View Full Version : I need Help!!! X-box wont play anything
WeaponX2099
02-21-2004, 04:01 AM
It wont play games, dvds or cds now. It acts like a little biatch!! What should do Besides Lens cleaner, and compressed air ? nothing works.
danh920
02-21-2004, 12:52 PM
did you drop it or something?
is it a release model or current?
call ms, don't know what else to say
XboxMaster
02-21-2004, 01:28 PM
Yeah, if you haven't done anything like opened it up, then MS will probaby fix it, but for a price. Or you could just buy a new drive.
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:e7es6yNr82UJ:perso.wanadoo.fr/kwik-e-simpsons/wallpapers/nelson-800x600.gif
metroidkiller9
02-21-2004, 02:03 PM
what exactly happens? do you get the damaged/dirty disc screen?
scuba
02-21-2004, 02:08 PM
Which cd drive do you have?
http://www.xbox.net/board/uploads/post-2-1076536808.jpg
m_d_amore
02-21-2004, 02:27 PM
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:e7es6yNr82UJ:perso.wanadoo.fr/kwik-e-simpsons/wallpapers/nelson-800x600.gif
lol
but i heard if you drop it outside your second floor window tied with rope and pull it back up right before it hits the ground it should work
WeaponX2099
02-21-2004, 02:38 PM
Didn't open it, didn't drop it, and only shows damaged dirty disc screen.
WhipSmartBanky
02-21-2004, 04:11 PM
Sounds like it's hosed.
CaseyRyback
02-21-2004, 04:19 PM
I bet it a thomson. It seems like they are real sensitive to lens cleaner as everyone who has a problem always says I clean my lens.
Microsoft is no help, they will tell you 99 dollars to fix. After that, call the better business bureau ad they will knock it down to 50 because if it is a thomson they know that there is a problem
Personally I had one that scratched disc's and was so happy I got the warranty. I have had another one for like 18 months and the drive has become incredibly slow.
scuba
02-21-2004, 04:24 PM
Yea I had to call the bbb to get my xbox fixed for free :)! You have to complain a lot!
EggViper
02-21-2004, 04:56 PM
c y'all wouldnt have these probs if u had just bought the extended warranty, $50 more gets u unlimited fixes for free for 2 years. my xbox had all those probs ranging from dirty disk errors to it wont even start up. i never abused it, infact it had sat in the entertainment centre since it was put in there. when it broke (4 times in all) i called up, they overnight a box to me to put the xbox in, i overnight it out with the xtra sticker they give u, and it gets fixed in usually less than a week and its all free. worth the $50? definetly
scuba
02-21-2004, 05:00 PM
Well I bought mine the day it came out and even if I bought the extended warrenty it would have been over by now. But I complained and I bet if you do that also they will fix it for free or compromise with you.
XboxMaster
02-21-2004, 05:02 PM
Why don't you just buy a Samsung drive for it for less than $50 and install it. You'll be saving money and getting a better DVD drive at the same time.
irc_email
02-21-2004, 05:08 PM
Screw extended warranties, they are a scam. What you do is go buy a new xbox, carefully swap the serial numbers and return the broken one. You can even open the box without breaking the seal. I have done this successfully with both xbox and ps2. Good luck and let the flames begin!
scuba
02-21-2004, 05:18 PM
there is a seal on the xbox? Where is it?
irc_email
02-21-2004, 05:24 PM
Sorry I meant on the package not on the xbox itself
scuba
02-21-2004, 05:34 PM
oh, lol. Yea everyone should know how to do that. Just buy a used xbox from gamestop or ebgames. Those are packaged very poorly
Syncmaster
02-22-2004, 02:56 AM
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:e7es6yNr82UJ:perso.wanadoo.fr/kwik-e-simpsons/wallpapers/nelson-800x600.gif
That's probably the best post I have evr seen.
TiKi2
02-24-2004, 12:51 PM
Heres one...Did you check if the discs are damaged or dirty??
Mr_hockey66
02-24-2004, 12:58 PM
Buy a hammer!
Hit x-box really haRD
bREAK X-BOX
cLAMI IT ON YOUR RENTERS/HOME INSURANCE
GET BRAND NEW X-BOX WITH TWO FREE GAME
See we all win!
XboxMaster
02-24-2004, 06:15 PM
You really have only three choices. You buy a new drive, preferably Samsung and install it. Send it into MS but it will probably cost you, but I'd try and complain and get something free. Or, you can sell it on ebay, alot of ppl like so easily fixed Xboxes that you have, but you'd be ripping yourself off, because you can just buy a Samsung drive and install it.
doraemonkerpal
02-24-2004, 06:38 PM
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:e7es6yNr82UJ:perso.wanadoo.fr/kwik-e-simpsons/wallpapers/nelson-800x600.gif
That's probably the best post I have evr seen.
LOL, I AGREE! I ALMOST SPIT UP MY WATER AT WORK!!! :P