Halo: Reach disc read errors

[yo_john117]

slowmo said:

Bullet100000 said:

Maybe it was a bad batch of DVD's I don't think it is a hardware issue. Even though the article say it is.

Actually I'm more inclined to say it is a hardware issue.  This is just the usual big seller that people associate their hardware failures with rather than a fault of the game.  It happens as you get people who haven't played much for a while suddenly ramping up the usage of their console when a game like Reach comes along.  A failing laser exhibits exactly these sort of faults before eventually going the "open tray" error route.

It doesn't matter how clean the disk is, if the laser is weak and/or not focusing properly then it will not read certain disks.  I've seen failing lasers read extremely scratched disks, yet fail to read new disks hundreds of times.

This is exactly what was happening to my 360 a couple of months ago...its a really easy fix though, just have to rip your 360 open and turn a screw a few millimeters (i think its called the DVD pot) and now my 360 reads just perfectly.