Hey guys, today at around noon I tried to play Mortal Kombat on my 360 and the game wouldn't play which was weird since I was just playing it last night. I've gone through all the solutions that the xbox website suggested (except for sending it in because I will not pay $100) and none of them worked. This happens with all the games I put in, even the ones installed on the HDD. It doesn't even spin really, it just makes a few clicking sounds and says "Reading" then goes back to "Open Tray". I think there might be something wrong with the part that actually spins the disc.

Does anybody know how to fix this? I'm okay with opening it up but I just need a solution.

HAMMER!!
BLOWTORCH!!
KNIVES!!!
PUNT IT!!!
CHAINSAW!!!

....nevermind. I got nothing.

Seems like a RROD

Ha! It works again!

If anybody else is having this problem, watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOehFQmnFME&feature=related

I'M SO [censored] HAPPY

I'm glad I've never had that problem, though the fix seems easy enough. youtube ftw!

I usually just bang on it with my fist while it's trying to read it, and it starts reading. Bully the xbox is the number one solution.

The only problem I've ever had with disc-reading is that the 360 occasionally confuses DVDs and games. All I need to do is eject and re-insert; then the console takes it very well.

I wish I could find my original disc drive, I'd give it a try.

:rolleyes: I'm sure if he had RROD he would have said "I'VE GOT RROD" not "my xbox isn't reading discs"

I have this problem as well. I thought the DVD was pooched, but the HD games still work. Going to read the link posted to see if it helps me out.

This happens with me all the time.

I take out the disc and let it run with no disc in, and then it works after that.

Sounds like a known issue I have heard about. Think my 360 is going through the early stages of the same thing. Here is a link that explains the problem and how to fix it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oH-uLtM24s. This should help, considering this is the issue you are actually experiencing. You never know.
*Edit*, sorry. Didn't know someone already posted a link. That is actually sort of what I have been doing, except I have simply been pushing the tray in, with the game inside. Usuallu does the trick.

And this is why I'm on 360 number three? four? Don't even remember now.

Number one solution for http://i.imgur.com/uLZqb.jpg.

Abusing your electronics is never a good solution.

There was anothe good fix

1st Take your Xbox360 in to a small room.
2nd Take a good baseball bat into it aswell.
3rd Hit it.
4th Hit again.
5th Hit it once more.
6th Buy a PS3

is the shiny side facing down?

Your box is 'dying', or its reading mechanics is. Eventually you wont be able to play anything on it. You'll need to call up Xbox and have them fix it for free.

This, make sure it is in warranty.

Does anyone know if Microsoft still covers repairs of the 360 when the ring of death is involved? Funny story, I stated today that my 360 seemed to be in the early stages of the "no disk" problem, to find out that it is full blown gone. Nothing stated in any of the videos seems to be fixing mine. I am thinking of wrapping my xbox in a towel and causing it to ring if they still cover that. I already paid them to fix it once before. $400 xbox + $120 repair, + buying the one I have off of my friend for $100 when the one they fixed broke. I feel I deserve a free repair at this point.

Repairs are free, just dont take their [censored] on the phone. My 360 breaks down twice a year every year since Ive had it(since launch), Ive never paid a dime to get it fixed. I never will. I tell them whats what when I call and its gotten to the point were they dont even argue with me anymore.

Good to know. I bought my friends a a little over a year ago after the second xbox broke. This time the laser was leaving irreparable marks on my system, I wasn't moving it by the way. The laser was just mean. When I called and told them this, they kept trying to basically get me to say that I was moving the system, even though I stated time and again that it wasn't this. I finally got fed up, told them "I see how it is" and hung up on them. Bought my friends spare the next day. Now this one stopped wanting to play games, and I figured if I can make it red ring, maybe they will do something about it. Any suggestions on the best way to handle this Xarnac? I am still not sure if they simply just repair these problems or not?

If they were wrong in the first place you just gotta push 'em rather than give up.

Just push, dont take no. Threaten to buy a PS3. Do everything. Dont even let them get off the phone. Or just lie and say you got RROD no matter what is wrong with it. They'll fix whats wrong whether you lied or not.

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