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Xbox 360 tech issues


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BlazingGlory
Title: KANE LIVES IN DEATH!
Joined: Aug 10 2009
PostPosted: Jan 23 2011 01:45 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Hey guys, I have another issue with my Xbox. Any help would be appreciated.
My Xbox loads up the dashboard, but it doesn't recognize games inside of it. It just doesn't read the disk at all. When it tries to read the disk, you can hear two soft clicks.
More info: The Xbox is a first generation 360, there seems to be a fair deal of dust in the console (but I doubt that's the source of the clicking) it has already been sent in for a RRoD, and it is 4 or 5 years old. Any help would be very helpful.
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Beach Bum
Joined: Dec 08 2010
Location: At the pants party.
PostPosted: Jan 23 2011 03:43 pm Reply with quote Back to top

My original PS1 used to click because the lens was out of its track. It always threw an unreadable disc error or something though. Basically the only way to fix it was to have it repaired/buy a new one.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
PostPosted: Jan 23 2011 04:47 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Good luck with that, I had a drive die on me and the bastards wanted 100$ to fix it.



 
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
PostPosted: Jan 23 2011 05:09 pm Reply with quote Back to top

same here. eventually i gave in and paid the $99.


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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
PostPosted: Jan 23 2011 05:11 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I just grabbed a new one when gamestop was selling them at a discount to make room for the new black wi fi ones. Haven't had a problem with it yet, but I don't run this one 100% of the time with movies whenever I'm not gaming on it, so the drive shouldn't die as fast this time around.



 
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BlazingGlory
Title: KANE LIVES IN DEATH!
Joined: Aug 10 2009
PostPosted: Jan 23 2011 06:09 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Ok, it seems like the damn thing decided to start working again. I do think it's dust now. Hell, even the freaking clicking went away, so now I have no clue what's really wrong, but again, I'm gonna guess dust.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
PostPosted: Jan 23 2011 09:52 pm Reply with quote Back to top

For a while banging on mine seemed to get it to read the disc, and when that failed turning it upside down and then banging on it worked. After that nothing worked.

You should probably not do that.



 
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
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PostPosted: Jan 23 2011 11:45 pm Reply with quote Back to top

In case you were thinking about replacing it yourself, getting a drive whose serial number doesn't match with the console bans you from Live, whether it's legit or not.


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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
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PostPosted: Jan 24 2011 01:53 am Reply with quote Back to top

If you pay the $100, you'll get a warranty on it when you get it back, plus the month of Xbox Live Gold. It's worth it. It'll cover it for three years and i think you get a refurbished xbox.


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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
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PostPosted: Jan 24 2011 02:02 pm Reply with quote Back to top

The-Excel wrote:
In case you were thinking about replacing it yourself, getting a drive whose serial number doesn't match with the console bans you from Live, whether it's legit or not.

All you have to do is switch the circuit board on the original drive with the one on the new drive and you will not get banned. I have done it several times.


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BlazingGlory
Title: KANE LIVES IN DEATH!
Joined: Aug 10 2009
PostPosted: Jan 24 2011 09:02 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Well honestly, this isn't the first time my Xbox has done this. It is still working and if anything, it seems to be working better now after I forced my brothers to leave it alone for a while. Maybe I just knocked some dust loose, because after I forced the tray to go in and out a couple of times, it started working again, only for me to be greeted by the fact that Xbox Live was down for service or something of the like.

Anywho, I still need some way to clear the dust out of my console. I already cleaned up the outside with an isopropanal solution a few weeks ago, which solved all of my overheating issues (funny how dust in the power cord node or whatever it's called can cause that) but I need a good, non illegal way to clean up the inside. Any suggestions?
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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PostPosted: Jan 24 2011 10:19 pm Reply with quote Back to top

You could try spraying it with an air compressor.



 
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BlazingGlory
Title: KANE LIVES IN DEATH!
Joined: Aug 10 2009
PostPosted: Jan 24 2011 10:21 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Blackout wrote:
You could try spraying it with an air compressor.

See, I thought about that, I looked it up, and it seems like it can really damage your console if you try that.
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sonicrulz101
Joined: Jan 19 2009
PostPosted: Jan 26 2011 05:57 pm Reply with quote Back to top

You could try kicking it out the upstairs window. 0.00001% chance of working, odds are in your favor! Shocked Ummm....maybe not. Try thorwing it in the river then fishing it out. Very Happy Cha-Ching! Success!


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