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iron-man
25-10-2007, 11:44 PM
hey guys, i work in a games shop and today the 360 we have set up on the shop floor stopped recognising disks. i was wondering if someone knew what was wrong with it and if its cheap to fix?

thanks in advance.
kc

tinkertiler
26-10-2007, 08:40 AM
2 things that you can try:-

1. Clean the laser with a cleaning disc or take the drive apart and clean it with a alcohol and a cotton bud.
2. Replace the laser they are very cheap off Ebay around the ?10 figure so worth the dosh to fix the problem. It is very very easy to fix after you have opened the case and the screws on the dvd rom you only need to undo one screw and remove the ribbon and replace with a laser and you are done simple as that. Just make sure that if you do get a new laser they normally have a anti static solder blob on the laser to prevent damage while in transit you need to remove this but a hot soldering iron does this in seconds.

EDIT :- The laser in the samsung and the hitachi drives are both the same. I have no idea about the BenQ because i have not seen one yet.