September 2nd, 2006 at 12:46 pm
Broken Xbox 360
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someone helpe me!!! my 360 wont read any discs
i repair xbox 360 , just did one yesterday same problem . it did play dvd , does yours? rob
won’t play games or DVD’s will read cd’s.
I put a disc in and it barely try’s to read it.
It make a noise and then say’s open tray
i am having the same problem.I am having a problem with reading the 360 games.The original games work but the 360 games wont.It doesnt even sound like it is trying to read.dvd still work too..just not the 360 games
where do i get an av encoder chip to try and replace it myself?
Open Tray Issue with 360 Won’t play anything…
my xbox has three red lights and i know that means hardware faliure and i did’nt do anything it just stopped working could you please tell me how to fix that i’m pretty smart with computers i built my own and my brothers is really good so if
you just tell me how to do it i can probably do it please help
i have a xbox 360.
i got a hd tv 3 days ago.
The picture was fine for 3 days and today i lost the picture and the sound is still ok.
i went and got a new cable. and still no picture.
Can any Body help me?
Just replaced my motherboard and dvd drive will not read games. It tells me to install in a xbox360 console.I can watch dvd movies with no problem. How can I fix this?
i have a xbox 360.
The picture was fine for a year and today i lost the picture and the sound is still ok.
i went and got a new cable. and still no picture.
Can any Body help me?
Really bad noise coming from the disc tray and games etc wouldnt play, sent it away to be fixed and now the screen keeps freezing and its only 5 months old-HELP
When I put in a game or DVD it says unplayable disc
The “Open Tray Issue”, I found out is due to faliure of your the disc drive and you would have to replace it with a new one. I had the same problem and my 360 wasn’t under warranty, so I opened it and found that the disc drive won’t spin the disc.
my xbox360 has 3 flashing red lights. i know this means that there is a hardware failure. if you could please tell me how i could fix my xbox360. then i would really appreciate it. thank you
-jonathan
i have the hardware failure and i could u se some help before i buy another one my friend,please audo bone y amigo,help me friend
My Xbox 360 won’t read disks.. continuously stating “Open Tray”. It doesn’t even make a sound like if it loading/reading any disk (CD, DVD, Games…Nothing) Anything anyone knows about to maybe fix it myself… Xbox customer support has less knowledge then I do about the issue.. Sad but true.
if u have lost your picture butsound is ok, try switching around the red white and yellow cable (forgot the name sorry) or check if there in the right spot. probably no help but im just upset cause my 360 wont read the discs either
and i dont wanna buy anything for it unless we really have to and i just rented transformers and it sits without any play, its saddening!
“open tray issue” tried a lazer cleaner device…did not work…it worked one night…i woke up the next day and it did not work….i got it to play a game about twice and i continued to play until i went to bed…now on the third day..it wont read any disc except for adio…how do i fix this by my self.
Came accross your post’s whilst looking for something else 360 related.
If your drive gives you the ‘Please Insert… 360 console’ the chances are your laser is screwed and that goes for it not even ’spinning up’ aswell.
Mine was out of warranty, so bought a laser for £10(from China) replaced the old one, now every disc plays again.