New 360 has scratched my GOW disc!

PixelTrawler

Got a replacement 360 recently and the new one has scratched my GOW disc.

It seems to have put 5 scratches in a circle about an inch out from the center and now Im getting "Can not read disk" errors.

Anyone elses 360 damage disks like this? Also do MS replace the discs?

Patricide

did you move your console while playing?dont have a 360 myself but the same thing happened to one of my ps2 games when i moved the console while the disk was spinning.

PixelTrawler

No, i did move it powered off however I thought this was safe since I had read moving it powered on was a big no no.

Maybe that still scratched it? grrr

JacoStanley

Joebloggs4817 wrote:

Got a replacement 360 recently and the new one has scratched my GOW disc.

It seems to have put 5 scratches in a circle about an inch out from the center and now Im getting "Can not read disk" errors.

Anyone elses 360 damage disks like this? Also do MS replace the discs?

When mine was returned from Das Fatherland I noticed that they did change the disk drive. I have a few problems where it stops spinning and then can't read the disk. I'll grab the HD drive when it comes out and hopefully I won't have to use the internal drive. Unless, that is, you can't run games from the HD disk drive???

PixelTrawler

My old one used to do that a lot but it never scratched a disc.
I just checked the disc there and i think the scratches have gotten longer - they are in the exact same part of the disc in a circle

Must be touching something on the drive.

projectmayhem

JacoStanley wrote:

Unless, that is, you can't run games from the HD disk drive???

afaik you still have to load them into the main tray to play games. the hd add-on is just for hd-dvds themselves

Gummy Panda

I think Mayhem is right. Get onto MS. Its one of there games and its their console that damaged it. Ask for another copy to be sent out.

evad_lhorg

is your console standing up straight or flat?

fifth

^^ Good question, what way are your consoles? Mine's vertical, looks odd laying flat.

Alnilam

Mine's Horizontal, it looks odd vertical

Gizzle

JacoStanley wrote:

When mine was returned from Das Fatherland I noticed that they did change the disk drive. I have a few problems where it stops spinning and then can't read the disk. I'll grab the HD drive when it comes out and hopefully I won't have to use the internal drive. Unless, that is, you can't run games from the HD disk drive???

It's those callous Germans taking vengeance for GoW being banned over there

Speaking of which, how long did it take your console to be returned? 2 working weeks and waiting for me....:eek:

Bananna man

The console had a warning on it to never move the xbox with a disc in the drive. I doubt this would have caused a rings on the disc though.

monkeyfudge

My Dead or Alive 3 disc is slightly fragmented around the hole in the middle of the disc. Always been careful not to move the console. It still works though.