Ring of Death scratch

T2daK

Hey I accidentily tapped my xbox load noises turned off asap. Ring scratch on FIFA 11 cd gutted any way it can be possibly fixed?

punk77

Not sure but most game shops offer a disc repair service.

amacachi

If you only tapped it it should be fine getting the disc resurfaced. IF you only tapped it.

evolutionqy7

Just go into a shop and say what happened.

Not sure about "GameStop"

But on the few occasions that it happened "Game" shop always resurfaced it for me free of charge and it worked perfect after. If you got the 360 Slim copy it onto the HDD and run it off that. It will only spin it once and wont be reading it during gameplay so less chance of that happening.

T2daK

the games starts but before the training screen it says disc unreadable

evolutionqy7

Did you bring it into the shop. As i said im not sure does gamestop does it for free but they do disc repair service

Theres no other way of doing it besides repolishing the surface to take out the scratches

Reamer Fanny

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Just go into a shop and say what happened.

Not sure about "GameStop"

But on the few occasions that it happened "Game" shop always resurfaced it for me free of charge and it worked perfect after. If you got the 360 Slim copy it onto the HDD and run it off that. It will only spin it once and wont be reading it during gameplay so less chance of that happening.

+1 "GAME" do offer disc repair, they use the DISC-GO-DEVIL makes your discs as good as new

thorbarry

Try install it to your HDD, sometimes it will work.

Or, install a friends copy. Your scratched version will work in the xbox if your friends copy is installed.

Its ridiculous that the console cant be moved slightly. If a CD player in a car doesn't scratch discs, Xbox's shouldn't either.

evolutionqy7

thorbarry wrote: »

Try install it to your HDD, sometimes it will work.

Or, install a friends copy. Your scratched version will work in the xbox if your friends copy is installed.

Its ridiculous that the console cant be moved slightly. If a CD player in a car doesn't scratch discs, Xbox's shouldn't either.

Seems obvious doesnt it? I was shocked when it ate my first DVD haha Now its always horizontally placed

paddyk

Gamesnash which have a forum here on boards
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1222

Offer a disc repair service http://gamesnash.ie/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=177&products_id=1899

niallon

GameStop don't repair discs, or at least my local one doesn't

Smyths do for €3 a disc, any store. Disc Go Devil same as GAME

GAME do as well, not sure about price. A GAME store doing it for free is specific to that store's discretion I'd imagine cause the Disc Go Devil's ain't cheap to run!

evolutionqy7

niallon wrote: »

GameStop don't repair discs, or at least my local one doesn't

Smyths do for €3 a disc, any store. Disc Go Devil same as GAME

GAME do as well, not sure about price. A GAME store doing it for free is specific to that store's discretion I'd imagine cause the Disc Go Devil's ain't cheap to run!

Well i didnt even buy it from that shop I bought my Xbox over Xmas in Athlone Game shop. I told them what the story was. When i asked them how much they just told me im ahri

That was the Game shop in Ilac shopping centre

jamescd

niallon wrote: »

GAME do as well, not sure about price. A GAME store doing it for free is specific to that store's discretion I'd imagine cause the Disc Go Devil's ain't cheap to run!

It costs a fiver, in Game Liffey Valley anyway. But I got one of my games done free of charge because I bought it there and I had the receipt with me. The guy said if it happens again I'll be charged a fiver.

He asked me "Did I move the xbox while the disc was spinning?!" and I said no without thinking. I felt kinda stupid after considering nothing else could have caused such a perfectly round scratch

-=al=-

thorbarry wrote: »

Try install it to your HDD, sometimes it will work.

Or, install a friends copy. Your scratched version will work in the xbox if your friends copy is installed.

Its ridiculous that the console cant be moved slightly. If a CD player in a car doesn't scratch discs, Xbox's shouldn't either.

very true that!

my mate got a game swaped in xavi or HMV, whatever it was at the time for free... i ruined a splintercell disc on my old xbox then tried to repair it with toothoaste

no, it didnt work =/

niallon

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Well i didnt even buy it from that shop I bought my Xbox over Xmas in Athlone Game shop. I told them what the story was. When i asked them how much they just told me im ahri

That was the Game shop in Ilac shopping centre

Like I said, you're dealing with a sound out GAME store! (Albeit one that wil go out of business if it isn't careful! :pac:)

jamescd wrote: »

He asked me "Did I move the xbox while the disc was spinning?!" and I said no without thinking. I felt kinda stupid after considering nothing else could have caused such a perfectly round scratch

It's ok, everyone says the same to me daily! I can't blame yee, it's a bloody annoying problem but at least the cleaners more often than not fix the scratches.

evolutionqy7

niallon wrote: »

Like I said, you're dealing with a sound out GAME store! (Albeit one that wil go out of business if it isn't careful! :pac

well they got my money id go there looking for games first :)cause in all occasions that I dealt with em its been more than a delightful experience

bitemybanger

It happened me twice so I went to Game and they told me it is not a scratch but lazer burn and asked if my Xbox was standing up which it was and told me to lie it flat which I did.. Hasn't happened since.

evolutionqy7

bitemybanger wrote: »

It happened me twice so I went to Game and they told me it is not a scratch but lazer burn and asked if my Xbox was standing up which it was and told me to lie it flat which I did.. Hasn't happened since.

