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Forums - Microsoft - xbox 360 disk read issues... and a rant! Hooray! 2 for the price of 1.

Well at least in Halo 3 the game stores data on your HDD while playing co-op, so there CAN be a connection between "disk reading" errors and your harddrive.



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piggychan said:
its possible your disc might have some strange chemical coating that needs to be wiped... >.>

I know it sounds weird but i had to do this with fable II.. doing that gave it those fine hairline surface scratches but dont have any reading problems now..

 

Xbox 3sexy!



Alright, update time...

I had uninstalled Halo 3 while trying to fix my console last night, and now I'm re-installing it to my HDD. I just noticed when I turned my 360 on, and right now while it's installing, that there is a very significant grinding/vibrating sound coming from the 360's disk drive.

Should I be worried? I've installed every game I own so I never play from the disk, and right now I can't remember my drive ever making a noise this loud while reading a disk. Is it normal?

It's a very consistently smooth vibrating sound, it doesn't go in intervals or have loud peaks, if that helps at all.



wfz said:
Alright, update time...

I had uninstalled Halo 3 while trying to fix my console last night, and now I'm re-installing it to my HDD. I just noticed when I turned my 360 on, and right now while it's installing, that there is a very significant grinding/vibrating sound coming from the 360's disk drive.

Should I be worried? I've installed every game I own so I never play from the disk, and right now I can't remember my drive ever making a noise this loud while reading a disk. Is it normal?

It's a very consistently smooth vibrating sound, it doesn't go in intervals or have loud peaks, if that helps at all.

 

sounds like the drive is gonna croak then.. MS wont take it in till it finally stops spinning or you could take it back to the shop and say the drive seems to not read anything