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Disk tray/ Boot problems.

stephenw · 2012-10-29 15:09:03

Hi Everyone, I'm currently having a problem which is slowly getting worse and I'm getting sick of it. When I turn on my xbox it boots as normal, then continues on as normal. I insert a disk and the disk can be heard spinning and attempting to read, and then I get "open tray". It will repeatedly do this for up to, or over,…

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29-10-2012 4:09pm

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stephenw

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Hi Everyone,
I'm currently having a problem which is slowly getting worse and I'm getting sick of it. When I turn on my xbox it boots as normal, then continues on as normal. I insert a disk and the disk can be heard spinning and attempting to read, and then I get "open tray". It will repeatedly do this for up to, or over, an hour when you will finally hear the disk tray kick into gear and it'll display "play Game". Even at that I get the disk is unreadable error while playing every so often. Anybody have any idea as to the root cause and a fix? I think the disktray may just be knackered.
Thanks.

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#2 29-10-2012 5:43pm
iColdFusion

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Which xbox do you have?
My slim was doing the same thing but putting it standing up instead of down flat seemed to sort it but don't risk moving it while its turned on.

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#3 30-10-2012 12:25am
PhlegmyMoses

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Could be the disc tray but it may be the HDD causing it. Remove the HDD and try to play a disc. If it plays fine for a while, you'll know it's the HDD causing it. Next up will be moving any game saves you want to keep to cloud storage or onto a different memory unit and formatting the HDD.

If it gives the same problems without the HDD, the console will need a repair.

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#4 30-10-2012 9:57am
Myrddin

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Sounds like the laser unit is on the way out, nothing unusual with a 360/PS3. Should cost in or around €30/€40 to replace

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#5 30-10-2012 1:26pm
flanders2006

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Same thing happening to me....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81269449

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#6 30-10-2012 3:48pm
delta214

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Same thing happened my xbox. Its one of the original big white ones though. Its a problem with the laser as EnterNow has said. Just need to take the xbox apart and clean it (Ive been putting this off for nearly a year) This video shows how to do it.

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