[Rick Shaw]

How many people have had problems with their 360s?
Mine is a original premium console and I have never had any red ring troble after a good 3-4 years of fairly regular use. However the CD draw is difficult to open and have had some game shredding but other than that OK. Is there a fix to stop the DVD tray from being stuck in and not reading the game. Cheers.

[Rick Shaw]

It does wotk just a bit temperamental at times.

[RottenFox]

Originally Posted by Rick Shaw

How many people have had problems with their 360s?
Mine is a original premium console and I have never had any red ring troble after a good 3-4 years of fairly regular use. However the CD draw is difficult to open and have had some game shredding but other than that OK. Is there a fix to stop the DVD tray from being stuck in and not reading the game. Cheers.

if you have a look here :
Xbox 360 DVD Drive Comparison How to determine which version DVD drive you have in your Xbox 360, Samsung, Hitachi, Benq

you can see what kind of drive you have..
i think it may be a samsung,as that has a foam pad in it that dislodges,and causes this.
not much to be done unless you change the drive, and/or get it repaired by microsoft, or buy a new one.

[Rick Shaw]

Yep, just check and it looks most like the samsung. Is this a common problem with these drives?

[RottenFox]

i had about 6 go bad like that..
the little foam pad is there to steady the discs,but it soon gets rubbed off/changes shape and becomes an obstruction,causing problems like this.
and the hitachi drive at the time was rubbish too.

either get it replaced from somewhere that mods/repairs them,or buy another.
you could go to microsoft,and they would charge about £60 or thereabouts for it to get repaired/replaced.

or a final hope is, to pray it develops a 3 red ring error soon, as the 3 year warranty on the original ones is expiring/might have expired.
when did you buy it?, as you have a 3 year warranty from day of purchase, for red ring of death error, so if it develops that within the time period,you could get it fixed for free.

[Rick Shaw]

Originally Posted by RottenFox

i had about 6 go bad like that..
the little foam pad is there to steady the discs,but it soon gets rubbed off/changes shape and becomes an obstruction,causing problems like this.
and the hitachi drive at the time was rubbish too.

either get it replaced from somewhere that mods/repairs them,or buy another.
you could go to microsoft,and they would charge about £60 or thereabouts for it to get repaired/replaced.

or a final hope is, to pray it develops a 3 red ring error soon, as the 3 year warranty on the original ones is expiring/might have expired.
when did you buy it?, as you have a 3 year warranty from day of purchase, for red ring of death error, so if it develops that within the time period,you could get it fixed for free.

Thanks for the info.

[Sherratt]

When I saw the title "ring of fire" I immediatly thought the drinking game... ahhhh, student life

[scaryjon]

Mine this morning has developed the classic ring of death.

I bought it around May 2007 so im in my 3 years thing.

However what info do you have to supply to microsoft to get it fixed? I dont think i even have the box nevermind a receipt.

Thanks

[Munkey Boy]

OP question answered, no need for duplicate posting scaryjon, you've got an answer in the other thread.