360 starting to crap out on me...don't know if M$ will cover it?

[Loki]

For the past month or two my 360 has had a LOT of trouble reading discs. It starts up just fine but when I put in a disc it just makes a lot of "reading" noises and then acts like there is no disc in the tray. Occasionally it'll freeze on me too. I just figured it was a problem with the games and DVDs I was getting through GameFly/Netflix, but this is starting to get ridiculous. I just got GoW2 in and the game looks damn near perfect, but the 360 still won't read it.

So I wouldn't have a problem really with sending it in to M$, but I don't know if they would even cover it since I bought it from eBay about two years ago and don't have an actual store receipt. Anyone have any advice for me?

Update. ***** just RROD'd me. I think I'm going to go down to Best Buy right now and get myself an Elite, then sell the refurbished/replaced 360 that I may or may not get back. I just need to transfer all the games from the HDD, which I do not know how to do.

[hitbychance]

if you have a large hd you can install your games to the hd so the disk only reads for one second before you play, i found the games load quicker and the system is quieter

[xekushnr]

Sounds like the drive just failed on you. Call up MS and they should cover it if its under 3 years old. 1-800-4MY-XBOX.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Dead drive doesn't cause RROD or any error messages at all aside from disc read errors (I know because that's what killed my first box).

[Loki]

Really doesn't matter now, the box was consistently giving me the three rings. I got my Elite hooked up now and everything is fine. Monday I'll call up 4MYXBOX and get the ball rolling on on a refurbish/replace plan, and once that's done with I'll get a transfer kit from MS, migrate all my save data to the 120 gig drive and sell the old premium system. Looks like I got a xmas gift this year after all, I just had to buy it myself.

Anyone up for some Gears of War 2?

[lrb_2000]

I got a broken 360 from a friend with the three rings.. Followed this guide, bam it works perfect.

http://pdftown.com/pdf-ebook/X...r.pdf

Make sure your 360 isn't under warranty though, this will cancel it. This warranty for this 360 expired last year, so this saved me a $100.

[bmike818]

did you get the Elite w/ 2 free games?

[Loki]

Unfortunately. I'm just going to include them with the other 360 when I sell it.

Edit: Just tried to request a repair for the 360 and they're telling me the 360 is more than three years old, so no warranty for me
Modified by Loki at 3:08 PM 1/1/2009