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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.