XBOX doesn't always work

M.Holloway

My 360 keeps on not being able to read discs when I put them in!

I've tried cleaning the heads with a cleaning disc, but the problem persists.

It's quite old, is there anything I can do without get Msoft to fix it/buy a new one

M.Holloway

WAH!

Someone help meeeee!

jizzler

sounds silly buttttt have you tried cleaning the game disk ( from inner to outer not round and round ) with a soft cloth, or tried a different position with the console e.g. if it was stood up laying it down ?

M.Holloway

Yes, it's always laying down.

I have also resurfaced the disks several times.

The problem is with the console.

Matt_Nixon

I had this with my Mk1 Xbox, bought a replacement drive on ebay & fitted it myself, was really easy.

Looks a bit trickier on the 360 as you need to mess with the firmware.

http://www.360-hq.com/xbox-tutorials-61.html

Good luck.

OK_Sauce

This happened to my Xbox. Have you tried clearing the cache, rebooting the machine without the HDD attached or standing the console up on it's end. I know this sounds a bit daft but they were all things suggested to me by XBox support before I finally gave up and sent it for repair.

M.Holloway

Yeah I tried all of those, not sure how old it is...a few years probably so I imagine Microsoft will refuse to repair!

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

M.Holloway wrote: »

Yeah I tried all of those, not sure how old it is...a few years probably so I imagine Microsoft will refuse to repair!

They will repair it, but it won't be for free. Unfortunately the drive isn't covered by the extended warranty.