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Re: Dreadful Grinding Noise - Xbox 360 Disc Drive
Posted By: PlasmaFire	Date: 10/16/07 11:58 p.m.
In Response To: Dreadful Grinding Noise - Xbox 360 Disc Drive *OT* (The Se7enth Prophet) : After watching two DVDs yesterday (Little Miss Sunshine and 28 Weeks Later, : in that order, if it makes ANY difference AT ALL, which I doubt), my Xbox : 360 malfunctioned. I placed in the disc tray The Orange Box to play some : Portal, and to my unfortunate surprise was greeted with a "Play : DVD" on the dashboard. I immediately ejected the disc and then : reinserted it. Still, "Play DVD". Well, with my hopes high, I : pressed play DVD. This is what I got: "This is an Xbox 360 game disc. : To play this disc, place it in an Xbox 360 gaming system" (or : something similar) followed by the same message in what seemed like twenty : languages. : Well, I restarted the system with the disc out of the tray. I got the : standard "Open Tray" message on the dashboard, which I pressed : and proceeded to insert The Orange Box. Once inside, the disc made a : horrendous noise, as if something were scratching the disc. I opened the : tray to find my disc fine, and reinserted in into the 360. The grinding : noise returned, but stopped after a second. I pressed "Play The : Orange Box" from the dashboard. As the system began to read the disc, : the grinding returned, but quickly subsided. I was able to play Portal and : Half-Life 2 fine, so I thought nothing of it. : Later yesterday, I decided to play some Halo 2 with a friend who can't afford : a 360 right now, so I put it in. I was relieved when I did not hear the : noise. I played that for three hours, then got an invite to play Halo 3, : so I did. Still no grinding noise; lovely. : Today, after returning from school, I decide I want to play Halo 3. To my : dismay (and nearly having a heart-attack) the noise returned... with Halo : 3 in the drive. I've already inspected the disc, and it is fine, so you : don't need to worry. : Does anyone have any idea what is causing this terrible, terrible noise? My : theory is that the disc isn't sitting right in drive and actually rubbing : against the sides of the tray. That theory would explain why there is no : damage done to the disc. It may also be worth noting that my 360 is in the : vertical position. You know, it could be a disc reading error. That happens sometimes to my PC's DVD writer drive when it encounters an import disc (like Japanese anime soundtracks); the laser lens assembly would move forwards and backwards trying to get a lock on the start of the track, while simultaneously focusing to see if there was indeed a beginning (which there apparently wasn't), and it'd make a grinding noise as it does so since the head's being driven beyond the allowed endpoints. There's usually a mechanism that prevents damage to the head as it's being overdriven, but it's not designed to be used constantly. Yeah, weird that electronics which are _supposed_ to not overdo themselves perform the exact opposite. Since the Xbox 360's DVD drive is essentially a regular PC's DVD optical drive, I would guess that'd be the same thing. Your problem might be due to a failing laser unit or focusing assembly (which means the laser is essentially trying to read the disc "blinded" at times), which then compounded into a failure of the gears due to constant overdriving. The stripped mechanics could've caused the worst of the grinding sound right before your 360's drive failed completely.

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Message Index

Dreadful Grinding Noise - Xbox 360 Disc Drive *OT*	The Se7enth Prophet	10/16/07 5:11 p.m.
Re: Dreadful Grinding Noise - Xbox 360 Disc Drive	Injunfett	10/16/07 5:19 p.m.
Re: Dreadful Grinding Noise - Xbox 360 Disc Drive	The Se7enth Prophet	10/16/07 5:23 p.m.
Re: Dreadful Grinding Noise - Xbox 360 Disc Drive	Injunfett	10/16/07 5:26 p.m.
Re: Dreadful Grinding Noise - Xbox 360 Disc Drive	UNSC Trafalgar	10/16/07 6:46 p.m.
New Developement	The Se7enth Prophet	10/16/07 8:01 p.m.
Re: New Developement	Narcogen	10/16/07 8:32 p.m.
Re: New Developement	The Se7enth Prophet	10/16/07 9:11 p.m.
Re: New Developement	Leviathan	10/16/07 11:02 p.m.
Re: New Developement	The Se7enth Prophet	10/17/07 9:13 a.m.
Re: Dreadful Grinding Noise - Xbox 360 Disc Drive	Narcogen	10/16/07 8:31 p.m.
IF bought from gamestop or ebgames	Injunfett	10/16/07 9:08 p.m.
Re: IF bought from gamestop or ebgames	vshields ash	10/16/07 9:59 p.m.
Re: IF bought from gamestop or ebgames	The Se7enth Prophet	10/16/07 10:11 p.m.
Re: IF bought from gamestop or ebgames	Injunfett	10/16/07 10:37 p.m.
Re: IF bought from gamestop or ebgames	The Se7enth Prophet	10/16/07 10:56 p.m.
Re: Dreadful Grinding Noise - Xbox 360 Disc Drive	PlasmaFire	10/16/07 11:58 p.m.