xbox fell down, CD scratched.

[nrshida]

Did the Xbox fall or was it pushed? 

[Reschke]

Don't stand the Xbox on its end....

I don't care if it looks cool that way things with disk drives in them aren't meant to stand on the end. It is not like a computer case that is more stable.

[Masherbrum]

Okay, Microsoft is making a toejam-move right here. Whenever the system is running with the CD in and your xbox falls down, it will make a perfect circle... I mean WHAT THE HECK? I've picked up Black Ops 2, managed to play it for 12 hours, and that's what happened:
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Good job Microsoft! Well done!

Now if there's any way of fixing this, please tell me how. Don't want to spend €20 on repairing it at the store...

It would appear that YOU "made the toe-jam move",  by letting your Xbox fall.

[VonMessa]

Okay, Microsoft is making a toejam-move right here. Whenever the system is running with the CD in and your xbox falls down, it will make a perfect circle... I mean WHAT THE HECK? I've picked up Black Ops 2, managed to play it for 12 hours, and that's what happened:
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Good job Microsoft! Well done!

Now if there's any way of fixing this, please tell me how. Don't want to spend €20 on repairing it at the store...

Don't drop your XBox.

use a banana, i have used it

Why am I not surprised?

[Drano]

I used to have this gizmo called a skip doctor like this: http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/item.asp?PIN=123026&SC=WIF20001&  that was made specifically for this problem. Just clamp it to a table, put the disc in it and crank it. They make a powered one too but I think the cranky one works just fine. After the disc went around a couple of revolutions just check. Usually that'd be about it, if not a couple of more revs would do it. Polish and it was like new.

Don't know what I ever did with it. Used to have to rescue my daughter's CDs all the time. I think they played hockey with em.

[Biggamer]

i think it is a Xbox360 thing none of the concsoles eat disk but i learned this the hard way if your xbox 360 is turned on do not pick it up or it will eat the game ive done this twice now the first time i picked it up off the floor to put it on the desk so it could get more air and it eat the game second time i was jsut being stupid and not thinking so learn from it and dont move it unless you shut it off i now it really sucks to lose a $60 game ive done it twice lol...hope you get it figured out

[Drano]

I'm not a console gamer so I wouldn't know. Is it possible to copy the discs and use those while playing the game and keep your original in the case somewhere safe so you could copy it again if things go bad? Or are they protected somehow?

[VonMessa]

Did the Xbox fall or was it pushed? 

[spitfreak01]

This.

I'm sure the Xbox wasnt designed to be dropped. Even by accident. In fact its a pretty safe bet to osay that most electronic things in your house arent designed to be dropped.
But feel free to try it with your PC or TV in an effort to prove me wrong

I am not a robot... People make mistakes Everything is fine, i went to the shop and they gave me a new copy for free.

[Chalenge]

The "magic" of the 20th Century is a product that Novus makes called "Fine Scratch Remover" which you can find at any motorcycle shop. It is used on aircraft canopies and helmut visors and motorcycle windshields and automotive headlights. It is sometimes available through your local hobby shop also. It is cheap. It goes a long way. It has saved hundreds of CDs and DVDs for myself and friends.

The smallest bottle I could find is available here:

http://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories/Paint_and_Construction/NVS00000002/product.php?gclid=CID3w5Wb3rMCFQeynQod4xcAnQ

[TheMercinary60]

OK, so two things:

1) Place it sideways to start with; if you can somehow make it "fall" from that position, you don't deserve nice things.

2) An X-box doesn't just spontaneously fall any more than I spontaneously combust. There was a reason for it tipping.

It might be an unstable platform being bumped by the family pet, or it might be you shotgun kicking it down the stairs; I don't know, I'm not an expert. But I can tell you what didn't make it fall: Microsoft.





EDIT: Somebody damn well better get the reference I'm making there.

Also, if it costs you 20 pounds to get it refurbished at the store, you're being ripped off. It only cost me like $4 to get mine refurbished.

i dont find this any more funny then i did the dead hooker.., now give me a cookie damnit

[Tank-Ace]

i dont find this any more funny then i did the dead hooker.., now give me a cookie damnit

[TheMercinary60]

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thank you sir, and it was a VERY good use of a refernce

[Meatwad]

I had my share of peanut butter cookies

[Masherbrum]

I had my share of peanut butter cookies

Cookies are good.