What's the First Sign that your XBOX is about to die?
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What's the First Sign that your XBOX is about to die?
I recently have been playing MADDEN 2003, and i've played the heck outta the game, but last night i got a Disc Dirty message. So i took it out, looked at it, and it looked fine. Then i started another game in my franchise, and i was almost finished, then the game gave me the same message. My XBOX is not that old, and i was just wondering if this is my laser crapping out on me, or just a fluke with the game. I didn't try anything else yet, since i was fed up after that.
Just curious of others stories of XBOX deaths
Just curious of others stories of XBOX deaths
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I get the same dirty disc errors with enclave and sometimes with the XBOX LIVE. It's especially frustrating with ENCLAVE due to the lack of in-level save.
This seems to be a not-uncommon problem for XBOX systems. I don't know if it signals the death of you machine, but if it keeps up it may require a DVD drive replacement. Something that MS "generously" offers for $100. Unless you're still under warranty, then it's free.
This seems to be a not-uncommon problem for XBOX systems. I don't know if it signals the death of you machine, but if it keeps up it may require a DVD drive replacement. Something that MS "generously" offers for $100. Unless you're still under warranty, then it's free.
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seriously, I would not worry about your xbox dieing just yet.... I would try boiling your disc though. It certainly will not hurt anything and in most cases, it solves the problem. Boil 2~3 minutes label side up. Gonna have to rig up some way to hold it in the water though.... I used a spoon with the handle through the hole. Done it with 2 demo discs and the problems never came back. Sounds silly but it works
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I was having the same problems with mine for the few months. I finally got tired of it so I called Xbox support. They said this is a common problem. I gave them my serial number and they said it was still under warrenty. They sent me a box in the mail with airborne shipping pre-paid. I am waiting to get my box back after the tune-up soon.
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Originally posted by edstein
I was having the same problems with mine for the few months. I finally got tired of it so I called Xbox support. They said this is a common problem. I gave them my serial number and they said it was still under warrenty. They sent me a box in the mail with airborne shipping pre-paid. I am waiting to get my box back after the tune-up soon.
I was having the same problems with mine for the few months. I finally got tired of it so I called Xbox support. They said this is a common problem. I gave them my serial number and they said it was still under warrenty. They sent me a box in the mail with airborne shipping pre-paid. I am waiting to get my box back after the tune-up soon.
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Sorry but boiling your disc does nothing but get it wet. I tried this with Ghost Recon and it didn't fix anything. Whoever thought of that must have been smoking crack.
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If you go to the XBOX forums on XBOX.com you'll find that there seem to be a fairly significant number of people experiencing problems like this. Supposedly they've had problems with the DVD drive in the initial run of XBOXs (rumor or fact I don't know).
The standard fix seems to be send it in to MS for a $100 DVD replacement, but there is also a large number of people who claim to get free fixes well after the warranty has run out. They also claim they didn't have the extended warranty. It is a web forum so who knows how much is real or made up (no offense to the fine folks here).
The standard fix seems to be send it in to MS for a $100 DVD replacement, but there is also a large number of people who claim to get free fixes well after the warranty has run out. They also claim they didn't have the extended warranty. It is a web forum so who knows how much is real or made up (no offense to the fine folks here).
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Boiling works great but if its your console boiling that wont help.
Boiling works great but if its your console boiling that wont help.
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Boiling the discs do help especially the OXM demo discs, but it's just a temporary fix. I sent mine off several weeks ago and MS gave me a refurb unit that has the new Philips DVDdrive in it, replacing the P.O.S. RCA DVDdrive.
I've been playing all the demo discs that wouldn't load before and I haven't got one dirty disc error even on LIVE since I got the new unit.
Take it from me it's only gonna get worse, so you need to get it fixed asap. You'll save yourself a world of headache.
P.S. Don't let them (MS) give you any crap about having to pay $100 for the repairs. I raised enough hell at them that the CS supervisor agreed to repair/replace it for $50.
My stupidity for not getting the extended warrantee.
I've been playing all the demo discs that wouldn't load before and I haven't got one dirty disc error even on LIVE since I got the new unit.
Take it from me it's only gonna get worse, so you need to get it fixed asap. You'll save yourself a world of headache.
P.S. Don't let them (MS) give you any crap about having to pay $100 for the repairs. I raised enough hell at them that the CS supervisor agreed to repair/replace it for $50.
My stupidity for not getting the extended warrantee.