sully04 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Does anybody here have any experience with repairing these. The drive on my 360 is acting up and I dont want to send it in to Microsoft. I'll explain the situation if anyone thinks they can help. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 cracked it open and flashed the firmware would be my guess and DVD drives are hard to fix, you would need a new motor or laser most likely and neither of which can be bought for the 360 (yet) You can get a complete DVD drive for the 360, try ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav3rek Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 that would be my guess too. same thing happened to me, and i was able to "return" my 360 even though it was 11 months old.... there are ways....you just have to be smart about it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sully04 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 actually i had never so much as opened the outer shell before it went out. The motor spins fine. It sounds stupid by I opened the whole thing up and took the outer case off the dvd drive and turned the machine on to see if i could see anything not working as it was supposed to, and if I hold the disc in place with my finger tips it will read the disc, but if i put the case back on, no good. So the only thing i can think of is that the top part of the spindle isnt holding the disc firmly enough in place? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sully04 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 I figured it out! There is a magnet in the bottom part of the spindle and that came loose and was stuck to the top of the spindle. I thought it was part of the top of the spindle. So all I have to do is glue it back in place and I should be in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAM Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 try calling MS - is it under warranty? they may offer a reasonable solution especially with the PS3 out today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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