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Last Wednesday, I absitively I would comedy some GTA IV afore the wife got home. So angry on the Xbox, popped in the disc, and got to it. About 20 account into my session, I began to apprehend a abhorrent babble advancing from the DVD drive. After a few abnormal of growling, a Xbox brand came beyond the awning adage the disc was unreadable.

Cursing beneath my breath, I got up from the couch to accord the Xbox and bold a abutting look. Of course, the disc was fine. I put in addition bold aloof to be sure, and got the “unreadable disc” absurdity already again. I amid a cine we had watched over the weekend. No dice.

What comes abutting is what absolutely frustrates me. My Xbox 360 is aloof over a year old so I accede it to be appealing new. Also, it’s the “Elite” version, a adaptation I had hoped Microsoft had appear with confidence. Besides all that, I accept never heard of DVD drives aloof activity out like that and, if they do, it’s because they are acutely defective. In my six years of alive at Dell, you appetite to apperceive how abounding computers I had to adjustment because of a bad CD or DVD drive? That’s right, none.

I alleged             1-800-4MY-XBOX       the abutting black to see what my options were, alike admitting abysmal bottomward I knew that I was activity to accept to pay to accept it repaired. After speaking my way through the automatic options (which I’ve never accepted why it’s more good than aloof “pressing 1″) I got in blow with a abutment guy rather quickly. He absolved me through some absolutely basal troubleshooting in his best “I’m hip and adolescent too, bro” articulation and anon agreed that my Hitachi DVD drive was toast. Then he abreast me that, back my Xbox was out of warranty, I could accept it anchored and my assurance continued for $99.

I’ll admit, I anticipation about aloof aggravating to fix it myself. I mean, it’s aloof a DVD drive, right? Well, I did a little analysis and begin that I’d accept to shop for a accurate brand/model and somehow beam it with the Xbox’s key. Looked like that was activity to amount me about $60 + my time, so the $99 adjustment fee began to complete more good and better.

I plan on authoritative addition alarm tonight to go through with the repair. I additionally plan on afterlight this column with all of my adventures with the adjustment action as they appear so that added bodies may apperceive what to expect. I additionally achievement that added bodies who are accepting this aforementioned affectionate of botheration will leave a animadversion for the record. Who knows, maybe this will about-face out to be the aforementioned array of affair as the Three Red Lights.

EDIT: I afresh anchored my Xbox with aloof a blow of glue. To acquisition out how I did it, apprehend this article: Fix the Unreadable Disc Error. If you’re not accessible to accelerate your Xbox in for adjustment or attack to fix it yourself, apprehend about the altered means you can use your burst xbox.

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