Same If its down flat it wont wobble if you grab it or anything so solves the problem. Though its a shame since Xbox looks alot nicer vertically

My GF's brother didnt even know about this cause he always had his console horizontally till i told him what happened to me

punk77

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Same If its down flat it wont wobble if you grab it or anything so solves the problem. Though its a shame since Xbox looks alot nicer vertically

My GF's brother didnt even know about this cause he always had his console horizontally till i told him what happened to me

I've always had my xbox horizontally,never vertically.Always load games to hard drive. No scratches on my discs and no other issues with console.I guess looks aren't everything

evolutionqy7

punk77 wrote: »

I've always had my xbox horizontally,never vertically.Always load games to hard drive. No scratches on my discs and no other issues with console.I guess looks aren't everything

Well i had to put it up beside the skybox anyway. When the dog used to play with the ball he always managed to throw the ball towards it and either press eject or power button (the downside of capacitive buttons and a rubber ball )

But yes Horizontally placed and games saved to HDD saves alot of hastle. Also the drive will live longer and xbox will be alot more quiet

jay93

thorbarry wrote: »

Its ridiculous that the console cant be moved slightly. If a CD player in a car doesn't scratch discs, Xbox's shouldn't either.

Very true
A car could hit a mega pothole with a cd playing and the cd would survive .its ridiculous at this stage that Microsoft hasn't fixed this in newer models .even a slight movement to the xbox when its on can cause that horrid gobbling sound of the disc been eaten by the console:pac:

I've learned to avoid moving it at all costs while its on i even return to the Xbox dashboard and wait for the disc to stop spinning altogether to stop it from happening .

Its a shame tough such a good console with so many problems.
The original Xbox was brilliant IMO could at least move it while it was on without destroying games in it:cool:

ronan keane

What you did is Laser-Burn nearly unfixable hard luck

Vicxas

And please dont call Xbox support about this....

thorbarry

Vicxas wrote: »

And please dont call Xbox support about this....

i used to work there and we had a script we had to ready out when the issues came up.

Usually you could improvise, but this particular one you had to read word for word. It was a load of horse ****e

Thecageyone

Happened to us on a brand new copy of Dance central. Our little one kicked a ball at the machine, knocking it over and ruining the disc. Gamestop will not entertain on these incidents [even if you lie, they'll say it's "laser burn" ... which it is not ... and refuse to change the game]

The burn is caused by the disc coming out of place in the tray from the impact, the burn is caused by the disc continuing to spin, it basically gets etched by the tray itself. the laser will never do this.

Fix option #2 [if you cannot get to a game shop that has a buffer machine: rent the game from your local Xtra-vision, install ... return game and your 'burned' copy will work from there on

Traumadoc

Went to game who said it could not be fixed, went to smyths who put it in the machine and it worked fine.

punk77

Traumadoc wrote: »

Went to game who said it could not be fixed, went to smyths who put it in the machine and it worked fine.

What do Smyths charge for repair? I'm surprised Game could not fix it. Did they give you a reason?

Fingleberries

Thecageyone wrote: »

Fix option #2 [if you cannot get to a game shop that has a buffer machine: rent the game from your local Xtra-vision, install ... return game and your 'burned' copy will work from there on

Boo! ... Down with that sort of thing...

Traumadoc

punk77 wrote: »

What do Smyths charge for repair? I'm surprised Game could not fix it. Did they give you a reason?

cannot remember but less than 10 euro, Game said it was a laser burn and could not be repaired. edit it was gamestop not game apologies

niallon

Smyths charge €3 per disc. Whoever was working in that GAME store should be fired, there's no "laser burn" disc that cannot at least get an attempt at repair

punk77

niallon wrote: »

Smyths charge €3 per disc. Whoever was working in that GAME store should be fired, there's no "laser burn" disc that cannot at least get an attempt at repair

Traumadoc amended that.It was Gamestop not Game but I agree.I can't understand why they told him it couldn't be repaired.