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So I just bought my first 360 five weeks ago. Three of those weeks I tolerated the drive making some real strange noises when accessing certain discs. So I ended up returning the 360 for a new one two weeks ago. Now just tonight, I pull Dead Rising out of the drive, and SURPRISE! scratches on the damned disc - which were straight lines, meaning that the disc was scratched by the laser mechanism as it jumped back and forth to read data.

The first 360 was manufactured in August 2006, the second in September 2006. Almost a whole year after launch, and I get TWO 360s with defective drives IN A ROW.

I mean, what's the deal Microsoft? Shouldn't they have had all the mechanical kinks worked out by now? Now I have to go back to the store again to get this console swapped, and I'm out a $60 game.

Dammit I hate technology sometimes.

 

[Methodis]

Yeah, yeah, the guy in the 5 thousand dollar suit have two broken Xboxes, COME ON!




Get that reference and I love you.

 

[Speevy]

You're under warranty either way, and you should lie and say your disc was scratched. Gamestop is happy to do an even swap.

 

[SHARKS BITE KILL SHARKS]

Yeah, yeah, the guy in the 5 thousand dollar suit have two broken Xboxes, COME ON!




Get that reference and I love you.

i miss AD

 

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You're under warranty either way, and you should lie and say your disc was scratched. Gamestop is happy to do an even swap.

I wouldn't be lying about the disc, though. The console did scratch it. Unfortunately I'm up in Canada, so I resorted to Wal-Mart for the 360.

 

[Methodis]

i miss AD

<3

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Yeah, yeah, the guy in the 5 thousand dollar suit have two broken Xboxes, COME ON!




Get that reference and I love you.

Yeah, yeah. The guy in the eight thousand dollar suit, and the four broken xboxes and the crapped out DLP isn't gonna go out and just buy new ones. COME ON.

 

[rod]

heyyy welcome back kidinsomnia

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

heyyy welcome back kidinsomnia

'Sup, x!

 

[pCeSlAyEr]

if your 360's both contained a hitachi drive well I believe you... the same thing happened to me.. the part of the assembly that locks the disc into place b4 spinning is crap... the magnet is held down by 3 thin little plastic things that snapped off.. im guessing when it changes speeds... well it caused the disc not to spin and make an aweful noise... I super glued the magnet back in and its worked fine since...

as for the scratches going in a straight line from the laser... who are you kidding? if it was the laser they would be in a circle around the disc due to the disc spinning...

 

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as for the scratches going in a straight line from the laser... who are you kidding? if it was the laser they would be in a circle around the disc due to the disc spinning...

I'm not kidding anyone. I bought Dead Rising last week, put it in my 360, and haven't removed it since. Nobody else in my house plays the damned thing. I'm not making this shit up.

 

[lollerskates]

operation light flame continues!

 

[Havoc]

I've gone through 3 Xbox360's this week. 1st one purchased in August then died last Sunday, 2nd one I got on Tuesday and that's dead, returned it and got my 3rd one. WTF is up with MS's quality control department? :lol

 

[pCeSlAyEr]

I'm not kidding anyone. I bought Dead Rising last week, put it in my 360, and haven't removed it since. Nobody else in my house plays the damned thing. I'm not making this shit up.

well take it back to the store and exhange the game... it does have 30 days...

 

[pCeSlAyEr]

I've gone through 3 Xbox360's this week. 1st one purchased in August then died last Sunday, 2nd one I got on Tuesday and that's dead, returned it and got my 3rd one. WTF is up with MS's quality control department? :lol

really? thats crazy... whats your setup like?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

I've gone through 3 Xbox360's this week. 1st one purchased in August then died last Sunday, 2nd one I got on Tuesday and that's dead, returned it and got my 3rd one. WTF is up with MS's quality control department? :lol

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Call Snoop & Chris. No more problems confirmed.

 

[Mojovonio]

the 360 is a marvel. A consumer product striving for success that just doesn't work!