Xbox wont read disks...

[super nes]

It just stopped reading them and would always go to the dashboard. So i opened it up cleaned the laser the disk spins now but says that the disk isn't a Xbox game disk or something like that, what do i do now?

BTW this isn't the 360.

[The Shawn]

Go to a gamestop and buy another one for $50. Seriously I had the same problem with mine a few months back, I finally punched it a few times and it worked for a while but It has recently died for good. Not that I recomend doing what I did, so just go buy another one. If you still can you should transfer all of your saved files on to a memory card now. Luckily though I had obtained a back up unit in a recent trade as soon as it started getting wonky.

Sucky part of it was I lost all my save data as now all that comes up is some red screen in japanese which I can't get out of.

[raylydiard]

http://www.llamma.com/xbox/
this website will help you and they have a store maybe able to sort out for less

[super nes]

Go to a gamestop and buy another one for $50. Seriously I had the same problem with mine a few months back, I finally punched it a few times and it worked for a while but It has recently died for good. Not that I recomend doing what I did, so just go buy another one. If you still can you should transfer all of your saved files on to a memory card now. Luckily though I had obtained a back up unit in a recent trade as soon as it started getting wonky.

Sucky part of it was I lost all my save data as now all that comes up is some red screen in japanese which I can't get out of.

Ya i can do that but i spent around $500 on this one having to repair it then getting it modded. Just going and buying another one is like throwing $500 out the window...

[SnowKitty]

Ya i can do that but i spent around $500 on this one having to repair it then getting it modded. Just going and buying another one is like throwing $500 out the window...

try tweaking the laser pot. do you have a samsung, philips or thomson drive?

[SkiDragon]

Just swap the disc drive with a working one.

[megasdkirby]

try tweaking the laser pot. do you have a samsung, philips or thomson drive?

Agreed. If nothing, replace the lens assembly.

I'm guessing thomson.

[super nes]

try tweaking the laser pot. do you have a samsung, philips or thomson drive?

Agreed. If nothing, replace the lens assembly.
I'm guessing thomson.

Philips.

After messing around with the laser it now goes to the xbox dashboard and i get no message even with a game now so its back to the way it was before.