The door of our xbox dvd reader wouldn't open when the eject button is depressed. The circular light around it keeps flashing.Pierre Deslauriers

Hi when the power button flashes red if you hold down the little round white button under the dvd tray and keep holding it down then press the open button for dvd then it will flash a number of lights write this down.
it will be flashing 1 2 3 or 4 lights so write it down then hold down the white button again and press the draw open button again and write down how many again.
do this 4 times all together and tell me what code it has given you then i can tell you exactly what the problem is

so for instance
you hold down the little white wireless button and keep holding it down then press the open button for the dvd tray and say 4 lights are flashin
so write down 4
then hold white button down again and press open button again
it may flash 4 again
then do it again and it may flash 2 lights
then again and it may flash 2 again

when you have gotten these 4 codes post me a message and tell me exactly what they tell you and in the correct order so it may look like this
4 lights flashing
2 lights flashing
1 light flashing
2 lights flashing

if you look at where the button is where you turn it on well you have the green light in the middle well around this is four outer lights that light up red their are 4 of these 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom either side of the green light, their the ones that flash green when its spinning rounf with green lights so write this code down then ill be able to tell you exactly what the fault is ok

let me know then i can assist you further ok

take off the faceplate and you will see a manual eject hole on the front of the dvd drive, use a straightened paperclip in the hole to help it eject when you press the usual eject button

The usual problem with disc drives is a little belt that drives the loading tray. It stretches with age and slips, so the motor turns but the belt doesn't. If you want to take the time to try finding one, the belt is replaceable.

On the other hand, new DVD/CD burners are only around $30, so it's usually not worth trying to repair the drive. It's faster and easier to put in a new one.

Hope this helps. Thanks for using Fixya!

this happens to me sometimes. what I do is poke the door inwards. like this:

1. push eject button so light is flashing
2. door should make a noise like it tries to open
3. push door inwards repeatedly
4. repeat as necessary

hope this helped

The plastics proper Warp,my only suggestion to u is take hair open high heat,tries get it hot enough and force it down.

xbox has defnately broken

This happens WAAAAAAY to often with these consoles.

The culprit is a magnet inside of the dvd player that holds the tray from opening because the magnet is slightly too strong. The magnet is used to hold the dvd/games in place while they spin. The way to fix this is to buy a package of those hole reinforcment rings that you use to fix the holes in paper to keep inside of a binder. at staples they are called portable reinforcments.

What you have to do is place one or two fo these ring stickers over the magnet inside of the dvd player. If you open the dvd player you will know exactly what I'm talking about.

here is a tutorial video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ur-ewRUWXU&feature=related

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lol girl and boys easy the way i fix may xbox.
trun on my xbox then at the xboxdashboard go to the far reght and then go dowb to the very bottom of the page then rest ur xbox again done.
tys for time

Yes, I'm having the exact same problem -- I can't eject the dvd that's in the player right now either manually or remotely. It plays fine.