I highly doubt someone will reply back and help me, but it’s worth a shot. I got a 4GB Xbox Slim in 2010, the winter of when Halo: Reach came out. One day, I noticed Halo: Reach wasn’t working too well. I got errors sometimes. (I’ll admit I didn’t really take good care of it.) That’s when I always put it back into it’s case after I was done playing. Even though I took quite good care of it, it’s condition very slowly started to worsen to the point of being 94% unplayable.
I bought Halo: CE Anniversary the first day it came out and I always, always took good care of it, placing it back into it’s box. This month, I noticed that a lot of scratches have formed on it, which confuses and worries me. Now, I have placed my Xbox horizontally but I think that’s not really helping. I now have a 320GB Hard Drive and have installed the game, but once, after trying the toothpaste method, the music was screwed up, but otherwise, it was working well. I thought that the Xbox read the game off your hard drive after scanning the disc that I have the game.?
Halo: CEA disc is now placed in an old HIP CE disc briefcase/storage container thingy. I am afraid that the box containers for my games are ruining my discs. I may not be putting them in properly, but I’m positive I am. Are briefcases good for storing discs?
Someone once suggested to get my Disc Drive checked out, but I’m too lazy and I don’t have much money. I find it quite unfair if my Disc Drive is the problem for destroying discs, why is it my fault and I have to pay to resolve it?
> > The only thing I can thing of is that you console is scratching up the disc.
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> Unfortunately, that might be it. Not so sure though. It’s not like I’m treating my discs badly or anything.
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> How much would it cost to get a repair or something? Or a check-up on the disc drive?
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> This is so stupid.
> > > The only thing I can thing of is that you console is scratching up the disc.
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> > Unfortunately, that might be it. Not so sure though. It’s not like I’m treating my discs badly or anything.
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> > How much would it cost to get a repair or something? Or a check-up on the disc drive?
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> > This is so stupid.
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> I honestly have no idea how much that would cost.
Hhhhmmm, well thanks for your help anyways. If one or two of my discs go messed even though I took good care of it like I did with Anniversary, I’ll just give up on Xbox. And giving up on Xbox means abandoning Halo
If the problem is caused by the Xbox, which was a known problem with the original white 360, it should be covered by the warranty, unless you’ve tampered with it. It should be pretty easy to determine if the Xbox is to blame though. Most times, the damage caused by the drive appears as circle scratches on the disc. If the pattern’s irregular, there might be something inside your drive that’s loose.
> If the problem is caused by the Xbox, which was a known problem with the original white 360, it should be covered by the warranty, unless you’ve tampered with it. It should be pretty easy to determine if the Xbox is to blame though. Most times, the damage caused by the drive appears as circle scratches on the disc. If the pattern’s irregular, there might be something inside your drive that’s loose.
I thought that warranty lasted only for one year, meaning that it wouldn’t help me. Or does it last longer? I don’t recall anything of tampering with the Xbox warranty. Only played games and apps, watched movies, added credit card information and download and purchase stuff. My discs are usually damaged with small cracks on the core of it. The rest of the scratches are usually irregular.
It’s probably my Xbox, then. I got it at a Best Buy on Boxing Day when I found it all alone hidden behind - I forget, PS3’s? Nearly all other Xboxes were sold out that day.
> > If the problem is caused by the Xbox, which was a known problem with the original white 360, it should be covered by the warranty, unless you’ve tampered with it. It should be pretty easy to determine if the Xbox is to blame though. Most times, the damage caused by the drive appears as circle scratches on the disc. If the pattern’s irregular, there might be something inside your drive that’s loose.
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> I thought that warranty lasted only for one year, meaning that it wouldn’t help me. Or does it last longer? I don’t recall anything of tampering with the Xbox warranty. Only played games and apps, watched movies, added credit card information and download and purchase stuff. My discs are usually damaged with small cracks on the core of it. The rest of the scratches are usually irregular.
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> It’s probably my Xbox, then. I got it at a Best Buy on Boxing Day when I found it all alone hidden behind - I forget, PS3’s? Nearly all other Xboxes were sold out that day.
I think Best buy only covers a 1 year warranty unless you paid extra for longer coverage. Look for the recite and see if you paid for longer coverage.
My Live just expired so I took some of this time to play Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, the downloadable game that came with my 320GB Hard Drive. I played for about four hours, and the game just suddenly crashed while it was working fine. Is this another problem with my Xbox? If so, I am a very unlucky guy.
My Xbox usually freezes around 0-3 times every five months. Whether I’m playing on disc or hard drive does not seem to affect freezes.
> My Live just expired so I took some of this time to play Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, the downloadable game that came with my 320GB Hard Drive. I played for about four hours, and the game just suddenly crashed while it was working fine. Is this another problem with my Xbox? If so, I am a very unlucky guy.
Any game can crash unexpectedly. My Xbox is in good health, but I’ve had a few full-on crashes in games ranging from Fallout 3 to Halo: Reach.
Here’s a good tip that a friend gave me: if a game crashes in such a way that you can still hear Party Chat, then just eject the disc to “escape” back to the Dashboard without restarting the console. (If you’re not in a Party, then hit the Xbox button on your controller. If you hear the menu opening, but don’t see it, then try ejecting.)
> > My Live just expired so I took some of this time to play Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, the downloadable game that came with my 320GB Hard Drive. I played for about four hours, and the game just suddenly crashed while it was working fine. Is this another problem with my Xbox? If so, I am a very unlucky guy.
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> Any game can crash unexpectedly. My Xbox is in good health, but I’ve had a few full-on crashes in games ranging from Fallout 3 to Halo: Reach.
