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	azazelzodiac Newbie (2 Posts) 4/14/2003 8:28:09 AM	just wondering if there is anybody who has owned an xbox for a substantial amount of time (over a year) and not actually had any problems with it, i mean are all xboxes fukked or what?

	naabdad Newbie (2 Posts) 4/23/2003 9:53:22 PM	QUOTE: Originally Posted by azazelzodiac: just wondering if there is anybody who has owned an xbox for a substantial amount of time (over a year) and not actually had any problems with it, i mean are all xboxes fukked or what? A friend and I both bought xbox's and all the periphrials that go with them, within a week of each other both of them would not eject, no error codes just will not eject even manually (bad batch of dvd readers, or eject mech's??) attampting to work with xbox aka Microsoft to correct. I would imagine that we are not the only ones to experiance this.

	ParksIII Newbie (2 Posts) 6/29/2003 2:02:22 AM	I live in New Zealand I bought my XBox in Australia in March 2002 (16 months relatively problem free- occasionally disk error message - cleared by restarting (typical Microsoft!) I now have the same problem too as many others (read XBOX disk error problems in this Forum!) 3 of 13 disks will not work although they work fine in my friend's XBOX. I will be selling my Xbox and games and sticking to PS2 and PC gaming from now on. XBox is too problematic. My PS2 is 2 years old and no probs, my PC DVD Drive is 3 years old and no problem. My "Class ACTION" IS TO GET RID OF xbOX AND RECOMMEND everyone else do the sam. Shame on microsoft. The DVD Drive is faulty on my XBOX although it is only a little over a year old! - -Parks III

	sK8r gamer Newbie (1 Posts) 5/19/2004 12:39:07 PM	I need help Xbox starts disk button turns red and screen comes up saying i need service PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! ---------------------------------------------- Yo Yo Yo

	runnerman22 Newbie (4 Posts) 6/24/2004 7:19:01 PM	QUOTE: Originally Posted by sK8r gamer: I need help Xbox starts disk button turns red and screen comes up saying i need service PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! I have the exact same problem as sk8r gamer. When the xbox is turned on it starts to flash red and say it needs service. Has anyone other than us two have the same problem. Dire emergence

	Halcyon-X12 Master Poster (4929 Posts) 7/2/2004 10:23:10 AM	I've owned my X-Box for a year and use it every day, no problems. However I've had another X-Box bought around the same time that just stopped working for no reason after one month. I think it's really hit or miss. A lot of X-Boxes are refurbished, so when an X-Box has an electrical problem like a short or something, they send it back to be refurbished and resold. The busted parts are replaced with new ones, but the problem is, if there's a defect in the X-Box, the problem will just happen again. But this is common and can happen with almost any electronics you can buy. I think there should be laws put into place to protect consumers.

	jayzee Newbie (1 Posts) 8/27/2004 11:39:09 AM	I have just experienced this problem too! Did you manage to sort this out or is it bolloxed and i'm going to have pay someone to sort it? QUOTE: Originally Posted by runnerman22: QUOTE: Originally Posted by sK8r gamer: I need help Xbox starts disk button turns red and screen comes up saying i need service PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! I have the exact same problem as sk8r gamer. When the xbox is turned on it starts to flash red and say it needs service. Has anyone other than us two have the same problem. Dire emergence

	gaddict Newbie (1 Posts) 6/17/2005 1:45:57 AM	Ok. I have a problem so I bought a Samsung hard drive and installed it and still having the same problem. Tony Hawk 4 when I put it in and it starts to read it I ahve sound but my TV screen turns all blue. I ahve any of you had this problem???

	Mad Newbie (1 Posts) 6/19/2005 5:10:44 AM	My Xbox is two years old and it has been working perfectly. But when i was in a game just last week i tryed to save a game and it would not let so i thourght that my memery was full so i tryed to get in to it and after 15 min it finely load the page and i saw that all my saved games and music was gone. And when i tryed to turn the Xbox bake on the main menu was moving at one frame at a time and if i put a game in it tells my that my Xbox needs to be service, so i rang up costomer care and they did nothing to help my so i am fuminmg. ---------------------------------------------- Cjohn

	chisai kame Newbie (1 Posts) 7/3/2005 5:25:41 PM	all microsoft products stink. Macintosh should make a system. That would be awesome. I hear way more microsoft problems than apple problems, if any. Me and my friend both get the " I need help Xbox starts disk button turns red and screen comes up saying i need service PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! " problem. Also, all our controllers are broken now. None of them let you turn right on the analogue stick as fast as they should. ----------------------------------------------http://irashai.biz.ly PLEASE help my site grow! Register in my forum.

