the dvd drive is playing up on my 360 and im getting alot of disc unreadable errors lately ive tried a lens cleaner etc but with no joy....

my 360 is coming up two years so standard warranty has expired, although i do have the three years for RROD...

my question is how do i make it RROD? im hoping if i can do this ill get a new unit back with a working dvd then, long shot i know, but nothing to lose!!

cheers

most people wrap it in a towel while on or put it in the freezer

blackJTD said:

the dvd drive is playing up on my 360 and im getting alot of disc unreadable errors lately ive tried a lens cleaner etc but with no joy....

my 360 is coming up two years so standard warranty has expired, although i do have the three years for RROD...

my question is how do i make it RROD? im hoping if i can do this ill get a new unit back with a working dvd then, long shot i know, but nothing to lose!!

cheers

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haha sneeky

I was planning on doing that when mine went wrong, but it would have looked dodgy me phoning up one day saying the disk drive is broken, and then saying I have the ring of death a day later.

If you wrap it up in towals and turn it on, and leave it for a while, you should get the 3 red lights.

will that work every time? what does freezing it do? i can understand the overheating maybe but not freezing it lol

this might help you into gettin RROD http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=567804&page=3

good link, thanks mate!

just had a read through that link and unfortunately it doesnt give an exact defenite way to kill it!! anyone got anymore suggestions?

i would suggest a more violent method although i doubt that would get a new one for you hmm... the main things that seem to break itare of course going from hot to cold and vice versa quickly

blackJTD said:

just had a read through that link and unfortunately it doesnt give an exact defenite way to kill it!! anyone got anymore suggestions?

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have you tried the above options yet?

i thought you just turned on a 360 and it keals over an just dies lol

not tried yet as been a bit pushed for time lately! i dont think towel method will work from what ive read and knowing my look it wont do 3 red rings!

anyone know the cost of official MS swap out of dvd drive??

blackJTD said:

not tried yet as been a bit pushed for time lately! i dont think towel method will work from what ive read and knowing my look it wont do 3 red rings!

anyone know the cost of official MS swap out of dvd drive??

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When I phoned up it was £60.

The towel method does work, when I was phoning around to see if anyone could do it cheaper, they told me to do that and get it fixed for free.

tin foil would overheat it too

Sorry to ressurect an old thread but my DVD drive has been doing the white screen error thing for 6 months, usually it took about 20 attempts turning the thing on and off to get a game to work, occasionally i would give the console a firm slap on the area where the dvd drive is and it would work fine for a while, until 2 nights ago when i gave it a smack and it gave me the RROD (3 red lights), so in a summary if you want it to get the RROD give it firm slaps till it kills it, then call microsoft and get a replacement.

dusty towels !!!

really do work

blackJTD said:

the dvd drive is playing up on my 360 and im getting alot of disc unreadable errors lately ive tried a lens cleaner etc but with no joy....

my 360 is coming up two years so standard warranty has expired, although i do have the three years for RROD...

my question is how do i make it RROD? im hoping if i can do this ill get a new unit back with a working dvd then, long shot i know, but nothing to lose!!

cheers

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You are ok mate, that sounds like the start of Ring of death.... I have just sent mine off for RoD ine started exactly the same

mines gone back twice now one more and i will be asking for a whole new xbox

Thought the towel trick provided a short term 'fix' for the rings of death

Steve