Disk drive does not close

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Have no fear, superman is here,lol, there are 2 ways you can go about this, you have a temporary fix and there is a permanent fix, sometimes the temporary fix is more permanent than temporary, well if you dont want to open the console up then you have the option of wrapping it in a very thick towel, make sure no air gets in or out, put it on and wait ten to fifteen minutes, after ten to fifteen minutes unplug it from the wall and make sure you dont touch the console in any way, wait 30 minutes for it to cool a bit and then try playing it, it should work, but note this is temporary.A more permanent fix is to open the console up completely and and bend the xclamps underneath as well as replace some pads under the board and if possible replace the thermal paste too, maybe increase the fan speed too, there are good tutorials on this on youtube, if you dont get any post a thread here

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its basically because of overheating so you have to make sure you have enough free moving air around the xbox360 so dont put it in an enclosed shelf when playing it, Hope this helps...

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This is more than likely your laser that is dead or dying and its possibly a samsung or hitatchi drive, be
careful when buying a new laser because there is a lot of dodgy ones around at the minute which can damage
your machine or at the very least will be inferior and not last long.

It could also be the logic board or the drive belt too, if the logic board is faulty no matter how many lasers
you try it will do the same, the fix is to replace the logic board.

if its the drive belt well this is very easy to try and is what id try first, open your 360 tray and look
inside the 360 you should be able to see the drive belt, make sure its attached properly and then take this
out. replace it with a new one and see if this recifies your problems.

SOMETIMES if a drive belt is stretched it will not close properly and then a fault like yours will occur. its
all a matter of eliminations. Drive belts can be found on ebay.

Linda.
www.XboxRepairKit.co.uk

If you don't have the tools to open your 360 go to best buy or an office supply store and get a can of compressed air and blow the dust out of the dvd drive. If that doesn't work then the lens needs to be cleaned with a q-tip and alcohol. This has worked for me on numerous occasions.

it might be the disk drive lens just inst reading. if you still have warrenty with microsoft call and tell them whats wrong. if not then it will be cheaper if you buy a new disk drive for your xbox 360 and have a game repair shop replace it or just take it to the game repair shop and they can tell you whats wrong for sure. but call microsoft first you have 3 year warrenty with microsoft depending around what time you purchesed your system.

i take it you have tried another game....and as far as the tv goes it may only b that input i work for a cable company and see this quiet often so try plugging the xbox into another input if that doesnt work you may have a bad disk drive or a bad hard drive....like i tell everyone else if you have a friend that lives close buy take it there and hook it up use there hard drive and cables that way you know for sure it isnt the system

I will play Madden 08 for about ten or fifteen minutes and then the screen will come up and say "Disc is unreadable and it won't play again.

I don't know how deep you want to dive into fixing this problem, but it will probably be much easier to just pay Microsoft to fix it for you. you will probably need to start off with finding an aftermarket replacement drive. Once you have that, you will have a glorified DVD player unless you can get your PC and 360 talking to each other, and access your 360's dvd settings in the bios, and get a known good unlock code for the new drive....

Are sure that you are out of warranty? I called MS recently only to find out that my warranty had been extended by about 18 months without my knowledge. Hope this helps.

Hi there. There is a solution out there, called the 'rubberband mod'. By tieing a rubberband to the rail on which the laser slides, you restrict the movement of the laser, and force it to stay within a readable range. It is essentially a bumper. Here's a link with a video that gives all the info on it; http://www.360mods.net/News/article/sid=71.html Hope that helps ! cheebster.