My xbox wont read mw2!?!

jonb717 · 13-11-2009, 4:54 PM

I recently bought mw2, excitedly rushed home tom play it, only to find that my console would refuse to acknowledge the game was in in the player, and when it finally did read it the message unreadable would come up. I have since switched the discs and am still having the same problem! Now this is what really is annoying me, my xbox is reading all of my games almost perfectly it is just refusing to read mw2!
Any ideas what the problem is?

emlyn73 · 13-11-2009, 6:41 PM

Bad Luck i think, take the disc back

*Ben71* · 13-11-2009, 6:53 PM

Faulty disc but i dont really think so,

Likely to be your drive, the laser is running out

How long have you had your console for ?

jonb717 · 13-11-2009, 9:27 PM

yeah i have exchanged the disc already, and i tried my friends none of them worked properly

Um i bought it about a year and a half ago! So its not that old! So my warranty has run out aswell!

Slates71 · 17-11-2009, 6:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jonb717

Um i bought it about a year and a half ago! So its not that old! So my warranty has run out aswell!

Due to the internal problems with the Xbox Microsoft have addded a 2 year warranty to the standard warranty. Mine has packed up twice. Register for a repair/replacement today and they will collect in the next 2 day, it will go to Germany for repair and be back with you inside 2 weeks. Very good service. Plus you get a free 30 days Xbox live top up

Problem is it will pack up again inside 2 years

jonb717 · 17-11-2009, 4:24 PM

Is that for real!

Such good new if its! Guna go check that out cheers m8

Yh but xbox is better than PS3 so its worth it

jonb717 · 17-11-2009, 4:32 PM

Just checked it out on the internet and it says "company is extending the warranty of the Xbox 360 to cover any console issues resulting in three flashing red lights, for three years from purchase." However mine does not have the three flashing lights and so still has only the one year warranty!

Any1 else got any ideas of what i can do?

brumhee · 18-11-2009, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jonb717

Just checked it out on the internet and it says "company is extending the warranty of the Xbox 360 to cover any console issues resulting in three flashing red lights, for three years from purchase." However mine does not have the three flashing lights and so still has only the one year warranty!

Any1 else got any ideas of what i can do?

Buy the Super Elite?

Are you having trouble with any other games?

jonb717 · 18-11-2009, 11:28 PM

how much is the super elite?

Nah not really sometimes it says disk unreadable but just open it up and put it in and it works fine!

brumhee · 19-11-2009, 9:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jonb717

how much is the super elite?

Nah not really sometimes it says disk unreadable but just open it up and put it in and it works fine!

Super elite is £250 with 2 controllers, MW2 and throat mic.

If other games are struggling it dues sound like your drive is failing. If it's out of warranty you might be able to fix it yourself (but ms may ban the console) or send it to MS to fix. Give them a call and see how much a fix will cost.

its_all_Greek · 19-11-2009, 11:52 AM

I have the same problem, every now and again it comes up with Disc unreadable clean disc etc... Open up the tray take out the disc put it back in and hey presto it works fine, but this doesn't happen with any other game or dvd??????

When i look at the disc theres no visable scratches etc. just a bit odd really. It also explains why i'm so c**p on MP as well

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jonb717 · 19-11-2009, 4:43 PM

yh gave them a call guna cost between £80 to £100 quid depends on how i send it off.
M8 i have no money really cant afford that

haha well at least urs works!

reddragon105 · 19-11-2009, 5:11 PM

The 3 year extended warranty only covers errors where 3 red lights flash on the front of the console or E74 is displayed on the screen. For a faulty DVD drive Microsoft will charge you - as you've just found out. Can't quite believe it's that much.

Try finding someone local to fix it for you - either a repair shop or just someone who advertises online. A new laser will cost around £10, or a whole new DVD drive (if that's necessary) should be around £30. It wouldn't take long to change the parts over so labour costs should be minimum. I've replaced lasers and fixed sticking DVD drives on my friends Xboxes and Xbox 360s before.

Before even doing that, though, I'd recommend trying a DVD laser cleaning disk in the console. As the problem is intermittent it could simply be caused by a dirty laser. A cleaning disk will cost you less than £5 and is a useful thing to have even if it doesn't solve your problem.

jonb717 · 19-11-2009, 11:17 PM

I no i was like seems quite steep! Okay m8 i'll defo give the disk i try and then il have a look and see if there's anyone who can fix it locally.

Cheers for the help, some good sugeestions there

shagaboopon · 20-11-2009, 8:48 PM

In all likelyhood if its intermittently not reading some disks and flat out refusing others then you might get it working by just cleaning the laser first.

You can do this with a cleaning disk like below:
Hama DVD Laser Cleaning Disc: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

In fairness though if your laser is dirty then the rest of your console is probably the same so it would be good practice to open it up and blow out all the dust from both the console and your DVD drive. There are plenty of tutorials on the internet for opening the console up anyway. While you have the drive open you can then clean the laser gently with a cotton bud and some alcohol.

The guy who's disk isn't reading at all should try the same process first then if that doesn't work replacing the laser isn't that hard in all honesty. All you have to watch for when replacing a laser is do not damage the ribbon cable and check if the new laser you're getting has a anti static point soldered as that would need to be removed before fitting.

Thought I might add I fixed my friends Elite recently which had gradually stopped reading disks by just cleaning out the console and laser, sometimes the laser does survive being dirty. Be aware that if you continue using the drive though while it's intermittently reading then the laser is using more power to cut through the dirt on the lens so eventually it will burn out if not sorted.

jonb717 · 20-11-2009, 11:00 PM

If i open up my xbox and replace the laser doesnt that count as modifying my xbox and so will eventually get my account and xbox banned from using xbox live?
Im such a tech noob lmao. how hard is it removing that anti static point off then?
Would it be easier for me to just buy a new disk drive and replace it?

jonb717 · 21-11-2009, 7:45 PM

Right ive bought a new disc drive to replace my broken one of ebay.

But since ordering it ive heard that u cant just replace your disc drive with a new one as your xbox will only work with one its got in it.
Is this true?

UKBOY · 21-11-2009, 11:12 PM

Google the words :-

xbox 360 dvd drive replacement tutorial

This will give you plenty of links to sites, forums and YouTube to explain how to replace the drive and most importantly, the dvd drive key.

shagaboopon · 22-11-2009, 3:36 PM

You need to buy a replacement drive thats the same type as yours, there are Toshiba, Hitachi, Benq and Liteon drives. The Toshiba and Hitachi drives you can simply swap the drive controller board from your old drive into the new one and they'll work fine. On the Benq and Liteon you can transfer boards but you need to do so some soldering.