hall, Batavia, New York!" XBOX LIVE GamerTag: MrMagoo1974 XBOX Live GamerCard: MrMagoo1974's 360 Blog