ZHI-sam Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 anyone with a 360 problem, post and ill help sort it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Subtle little advertising here, how i'd see it anyway. Mods will close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Chinnery Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Subtle little advertising here, how i'd see it anyway. Mods will close.WTF he has made a thread about helping out people with 360's. Its not like hes charging anyone is it?.I think its a good thread . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 WTF he has made a thread about helping out people with 360's. Its not like hes charging anyone is it?.I think its a good thread .Yes, but weve already got an xbox live thread, which would probably suffice for sticking in xbox problems too. And the bit about charging people, hes been plugging his site,(which basically repairs and chips xbox's) constantly for the last few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHI-sam Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) didnt realise u wasnt alowed, you have a bit for websites sooo.i just thought it would be easier to make a tread for problems, close it if you wantedit: Advertising your personal site is encouraged, do this in the 'Web Site Updates' forum.its my site, and im not selling products am i? its a repair service Edited January 25, 2009 by ZHI-sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 its my site, and im not selling products am i? its a repair serviceJust a heads up dude. Selling products and repairing products comes under the same service, as in, you're making money off it so you're selling something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHI-sam Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 well to be honest its not worded like that, and ive only just read the rules thats not what this threads about anyways, i get enought people off a 360 site i moderate who send consoles ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 I have a question,why does my 360 takes ages to shut down sometimes? The light turns off but the disc is still spinning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Ward Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 ive also got one, if i install a game to my harddisk why does it ask me to put the game in to run it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 ive also got one, if i install a game to my harddisk why does it ask me to put the game in to run it?So it prove that the disk is in there. It uses the disk to boot and then stops spinning. But if you open the tray then it takes to back to the main menu. This stops people just saving each others games to their hard-drives and running them., the fact you need the disk to boot stops this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHI-sam Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 I have a question,why does my 360 takes ages to shut down sometimes? The light turns off but the disc is still spinning.its called disk jitter, some drives do that and others dont. ive also got one, if i install a game to my harddisk why does it ask me to put the game in to run it?what it does is checks for specific stealth files on the disk to prove you own the game, once its scanned these you can take the disk out. if they didnt include this, then you would be able to rent a game for 3 quid and play it from t he hdd free basicly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Why does my disc drawer refuse to open when there's no disc in? It takes ages to get it to open, you have to poke it in the right place to get any result, which can take a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHI-sam Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) youve got a samsung drive mate (eject your drive, bet it looks like this)its a very common problem with sammy drives, u can fix it but you need to take your console apart and your dvd drive. its not hard to do realy. ill find a tutorial on it and edit edit: theres a way to do it without opening the console.....It is the fact that the drive belt is loose and dirty and slipping on the drive pullies. This is an easy fix not requiring you to open and void the warranty of the XBOX360.The drive belt for the open / close mechanism is right behind the front of the drive face so once you open the drive, you can easily access the belt (size of a 50c piece when removed) for cleaning or replacement.HERE'S HOW:You will need:- tweezers- long thin screwdriver (or something similar like a toothpick) in the other hand. Such as one of those optical / camera screwdrivers.- isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol)- a cotton bud or three- torch & someone to hold itTO START:Open the disk tray for the Xbox360 then pull the power cord and all the other connections so the disk tray stays open. Remove the front face plate to the entire XBOX - as shown here: support.microsoft.com/kb/907331).TO CLEAN:Put some isopropyl alcohol on a cotton bud and give the belt and particularly the pullies a clean. You can spin the pullies and belt back and forth by simply pulling the tray in and out a bit. Just be careful not to catch bits of the cotton bud between the belt and the pullies.As soon as I did this, problem solved.However, I did also see that my drive belt was a little loose, so slipping it off and replacing it should solve the problem long term.TO REPLACE THE BELT:Have a fiend hold a torch while you have a pair of tweezers in one hand and the long thin screwdriver or toothpick.Hold the belt with the tweezers so that when you lever the belt off one of the drive pullies, the tweezers stop the thing flicking deep inside the XBOX. After removing it, take it along to an audio/video supplier to match the part and get a replacement.Replacing the belt is a simple action of pulling it over the larger pully and then, using the small screwdriver, dragging it over the smaller one. Edited January 25, 2009 by ZHI-sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Cool.I dunno if I will fix it, because seeing as now I always keep a disc in there, it always opens However, post up the fix, there's no harm in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHI-sam Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 read above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 What can I get to quieten down my Xbox360 a bit? Can't be bothered to install the games to the HDD, takes too long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHI-sam Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 is it a loud drive or loud fans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Samsung drive. Fans are noisey though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHI-sam Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 (edited) samsung drives are always loud, it comes with wear. ill see if i can find what it is that makes it loud. i would think its the gears and laser movinbg a lot inside.as for fans, talismoon whisper fans (not whisper max) ebay them Edited January 27, 2009 by ZHI-sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_trials Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have one, i got the 3 red lights of death months ago, towel trick didn't work, yet sometimes it works perfectly, then goes back to giving me the 3 red lights crap, is there anything at all i can do?Gamestation and microsoft wont touch it cos i bought it way too long ago. Any help would be appreciatedCharlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHI-sam Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have one, i got the 3 red lights of death months ago, towel trick didn't work, yet sometimes it works perfectly, then goes back to giving me the 3 red lights crap, is there anything at all i can do?Gamestation and microsoft wont touch it cos i bought it way too long ago. Any help would be appreciatedCharliewell now you did the towel trick, it may not be 100% perminantly fixable but try this: linkas for microsoft, whats the mfr date on the back of the console? should be by have port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobek Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 not a hardware problem but im wondering..how easy is it to connect to the internet?do i need to buy some sort of membership? because might be a little hard for me being in china. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHI-sam Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 u just plug it in and it should work. yea you need a membership but its only a code so you can buy one from anywhere in the world and use it. xbox live gold is whats its called. they are region free, microsoft points are locked to regions though just so you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobek Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 thanks.my sister recently bought an xbox360 and we both have left for dead, so i said would have to hook up and have a co-op...half a world apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I think my xbox might be gay, how can I tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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