i put a game in my xbox 360 and when i close the tray it makes a weird noise like the cd is skipping or scratching then im at the home screen and it says "open tray" what is the problem and how do i fix it
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Posted by panic446 on Nov 12, 2008
if i put a game in my xbox360 it makes a weird noise and says open tray.HELP!!!!!!!!!!
37 Other Users Have The Same Problem
Posted by lharlan3 on Nov 30, 2008
I bought the Xbox exactly 1 yr ago today and now it says open tray and it won't play anything.~!!
Posted by Guest on Nov 30, 2008
i put a game in and it makes noise then its reading and it says open tray
Posted by Guest on Nov 29, 2008
the disc wont read and after a while it says open tray
Posted by Jaime Clarke on Nov 29, 2008
Our XBOX 360 is also telling us to "open tray" when the game is already loaded, found this site to troubleshoot and now we have two red lights? Not three? I suppose that is next. HELP! I bought this unit brand new when they came out for my husband. I don't want to pay $99 to the company to have it fixed those bastards!
jaime.clarke33@yahoo.com
Posted by bb675 on Nov 29, 2008
i put a gmae onje day in my 360 and it said reading for a few seconds.then it said open tray as if yhe game wasnt in the 360.plzz help i love my 360 and i have to play my ps2 all the time insted af the 360.i get veery bored
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posted on Nov 14, 2008
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my xbox keeps saying to play this disk put in an xbox 360 consol what should i do?
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posted on Mar 07, 2008
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hey, open up your xbox if it isnt under warrenty, if you cnopen the dvd drive, look to see on the underside, of the top metal case, if there is a little round magnet stuck there, if so you need to superglue that to the center of your dvd drive moter, smooth side up. it should fit very nicely. slap it back together and whalla
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posted on Dec 10, 2007
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Sounds like a hardware issue, does it do the same with DVD's or audio cd's? if it does your best bet is to contact microsoft, the console may be have to repaired.
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posted on May 04, 2008
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try putting the xbox 360 for 48 hours without power onon its side it, doesnt damage the xox because xbox's are built to be upwards or sidewards
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stand the xbox upsidedown with the power button at the top
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37 Other Users Have The Same Problem - Continued
Comment by Guest, posted on Nov 22, 2008
it keeps saying play dvd
Comment by Guest, posted on Nov 22, 2008
my xbox 360 keeps takin me to the dashboard and saying reading then open tray
Comment by Guest, posted on Nov 20, 2008
my xbox makes the noises and doesnt read the games
Comment by the gorilaz, posted on Nov 14, 2008
i insert a disc into the 360 and after saying its reading for a few seconds it says open tray
Comment by the gorilaz, posted on Nov 14, 2008
i insert a disc into the 360 and after a few seconds of reading it sayd open tray
Comment by Guest, posted on Nov 13, 2008
when i put the disc into x box 360 it makes a noise and after some time it give aerror that clean the disc with soft cloth and restart the game
Comment by panic446, posted on Nov 12, 2008
my xbox360 doesnt read my disk and then it says open tray HELP!!!!!!
Comment by BJmoney, posted on Oct 20, 2008
my xbox wont work...... wen i play a disk it says open tray... it is really pissing me off and i have a huge gears of war clan coming up next week. i dont have time to send it in and i dont have any ideas to fix.. please help me
Comment by Sniffa360, posted on Oct 11, 2008
i put 3 difrent games in and it still didnt work it worked yester day
Comment by Guest, posted on Sep 10, 2008
my 360 makes a weird sound when ever i put a disc in the tray and tries to read it but the thing down at the bottem of the dashboard says open tray after not reading it.
it will eventually play a game or dvd after 30 minutes of opening and closing the disc tray constantly
will not play any back games (found that out with fable the lost chapters)
Comment by ieat314, posted on Aug 20, 2008
put brand new game in and it says open tray, i do then close it again and same thing happens over and over. can anyone help?
Comment by Guest, posted on Aug 07, 2008
when i try to play my games in my xbox 360 it makes a skipping noise and than says to play this game you must put it in a xbox 360 console but it is an xbox 360, how do i fix it
Comment by reaper2, posted on Aug 06, 2008
I put the game in it makes 2 buzzing noeses and then says open tray whats up with that
Comment by ken_ruffe, posted on Jul 25, 2008
i put a game in my xbox 360 and when i close the tray it makes a weird noise like the cd is skipping or scratching then im
Comment by papapaul_a11, posted on Jul 16, 2008
i put the xbox 360 game and play it for a while suddenly it returnes me to my home page when i try to take out the disc the light keeps flashing but it dosent open how should i fix this problem?
Comment by Guest, posted on Jun 24, 2008
i put my xbox 360 disc in and t stays at the home page saying open tray
Comment by Beastofdeast, posted on Jun 10, 2008
I have the same exact problem and ive tried every 360 game i have but it will sound like the disc is scratching and it makes 3 beeps
Help me!
