Whats Wrong I have a 360 which is not yet a yr old almost though first of all it kept flashing so i took the thing apart to have a look and used my cold air setting on my hairdryer (Yes i am a girl) and the flashing stopped ............Now it truns on and the disk draw keeps opening and closing and when i do manage to put in a disk it keeps making this horrible whirling sound and says unreadable disk. What does it mean how can i solve it ????????

No, the red flashing lights does not always depict a hard drive crash, Shawn Wallace.

This can mean a number of things...
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- Your Xbox 360 GPU or CPU are overheating. This can be because of a buildup of dust, the fan not working properly, or just from leaving your Xbox on too long.

- Your Hardware has failed, and needs to be repaired

- Something in the Xbox 360 isn't plugged in all of the way.
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It seems your laser isn't reading the second layer on the games. Regular DVDs have only one layer of information, Xbox 360 games are "Dual Layered" meaning twice as much information in the same area. I would recommend buying a replacement laser from eBay and installing it yourself (as you already know how to take the Xbox apart)

ok....if the dvd you bought is the EXACT same part #, and it does not have a board made to it, you should be able to just "drop it in". the system will think its the same thing. if its a generic or different part #, then you will have to "flash" the BIOs on the board for the dvd you are trying to use. its a pain, but first you have to find the correct flash version. if that is needed, there are many forums on upgrading and flashing that unit. id put in the new drive and at least try it

It sounds like u drive belt on the drive is worn you may find it cheaper to get a new drive and install that but dont forget to make sure u get the key of the drive there is program called jungle flash to swap over the drive and flash the new drive so it picks it up as a the correct drive

Mine had the same problem. On mine the spindle wasn't turning the game. It kept trying to then quit and said "Open Tray". The warranty was out so I took it apart opened the dvd drive and took apart the spindle. The grease in the spindle was black, I guess from all the heat. Cleaned it out and put some high temperature grease on spindle shaft and in the hole. It now spins with ease. There are videos on youtube on how to take apart the xbox and to take apart the dvd drive and spindle. Just pay close attention at how tight the screws the hold the spindle down are.I hope this helps

The brushes are clean on the outside, but probably not inside of the little yellow contact on the end. Also the junk that collects on the brushes finds its way into the gear box. Mine kept shutting down w/ the "Please remove and clean Roomba's brushes" message. I finally gave up and took it apart. There was a surprising amount of junk in the gear box. After I got it apart, I cleaned it out and I even used a straight pin and a pair of tweezers to get all of the gunk out. Now it runs like new. I'm no mechanic, but I used to help my daddy fix things around the house. I posted my solution to the problem and it has worked for a couple of other people too.

i put a intercooler and it worked great... i don't know whats wrong with yours? if all the lights are flashing then it overheated

What I did was took apart my Xbox and put the disc tray back on the tracks, carefully lifting it over the circle thing in the middle. When I lay my Box down horizontally, it opens and closes fine.

i think it is a belt driver table. you can find a replacement belt maybe. but if it is servo controlled motor driven then adjustments to sped setting has to be done.

hmm never heard of this before but i know a way you can find out whats wrong

call microsofts support line for xbox consoles at 1-800-4myxbox you will talk to somone and explain exactly what you just posted and they will tell you whats wrong. it might be under there warranty as well. so just call them and see what they say