	bone_chilled Newbie (1 Posts) 7/26/2005 11:46:17 AM	check out this site its the best for repair www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/xbox_dvd_repair.htm Thanks

	fletcher_xbox Newbie (1 Posts) 8/2/2005 1:26:26 AM	whats up everyone this is my story i whent to my firends house he just baught a new xbox so i spend the night he falls awsleep so i open his xbox and take out his DVD drive and switch it with mine cus i had mine for about 4 years so its getting crappy but its a different DVD drive it still reads games and dvds and everything but when i take the disk out to go into my dashborad it just says in big letters X xbox under that then microstoft under that and i need to get into my dashboard if anyone can help me with this i will love you just mail me at skaterboy3000@hotmail.com or if you got any files to fix this ---------------------------------------------- brent j fletcher

	Renato Newbie (1 Posts) 8/14/2005 5:31:38 PM	I think I have a problem with my X-box.When I try to play my Ninja Gaiden and go to the New Game or when I wait to show the Team Ninja logo a message appears saying: "There's a problem with the disc you're using.It may be dirty or damaged."This message only appears in Ninja Gaiden and I don't know if can be a problem on my x-box or why he don't accept the Ninja Gaiden.Someone knows what is the problem?Please,help me.

	pocko Newbie (1 Posts) 10/18/2005 11:39:01 AM	I Have had 3 xbox's 2 of them have had a problem the first one i had for three year and i started to get staic noise out of both L and R audio i bought the second one off of my mate £40 i decided to mod the case so i opend her up after i had bin playin on her for about 1hour touched the gpu and bont me hand. Turns out it was overheating it was that hot you could fry a fuckin egg on it.

	not happy Newbie (3 Posts) 11/19/2005 6:15:59 PM	I have purchased 2 xboxes and both now neither work, the last one was only a couple of months old. I called the xbox support about the problem they say its the hard drive and It will cost me $ 80.00 to fix it. These unit only come with a 90 day warranty. So you pay all this money for the unit and they are only going to work for 90 days before you have to spend more money on them to make them work. This is very wrong. They need to fix the hard drive problem that they know they have with these units for free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	Cribmaster252 Newbie (1 Posts) 12/27/2005 3:56:15 PM	I have had my XBOX since it first came out. It worked fine the first year but after that I often got the messege that there was a problem and my disk must be dirty or damaged. Only the disk was not. It only happens when I am playing newer games(Madden). I Just got True Crimes of NYC and I can not even get through the first load page. Please help cause it is a real bitch

	not happy Newbie (3 Posts) 12/28/2005 12:44:21 PM	QUOTE: Originally Posted by jayzee: I have just experienced this problem too! Did you manage to sort this out or is it bolloxed and i'm going to have pay someone to sort it? QUOTE: Originally Posted by runnerman22: QUOTE: Originally Posted by sK8r gamer: I need help Xbox starts disk button turns red and screen comes up saying i need service PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! I have the exact same problem @ssk8r gamer. When the xbox is turned on it starts to flash red and say it needs service. Has anyone other than us two have the same problem. Dire emergence

	not happy Newbie (3 Posts) 12/28/2005 12:47:06 PM	I have the sam e problem with 2 machines I was told by xbox it's the harddrive and if you have owned it more than 90days it costs 80 plus shipping for them to fix it. They don't stand behind thier products thats why I didn't buy a 360 and refuse to because if they stand behind the ones that have been out what are they goingt to do about the new ones. QUOTE: Originally Posted by not happy: QUOTE: Originally Posted by jayzee: I have just experienced this problem too! Did you manage to sort this out or is it bolloxed and i'm going to have pay someone to sort it? QUOTE: Originally Posted by runnerman22: QUOTE: Originally Posted by sK8r gamer: I need help Xbox starts disk button turns red and screen comes up saying i need service PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! I have the exact same problem @ssk8r gamer. When the xbox is turned on it starts to flash red and say it needs service. Has anyone other than us two have the same problem. Dire emergence