Comment by MyXboxNotURS, posted on May 26, 2008
Well I bought gta IV and it worked fine for a while then one day when I put it in it sounded as if it was skipping and scratching itself. I opened the tray and closed it and it worked fine for about five minutes or so. Just about the time I got to the mission Three is a crowd or something like that. Then it pops up on the side. This disk is not reading and it gave me the steps to fix the problem. Well this happened about six or seven times until it just started doing the scratching bit. I went out to get the air compresser and let it fill up. I took the nossel and blew it into the system and now it works just fine. But I think this is just a temp fix. If it does it again i'm calling tech support. It reads dvds and short films just fine. and plays the music disks just great. But wont read the game. This also works as a temp fix but erases all your profiles and games that you have saved. If you don't have xbox live then this wont be a problem to you cause when you join live it does it anyways. Go to memory and press the Y button or yellow button. Then it will give you instructions and you just have 2 follow them. Make sure you have your console ID writen somewhere. If you don't know where to get this just go all the way right and go all the way down to system info. It gives you the numbers there. This works great. The problem may also be that a game you have saved corrupted itself. But since you don't know which one it is just delete all of them using the method above that I typed. But b4 you do this make sure it is a corrupted game. Just remove the HDD from the top or MU and if the game reads its the HDD or MU. to get more info just go to www.xbox.com/support
Comment by Guest, posted on May 22, 2008
Hey there fellow xbox loons my 360 says "put this disc into a xbox 360 console" the thing is my console is a 360 and if i turn my 360 on with a game in it, it either says "play dvd or open tray" if i tap the sides sometimes it will work but i think its just pot luck because ive sat there and opened and closed my 360 about 50 times before it will read the disc? Ive spent an absolute fortune on accessories and so on and It plays dvd's and cd's fine so i dont get it. Somebody has to have an answer before my 360 goes through the window! please help me i really wanna buy gta4 but why waste my money if it aint gonna work? POST SOME POSSIBLE ANSWERS PLEASE GUYS THANX ALOT, WELSH VILLAN !!!!!!!!
Comment by sen sen3, posted on May 10, 2008
when i put my disc in it starts making noises and a dvd menu comes up saying insert xbox360 console
Comment by koda_shadow, posted on May 04, 2008
when i put my games in iit does not read them it says unplayable disk and when i close the tray it makes a scratching noise how do i fix it
Comment by dmstalker, posted on May 01, 2008
i put a
game in my
xbox 360
and when i close the tray it makes a weird noise like the cd is
skipping or scratching then im at the home screen and it says "open
tray" what is the problem and how do i fix it
Comment by antny16, posted on Apr 30, 2008
i put the game in the 360 and it says "put this disc in an xbox 360 console" but its already in the 360. What's the problem?
Comment by wowplayer13, posted on Apr 07, 2008
my xbox does the exact same thing.. idk wth is rong with it. i didnt touch the lens or anything pls help me
Comment by scubasteve79, posted on Apr 03, 2008
I have the same problem. Sounds like the disc is scratching or something, I hear two beeps, and then it says for me to insert the disc into a 360 console, or it just says unreadable.
Comment by ladorian, posted on Mar 20, 2008
a white screen pops up saying to this game can only play on an xbox 360 console
Comment by Oscar ll, posted on Feb 17, 2008
I place the disc in my xbox 360 and it begins to read the disc, but then a white screen pops up saying I have to put the game in a xbox 360. It started doing this when i bough Call Of Duty 4. Sometimes it'll play my disc when I over heat my xbox 360 but now i'm beginning to think i have to get it fix.
Comment by Pillie, posted on Feb 10, 2008
My Xbox 360 console makes a strange noise when load the disc it says disc not readable and the tray keeps opening
Comment by heppy666, posted on Feb 09, 2008
My xbox 360 doesnt play dvd's, cd's or games and makes an unusual noise when a disc is put in as if it is scratching, the starngest thing is thou that it willplay def jam icon but no other game....any suggestions
Comment by jslick, posted on Feb 09, 2008
it wont read the disc just keeps on saying open tray and makes wierd noises when trying to read
Comment by g3okh2oz, posted on Dec 17, 2007
i put a game
in my xbox 360 and when i close the tray it makes a weird noise like the cd is skipping or scratching then im at the home screen and it says unreadable disk
Comment by aschael, posted on Dec 10, 2007
I just got an XBOX 360 console as a gift and with a few games including BIOSHOCK form 2K. I notice one or twice that my console had troubles reading some of the games, it as anoying but ussualy it got it ok at the end. Yesterday I tried to play BIOSHOCK and you won't believe what happen, the console ask me to clean the disk because it should be dirty. But what was my surprise when I saw the disk with a horrible circular scracth all over it. It's very clear that the console had a malfunction and ruin my game. I'll try contacting Microsoft support to see what solution will they offer to me.