Comments on: How to Fix the Unreadable Disc Error – Xbox 360

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:56:29 +0000

So this sounds like what I have, but what type of glue did you use?

By: daniel

daniel — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:54:59 +0000

my xbox is modded and it reads almost every disk. but it recently stoped reading some of them. it stops in the middle on of the game and it says that the disc is ureadable and to clean it with a cloth. i was wondering if there is anything to fix that or whats the problem. thank you

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:08:02 +0000

I bought a 360 on feeBay for $1.30 + 9.95 shipping from a high volume Powerseller. It was a Thursday night and just nobody bid. The console still has the MS seal and LIVE works, but the DVD drive makes odd noises and won’t read disks.

Anyway the step of flashing a replacement Hitachi DVD drive intimidates me. I only have one laptop, and the thought of messing around in the BIOs doesn’t seem like a good idea. Might attempt to locate the magnet piece as described in this article, it would be great if that did the job.

Thanks for the well written articles (Jared).

By: Zac Brogan

Zac Brogan — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:41:16 +0000

Go to http://www.se7ensins.com they have tutorials on how to calibrate the POT of the dvd drive. It will tell you exactly what you need to do. Id list a link but, im at school and cant access se7ensins

By: XBox DVD Play error

XBox DVD Play error — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:07:42 +0000

Hey everyone . i just wanna know how to change the dvd key. its weird and how do i get to connect the drive to the computer. its very complicated and i need help =P.

By: Matthew Vonreiner

Matthew Vonreiner — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:27:22 +0000

wes you mention a picture? I was wondering where that was, I would really like to try this adjusting the pot to see if it would work for me but am not sure where I need to connect and what screws to adjust.. and im assuming that the laser should be under power when doing this?

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:26:42 +0000

Great writeup, I just got a refurb unit that has this problem, since its still under warranty im sending it back, but if it ever happens to again I will def try this out. BTW what kind of glue should you use to attach the magnet?

By: cindy

cindy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:33:54 +0000

I have a question I fixed the red ring issue with my xbox, but now my dvd player says when I put in a game that I have to insert the game into a xbox 360..It the same dvd player that I took out. It still plays the dvds. What do I have to do to get it working to play games. I will try the laser fix if you think that will work. Or do I need to flash the drive. If so how do you flash the drive it sounds very complicated: is it?

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:03:01 +0000

Well i got a 360 from someone and it wont play games at all, it just reads movies and audio etc.. well come to find out i believe that the dvd drive was swapped out. so there is no way to find out what the key is? From the motherboard? Just curious. Thanks!

By: Sagz

Sagz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:37:50 +0000

Matthew,

The Xbox 360 will only play DVD’s because the new DVD Drive Key does not match the one stored on the motherboard.

There are two options available…

1) If the replacement DVD drive is the same as the original, you can switch the PCB boards on the drives. So that the key matches the motherboard.

2) If the new drive is different, you need to extract the DVD Key from the original drive using Jungleflasher. You then need to spoof the new drive, so that it matches the original. You also need to input the DVD Key.

If you have thrown away the old drive, there is nothing you more you can do. It will just have to be used as a dvd player or for arcade games.