360 making screeching noise

[evildragon]

Odd. The samsung drives on the original xbox's were great...

[CrimsonNugget]

You guys were correct. I cleaned the spindle, no more screech. Also, I cleaned the laser for good measure. Still got a read error though on that one game. My friend says that the 360 Samsungs are more prone to failure. I kinda believe him because it seems like it's breaking down.

[FAMOUS]

You guys were correct. I cleaned the spindle, no more screech. Also, I cleaned the laser for good measure. Still got a read error though on that one game. My friend says that the 360 Samsungs are more prone to failure. I kinda believe him because it seems like it's breaking down.

How did you clean the spindle, can i just open the tray and spray some air in there or would that not do anything or make it worse? Dont really wanna open the whole thing up cause *warranty* bizz any help is appreciated..

[CrimsonNugget]

How did you clean the spindle, can i just open the tray and spray some air in there or would that not do anything or make it worse? Dont really wanna open the whole thing up cause *warranty* bizz any help is appreciated..

Nah, you can't just go a sprayin'. The dust is stuck to the rubber of the spindle. I had to wipe it off after opening the Xbox AND the drive itself. Doing so will void your warranty. In my case, the dust wasn't causing anything serious, but my warranty is gone and I was annoyed so I went for it.

[SkiDragon]

So, if the dvd drive breaks, and you then intentionally induce the Ring of Death, will Microsoft repair both problems for free?

I hate RoHS.

[RyanMurf]

yes they will. They have to send you a 100% working xbox back if it gets sent in under hardware failure "3 red lights". They dont even bother fixing these anymore since you really cant efficiently so they will probably send you a new one.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Nah, you can't just go a sprayin'. The dust is stuck to the rubber of the spindle. I had to wipe it off after opening the Xbox AND the drive itself. Doing so will void your warranty. In my case, the dust wasn't causing anything serious, but my warranty is gone and I was annoyed so I went for it.

I also recently cleaned mine.

Opening the 360 wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. The hardest part was getting the tabs on the plastic to all "release" simultaneously.

The interior of the 360 is much simpler than I expected ... I'd compare it to the simplicity of the hardware layout of the Playstation 1...and the DVD drive is also pretty idiot proof to open up and get back together.

Once the dust was off the spindle, the screeching completely subsided ... and both of our systems now likely have added operating life.