	12345helper12345 Newbie (1 Posts) 3/12/2006 2:35:08 PM	QUOTE: Originally Posted by not happy: I have the sam e problem with 2 machines I was told by xbox it's the harddrive and if you have owned it more than 90days it costs 80 plus shipping for them to fix it. They don't stand behind thier products thats why I didn't buy a 360 and refuse to because if they stand behind the ones that have been out what are they goingt to do about the new ones. QUOTE: Originally Posted by not happy: QUOTE: Originally Posted by jayzee: I have just experienced this problem too! Did you manage to sort this out or is it bolloxed and i'm going to have pay someone to sort it? QUOTE: Originally Posted by runnerman22: QUOTE: Originally Posted by sK8r gamer: I need help Xbox starts disk button turns red and screen comes up saying i need service PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! I have the exact same problem @ssk8r gamer. When the xbox is turned on it starts to flash red and say it needs service. Has anyone other than us two have the same problem. Dire emergence you are not the only ones who have this problem. i know alot of people who have had this problem. the reasons of this happening may include: you hitting the xbox in anger, the age of the xbox( i swear to god they are made to die after the warranty.) or something fried it like an electrical serge. unfortunatelty the only thing you can do to fix this would be: get a new harddrive. its the hardrive. if it was the disk drive it would show: the disc is dirty or damaged. if it was the mother board then it wouldnt even turn on. i reccomend getting a new xbox seing as though it will cost half the price of the xbox to fix it. and if you worried about your memory and all of yuor hard work going to waste. then get a memory card. or get a specialist to put the files on yuor new harddrive. but be warned if the xbox is ever opened it is a risk only to be done by a professional. (if not youll risk what happened to me, it killed the hard drive) not to mention the warranty is gone when you do this. as a last resort if you wish you can buy a hard drive and do it yourself, with the aid of a website that gives you step by step instructions. you will also need SPECIAL screws to do this. ---------------------------------------------- .

	realgamer Newbie (1 Posts) 3/31/2006 10:51:02 AM	i have lived in europe for a number of years and bought an xbox there it uses 220 voltage. is there any way to make it work on 110 voltage now that i moved back to the USA. if anyone can help me please reply or email me at morsej21@yahoo.com thank you.

	dadzbluz Newbie (1 Posts) 5/8/2006 4:55:35 PM	Fletcher - You are a thief! WHy would we want to help a sneak thief like you? Oh yeah - to fix your problem, put your unfortunate friends DVD back and replace it with your original Crappy 4 year old DVD drive. QUOTE: Originally Posted by fletcher_xbox: whats up everyone this is my story i whent to my firends house he just baught a new xbox so i spend the night he falls awsleep so i open his xbox and take out his DVD drive and switch it with mine cus i had mine for about 4 years so its getting crappy but its a different DVD drive it still reads games and dvds and everything but when i take the disk out to go into my dashborad it just says in big letters X xbox under that then microstoft under that and i need to get into my dashboard if anyone can help me with this i will love you just mail me at skaterboy3000@hotmail.com or if you got any files to fix this This post was last edited by dadzbluz on Monday, May 08, 2006 at 4:56:48 PM.

	callum13 Newbie (2 Posts) 6/13/2006 1:59:19 AM	QUOTE: Originally Posted by ParksIII: I live in New Zealand I bought my XBox in Australia in March 2002 (16 months relatively problem free- occasionally disk error message - cleared by restarting (typical Microsoft!) I now have the same problem too as many others (read XBOX disk error problems in this Forum!) 3 of 13 disks will not work although they work fine in my friend's XBOX. I will be selling my Xbox and games and sticking to PS2 and PC gaming from now on. XBox is too problematic. My PS2 is 2 years old and no probs, my PC DVD Drive is 3 years old and no problem. My "Cl@ss ACTION" IS TO GET RID OF xbOX AND RECOMMEND everyone else do the sam. Shame on microsoft. The DVD Drive is faulty on my XBOX although it is only a little over a year old! - -Parks III im not sure if my problem is the same but my xbox wont recognise any of my xbox games! someone pleese help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	callum13 Newbie (2 Posts) 6/13/2006 2:04:15 AM	my xbox is not recognising my xbox games...none of them! ive tryed pulling it apart and sucking all the dust out, blowing all the dust out and using a cd lens cleaner but still it wont recognise my cds...is it possible a files been erased??? can anyone help!!!

	alexguesswho Newbie (2 Posts) 6/18/2006 11:30:22 AM	QUOTE: Originally Posted by callum13: my xbox is not recognising my xbox games...none of them! ive tryed pulling it apart and sucking all the dust out, blowing all the dust out and using a cd lens cleaner but still it wont recognise my cds...is it possible a files been erased??? can anyone help!!! call 18004myxbox customer support and tell them that you know about the first batch if yours is manufactured in 2001. they usually say your xbox is still under warranty even tho its far beyond out of warranty.if it doesnt work call back cause you may have got a rude one.they are doing this cause they dont want a lawsuit because they didnt do a recall on defective systems like they should have so in order to save money they rip off enough people to only have to fix half the boxes but we cant let them do that.

