Xbox 360 Help - Saxperience

and123rew · 27th July 2007, 13:14

hi guys and gals help needed, basically i was playing a game and moved the machine on to it side which i didnt no anything was wrong with. . .me not thinking lol.

but now the game is unreadable and want play now short of buying a new game i heard that xbox has some fluid cleaner which will sort this out . . has any one had this problem before??

Robb · 27th July 2007, 13:19

wrong section.

but yeh this is a common problem. turning it on its side when its on causes it to scratch the disc. not alot you can do.

think viper said his local gamestation can repair some discs...

and123rew · 27th July 2007, 13:38

arrrgghhh i think i might have to buy a new disc but 40 pounds just for turning it on its side is a joke

djrem · 27th July 2007, 13:43

does say in the manual not to do it.

Rent the same game from blockbuster.
swap it over when you return it and say it never worked.

You get a working disc plus a free rental

Rosstafarian · 27th July 2007, 13:47

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Originally Posted by djrem

does say in the manual not to do it.

Rent the same game from blockbuster.
swap it over when you return it and say it never worked.

You get a working disc plus a free rental

my trick with gears

job done

Jacko · 27th July 2007, 13:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by djrem

does say in the manual not to do it.

Rent the same game from blockbuster.
swap it over when you return it and say it never worked.

You get a working disc plus a free rental

legendary idea tbh...ill be rentin a few game today then

and123rew · 27th July 2007, 14:17

yeh thats awesome !! im going to have to go have a look legend !!

Matt_e · 27th July 2007, 14:40

dont they check the games though

Robbo · 27th July 2007, 14:57

did u turn it on its side while the game was spinning? i.e. while it was switched on? then no wonder it scratched it tbf....

what do you meen on its side?

i play with it flat on the floor all the time and i luckily havnt had any scratched games

Rosstafarian · 27th July 2007, 14:59

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Originally Posted by Matt_e

dont they check the games though

they just throw hem in a corner at mine...theres also a post in box outside

MarkyG · 28th July 2007, 09:55

I did the Blockbuster thing for my copy of Lost Planet, the younger cousin got hold of it and it got scratched, completely unreadable, rented it out, swapped over and all was ok.

My mate has tried it but they checked the disc before he took it and and upon return got served by the same person and she knew the state of the disc when he took it out and wouldnt accept it!

They do have "rental version" copies too, which in my eyes are no way different to retail purchased ones, just have different coding on them i think, not too sure, but ive seen them about lately.

Gears of War FTW!

Richmt11 · 28th July 2007, 10:29

If it is only a small scratch its more of a scuff and can be cleaned with appropriate cleaning fluid and a microfibre cloth.

Sometimes a microfibre cloth alone will do the trick. If the scratch is too deep you will need some of the underside grinded off (loads of these services on ebay, costs about £2 and a 1 week total time sending and receiving). I had to do this with my GoW.

But a swap trick works well if you have a rental shop near