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> Here’s a good tip that a friend gave me: if a game crashes in such a way that you can still hear Party Chat, then just eject the disc to “escape” back to the Dashboard without restarting the console. (If you’re not in a Party, then hit the Xbox button on your controller. If you hear the menu opening, but don’t see it, then try ejecting.)
Thanks, but js Lego Stars III was a game download without the disc, but thanks for giving me some tips on what to do
I just encountered another crash. I was playing for a bit over 2 hours, and just finished a level. After the end level cutscene, the screen turned black. I thought that it had turned black because it was saving my game, but then I noticed that my Xbox was frozen. I wasn’t in an Xbox Live party, but I ejected the disc tray to attempt my escape to the Dashboard. Didn’t work. I tried to hit the Xbox button and go the menu but it didn’t work. I didn’t hear any sound; any menu opening at all. This is really getting annoying, and I am posting about these issues that I have with my Xbox, because I want to play Halo 4 without these kind of problems.
> If the problem is caused by the Xbox, which was a known problem with the original white 360, it should be covered by the warranty, unless you’ve tampered with it. It should be pretty easy to determine if the Xbox is to blame though. Most times, the damage caused by the drive appears as circle scratches on the disc. If the pattern’s irregular, there might be something inside your drive that’s loose.
there are two versions of the white console. The core/Arcade with no HDD has a bigger issue then the Pro. They updated the Disc tray in the Pro version with the addition 60/120 HDD’s.
If you are running a Core or Arcade get rid of those xbox’s. They are outdated and unreliable for heavy use. You are better off with a pro or Elite or Slim 360. Slims are current up to date btw.
Thanks, sir. But I am currently using a 4GB Xbox Slim with a 320GB Hard Drive. I got the Slim Winter 2010, the winter Halo: Reach came out. My Xbox froze often at times before I got my 320GB Hard Drive.
I rarely touch my Xbox, only touching it to insert discs or take them out and plug in a Turtle Beach or Rocksmith cable. I feel like I’m experiencing too many problems with my Xbox that is not my fault. It’s really annoying. I would buy a new Xbox, but I like to save money and wait for the next-gen Xbox console.
i used to get this problem with my old elite and it turns out it was the disk drive scratching and messing up my games but i got mine checked out for free because of some warranty on it or something that lets you get it fixed for free
Whatever you do don’t use compressed air on your xbox, I did when my xbox was overheating and it made it start cracking the game disks.
Usually just putting the disks back in the box when your done helps. I think the xbox user manual says to not store games in the xbox when your not using it, but i’m not sure.
Sometimes the disks just won’t work, but you might be able to trade it in to gamestop and get another copy. I suggest buying pre-owned from gamestop, so in case it doesn’t work you can return it for another copy for no charge within their time limit.
you could also try blowing in the disk tray, in case there’s dust in there, but remember don’t use compressed air.
> Whatever you do don’t use compressed air on your xbox, I did when my xbox was overheating and it made it start cracking the game disks.
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> Usually just putting the disks back in the box when your done helps. I think the xbox user manual says to not store games in the xbox when your not using it, but i’m not sure.
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> Sometimes the disks just won’t work, but you might be able to trade it in to gamestop and get another copy. I suggest buying pre-owned from gamestop, so in case it doesn’t work you can return it for another copy for no charge within their time limit.
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> you could also try blowing in the disk tray, in case there’s dust in there, but remember don’t use compressed air.
So do you mean that I should give my Xbox some more room?
> > Whatever you do don’t use compressed air on your xbox, I did when my xbox was overheating and it made it start cracking the game disks.
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> > Usually just putting the disks back in the box when your done helps. I think the xbox user manual says to not store games in the xbox when your not using it, but i’m not sure.
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> > Sometimes the disks just won’t work, but you might be able to trade it in to gamestop and get another copy. I suggest buying pre-owned from gamestop, so in case it doesn’t work you can return it for another copy for no charge within their time limit.
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> > you could also try blowing in the disk tray, in case there’s dust in there, but remember don’t use compressed air.
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> So do you mean that I should give my Xbox some more room?
Not really. Over time, some particles could become lodged in the disc tray, thus leading to scratched discs, freezing, etc. It doesn’t matter how clean the area where your Xbox is, dust will accumulate in some span of time.
> > > Whatever you do don’t use compressed air on your xbox, I did when my xbox was overheating and it made it start cracking the game disks.
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> > > Usually just putting the disks back in the box when your done helps. I think the xbox user manual says to not store games in the xbox when your not using it, but i’m not sure.
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> > > Sometimes the disks just won’t work, but you might be able to trade it in to gamestop and get another copy. I suggest buying pre-owned from gamestop, so in case it doesn’t work you can return it for another copy for no charge within their time limit.
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> > > you could also try blowing in the disk tray, in case there’s dust in there, but remember don’t use compressed air.
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> > So do you mean that I should give my Xbox some more room?
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> Not really. Over time, some particles could become lodged in the disc tray, thus leading to scratched discs, freezing, etc. It doesn’t matter how clean the area where your Xbox is, dust will accumulate in some span of time.
Honestly, I’ve had my Xbox for almost two years now, and I have been taking good care of it. Why did I have to get a bad Xbox?
Sucks. Maybe I shouldn’t get Halo 4.
I did some research into this and all I really found was the toothpaste method and an XBox Ambassador saying, “Don’t move your XBox while a disc is in it.”
I also read that someone used dish soap in a method that I believe would be similar to the toothpaste method.
Installing the disc to your hard drive is apparently the best way of storing the disc other than it’s original case.