	alexguesswho Newbie (2 Posts) 6/18/2006 11:36:38 AM	also there has been a recall on the xbox cables from xboxes made before 2003 so make sure u call customer support asap about there replacement cables as the original cables have been lighting on fire burning marks on rugs and giving owners minor burns.they have recalled ALL cables for xboxes made BEFORE 2003 call and they will send the new cables that have this odd thing at the end with a reset button like in your bathroom outlets.its free and if your xbox isnt registered they will do that for you.

	dante13x11 Newbie (2 Posts) 7/17/2006 8:16:17 PM	my Xbox says that there is a dvd in when there is a game in what should i do to fix this gay @ss problem?

	dante13x11 Newbie (2 Posts) 7/17/2006 8:17:28 PM	my Xbox says that there is a dvd in when there is a game in what should i do to fix this gay @ss problem? It has bin 2 mins now plz hurry?!

	Peter36 Newbie (1 Posts) 9/4/2006 11:07:55 PM	QUOTE: Originally Posted by jayzee: I have just experienced this problem too! Did you manage to sort this out or is it bolloxed and i'm going to have pay someone to sort it? QUOTE: Originally Posted by runnerman22: QUOTE: Originally Posted by sK8r gamer: I need help Xbox starts disk button turns red and screen comes up saying i need service PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! I have the exact same problem @ssk8r gamer. When the xbox is turned on it starts to flash red and say it needs service. Has anyone other than us two have the same problem. Dire emergence I have the same problem as you. I guess this is what is supposed to happen after a year. I was hopping to find a fix.

	Humberg Newbie (1 Posts) 12/4/2006 11:20:27 PM	QUOTE: Originally Posted by azazelzodiac: just wondering if there is anybody who has owned an xbox for a substantial amount of time (over a year) and not actually had any problems with it, i mean are all xboxes fukked or what? I had my xbox for 2weeks when it stopped reading discs (xbox, DVD, CD), I called xbox support and they told me I'd have to send it in (at my expense) to have it serviced. I just got it back with a note saying they replaced by Xbox unit with a new one. Unfortunately the fist time I tried to use it I realized the button to sync the wireless controller on the console is jammed and won't recognize my wireless controller so it doesn't work at all. I called xbox support again and after speaking with some dud who was about to send me a new controller, finally spoke to a supervisor who admitted that it was a defective console I'd received and I'd have to send it back again. Unbelievable! If anyone out there is contemplating buying an xbox 360 - DON'T!!! Do yourself a huge favor and buy a PS3 or PS2 or Wii. The xbox360 is a piece of junk, and Microsoft can't make a gaming console to save its life! And the xbox support staff have managed to bring a new meaning to incompetance! Heed my warning! You'll thank me later!!!!!!!

	stressbattle Newbie (44 Posts) 12/6/2006 1:40:20 PM	QUOTE: Originally Posted by Humberg: QUOTE: Originally Posted by azazelzodiac: just wondering if there is anybody who has owned an xbox for a substantial amount of time (over a year) and not actually had any problems with it, i mean are all xboxes fukked or what? I had my xbox for 2weeks when it stopped reading discs (xbox, DVD, CD), I called xbox support and they told me I'd have to send it in (at my expense) to have it serviced. I just got it back with a note saying they replaced by Xbox unit with a new one. Unfortunately the fist time I tried to use it I realized the button to sync the wireless controller on the console is jammed and won't recognize my wireless controller so it doesn't work at all. I called xbox support again and after speaking with some dud who was about to send me a new controller, finally spoke to a supervisor who admitted that it was a defective console I'd received and I'd have to send it back again. Unbelievable! If anyone out there is contemplating buying an xbox 360 - DON'T!!! Do yourself a huge favor and buy a PS3 or PS2 or Wii. The xbox360 is a piece of junk, and Microsoft can't make a gaming console to save its life! And the xbox support staff have managed to bring a new meaning to incompetance! Heed my warning! You'll thank me later!!!!!!! I had the same problem. Fortunately there are a couple of Xbox technicians around my area who could help look at the problem. However, these problems are not worth the wait and it drives me nuts. PS2 is the way to go! ---------------------------------------------- Sleek Online Games & Jokes ->http://games.sleekpage.com <- Sleek Online Games & Jokes

	CRbehoppin Newbie (1 Posts) 12/11/2006 2:10:20 PM	. This post was last edited by Jedi Master on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 10:39:49 AM.

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