ok so i got my xbox 360 the third day it came out; it was a core one. so i bought all of the accessories for it. so now, 2 years later, i was putting in gears of war and then some screen came up that said that it could not be played, so i took out the game. confised, i put it in, thinking that it was a fluke, but i wasn't,a nd then it said that the disc could not be readable, and now my xbox will only play games SOMETIMES. my xbox had never been modded pr hacked or anything along the lines of that. any advice on how to make it work? or should i just wait it out, or but another xbox 360? thanks for helping it is mucho appreciated!!!

i dont have a 360 and i dont know much about them but i would say its a bad laser, u could buy a new laser and install yourself or get someone else to do it. im not totaly sure like i said i dont even have a 360

Yeah it sounds like your drive went out. See if you can get microsoft to fix it, sometimes you get lucky like me and have the red ring of death fixed long after the warranty was up...lol.

If you ditch it, let me know I need it for parts and would buy it off you.

its most likely either the game is scratched (happens to me sometimes even if there is a little smudge on the disc) or since its one of the original the hd needs to be fixed so call up microsoft and ask them about it.

probally the laser like ash sed, wen putting scratched discs into drives everytime the disc make a complete revolution it knocks the laser and ofcourse will eventualy just break, either get a new laser or buy a new drive an get it flashed so u can play copys

Yeah but if it gets flashed then i cant play live anymore because now they have a new update that knows that ths xbox is flashed and it will remember the number from the xbox and permantley make you not be able to play live with that xbox 360.

Definitely make sure its not just the one game. If you checked this already try to clean the inside of the case, might be dusty. If that all fails call up MS and see if they can do anything for you. If not then it looks like a new drive or 360 will have to come your way.

My friend had the exact same problem and he rang and they asid that it was a bad laser.
He sent it away to get fixed and it took 5 month to be returned

Mines has the same problem. Just ring up Microsoft they have to fix it if it broke within 3 years after purchase. If you've voided your warranty like me don't waste time sending it in for repair. Just get a new disc tray dude that sounds like the problem. Anyway good luck!!

Since MS just extended their warranties, I'd send that baby out to get fixed.


Way too many 360's have had problems....