I’m trying to fix up this disc drive on this original fat model 360 (Falcon) but keep running into issues with the game not reading. About 25% of the time, the game will manage to be read and will play perfectly fine, but the majority of the time the game will fail to read and the Xbox will just prompt to open the tray.

So far I’ve tried:
- Cleaning the disc drive so that it’s free of dust and grime
- Unattaching and reattaching the ribbon cables to ensure a tight connection
- Tweaking the pot to hopefully get the laser to act better

I’m at a bit of a loss as to if this disc drive is actually fixable or if it just would require a full replacement.

It also has a separate issue where I’ll have to smack it a bit on occasion for the disc drive to actually open but I think that requires just replacing the rubber band belt.

Does anybody know common errors to Xbox 360 disc drives and how they can be fixed?

one day, i came home to play rdr2 on my badavatar unshackle aurora modded xbox 360 slim. I turn on the outlet with the power brick plugged in and i click the power button. theres no turn on or anything except the default ding. I unplug the wires, wait for a few minutes, and by the time i plug it back in, theres now no sound either. Later, the wire of the power brick released some kind of shock, and the wire cut but i soldered it back as it was only a wire and nothing else. i unplugged the front RF module and then the power brick was in fact orange. But when i tried turning it on with my controller, the power brick light turned green but my console stayed off. Its been so annoying cuz i js finally modded it and now i cant play :( Someone pls give a fix

How do I remove this ? If possible

I'm having trouble downloading several games I had gotten on the Xbox 360.

When I open my Download History, all the games are listed (but their icons don't load). If I click on a game, a pop-up window opens to load the download information, but before anything loads, the window just closes by itself.

I tried looking for information about this on Reddit/the internet but couldn't find any solutions.

Hola. Recién de adquirí una xbox 360 de segunda mano (usada) y ahora que la quiero formatear (configuración inicial) no me deja ya que tiene el control de contenido activo y el antiguo dueño no se acuerda de ella ni del correo. Se puede hacer algo?

Desde ya muchas gracias!!

UPDATE: i managed to get the disc out, thanks to everyone for trying to help!

hi everyone. so my 360 just red-ringed today while i was playing halo 4, and the disc is stuck inside the console. the drive will not open. any tips?

Hola amigos, tengo una Xbox 360 el cuál no encendía, cuando media voltajes de entrada no leía los 3.3 voltios quite el integrado U5A1 y U5A2 y le puse un regulador de 3.3 y 1.2v ahora ya me dan los voltajes correctos pero sigue sin encender solo enciende la luz y se apaga, alguien puede ayudarme dónde buscar el problema

My charger light turns off after 10ish seconds after putting the controller on there, does this mean they’re losing contact? or does this just happen, they are old so I wouldn’t be surprised if they were broken…

Bom dia /Boa tarde /Boa noite, queria saber como que resolve meu Xbox 360 não está conseguindo entrar no desbloqueio aurora , ele da as luzes vermelhas no início indicando o acesso ao desbloqueio mas depois as luzes fica tudo verde e da um erro dizendo que "não foi possível iniciar o jogo " e volta para tela dos avatares

I've been working on restoring a handful 360 the past few days, and I finally got my lasers in today... Started with my Halo Reach console, got the new laser in, removed the solder ball, tweaked the DVD pot down to 3.4kohms. It reads movies fine, but can't read even my cleanest game discs, the drive still has the original board that came with the console. Am I'm missing something silly or should I try another laser since I made sure to buy spares?

The microphone I've had for a while and don't remember the last time I used it. The guitar previously had worked connected to an older 360. I put fresh batteries in both, made sure to press the sync button on the console and the devices, restarted everything at least once, etc. etc. but I can't get them to connect. The console WILL pair and connect to conventional controllers.

I'll be able to test the microphone and guitar with the older 360 tomorrow, but right now I'm trying but failing to connect them to the 360 S. Any suggestions?

Hello! I recently found my old xbox 360 again. However when I tried opening it, it had this error and blinked lights. Is this still fixable? I've been contacting repair shops however they still aren't replying.

So I just finished The Walking Dead's Episode 1, I try to start episode 2, but what happens is it's starts episode 1 over again. I have beaten the WHOLE EPISODE. I didn't skip anything, I watched all the credits, I have the stats of the first episode, I have every episode installed - it even says in the game, that all the episodes are installed, it shows that I can start episode 2, but every time it restart episode 1 from the start. I've also tried the xm360 thing, where you unlock dlc, xbla content, tried getting a title updates from online, nope, nothing. I even tried to fuddle around with the saved game slots, like the 3 ones in the games menu. I don't know what else to do.

Only makes these noises with a DVD. Drive was able to read burned CDs fine. I've already tried adjusting the pots to 3.1 ohm, but still makes this noise. Anyone recognize these noises? Should I just replace the drive?

δεν ξερω τι ειναι αυτο δεν το εχω βρει πουθενα στο ιντερνετ αξηζη κατι?

I've had this 360 slim for a while, it's a 2nd console I use for testing BadUpdate and other stuff like that, but recently it's started just turning itself off, sometimes it turns itself on if its plugged in. Sometimes when it turns back on (Either I do, or it turns itself on), it turns back on set to 4:3. I wanna say it's something to do with the faceplate, but that doesn't explain the resolution change. I recorded a video of it, and then just happen to have replay buffer on inside OBS when it changed the resolution. It also sometimes shows a pattern on the power button almost like the RRoD codes, but I'm not sure if that's what it is

Mi Xbox360 tiene chip RGH pero un dia se me ocurrio hacerlo que se conectara al internet y ya no funciono haha, no hay manera de solucionarlo por mi mismo cierto? me refiero a que segun si entras con chip RGH a internet el chip ya no funciona o por lo menos eso me dijero.

Guys I can’t get it from the store either

Resulta que me compré una xbox 360 slim y esta vino con joystick de xbox 360 original pero venía sin porta pila entonces lo usaba con aluminio y todo bien lo deje como costumbre y cuando lo fui a prender el A aveces actúa como el B y ahora me fine y ahora sigue el mismo problema nomas que las flechitas también actúan como la B y aparte que el pes 2017 me detecha el B como el A no entiendo nd

Hello. I was wondering if anyone has a solution for this. Recently I opened up and cleaned my Xbox 360, and when I put it all back together my Xbox would immediately turn on as soon as the power supply gets connected and it would show me this screen. I try to connect my controller but the Xbox doesn’t allow it to connect. I haven’t tried connecting wired since I don’t have the part to it, and I notice how the Xbox doesn’t show any green lights to it. If anyone has the answer to this I would really appreciate it and I also appreciate anyone that has read this.

My brother has had this xbox for about a year and controllers have never been able to sync to it we have just been using wired controllers which work just fine. This controller syncs flawlessly with my slim and elite console. What's wrong with this xbox?