Halo 3 Just packed in - HELP!!?

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#1 GnR-SLaSh
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Hey people,was just playing on halo 3, my mate knocked my xbox over while I was playin. everything was still working while I was playing. Then I changed game to Madden cause I got bored..Got bored of that, and put Halo 3 back in, and I got a disc reading error.. I took the disc out, and some rings have appeared on the disc. I tried to clean the disc several times and still no luck. Turned the console completely off for 20 mins, and still no luck..Do you think thats because the console got knocked over? is there ANYTHING i can do to make it work?Thanks
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#2 TheGTAvaccine
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No, the laser burns into the disk when the 360 is moved while on. Your friend owes you a new copy of Halo 3.
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#3 French023
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If you have a limited edition disk then you can return it for free to microsoft and just say it was like that when you got it out of the case....but if its not limited edition you will have to pay to get a replacement
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#5 TheGTAvaccine
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Ohh well guess thats why I like my PS3 more..GnR-SLaSh

Now that's something that wasnt neccessary to say.

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#6 Silentwarrior27
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Go turn ur 500 dollar blu ray player on with a game inside, knock the POS over and see if it scratches the disc.
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#7 Warlord23
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I had the same problem, just go to gamecrazy/gamespot , they have a disk cleaning service for 2$. Solved my problem (I went to gamecrazy)
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#8 dipper145
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okay.. knock over your ps3 with a game in it and we'll see what happens to your 500$ movie machine

oh wait a game in a ps3, thats a rarity

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#9 Tsunami23
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Ohh well guess thats why I like my PS3 more..GnR-SLaSh

Sure... have your dumbass friend knock over your PS3 while you are playing. Go ahead, I'll be waiting...

Seriously, what a **** stupid thing to say. That is bar none the worst reason for liking one system more than another...

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#10 ch2423
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Ohh well guess thats why I like my PS3 more..GnR-SLaSh

Um...either system would do it if you knocked it over. They are both disc based with a laser housing and disk spindle. The worst part is that your laser head is now misaligned and will do that to all your games. You'd better call Microsoft.

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#11 D_K
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"okay.. knock over your ps3 with a game in it and we'll see what happens to your 500$ movie machine

oh wait a game in a ps3, thats a rarity"

Actually i own both systems, and love them both equally, and hav, sadly, knocked them both over with games in play.

GRAW1 for my 360 got totaled, pretty much the WORST sound i have heard from a consul, it sounded like it was eating my disc.

Knocked over my PS3 last week with Folklore inside, i herd a tick sound for about 2 seconds, nowhere near the disc munching sound of the 360, plus Folklore was fine, and played just as well as before the knockdown.

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#12 rainydayreality
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this happend to my oblivion disc, get really fine cloth that cleans glass lenses, apply some pressure and buff it out

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#13 KidCatalyst
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yea that ring is just a huge scratch around the whole thing, ur gonna have to go to a place that can repair cds and dvds if u dont want to have to buy a whole new copy, theres a place like that near my house in jersey they repair disks for like 5 dollars , but i dont kno bout where u live
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#14 GhostRiderMike
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funny how this topic turned into system wars
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#15 clyde46
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lets restore some order here please before the mods jump on this. When your mate knocked over your 360 the disc has rubbed against the laser housing. you can see from the pic here from llama.com.

Now the 360's drive doesnt have the little pads that stop the disc doing this.

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The only drive that provides these little pads is the Tompson drive.

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#16 clyde46
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also it seems that this drive the worst for doing it. the Hitachi-LG GDR-3120L

if you want more info on this go to http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/news/Xbox-360-Game-Disc-Scratched.htm

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#17 MagusMaleficus
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Dude, what are you doing that you've knocked over two separate consoles within such a short time-frame? I think you just need to stay the hell away from your consoles for a while. Maybe let somebody else, um, aid you. I've owned many gaming consoles during (most of) my 25 years on this planet, and not once have I so much as bumped into a console, let alone knock over two of them in a row.
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#18 G_W_13
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that happened to me for gh2 and i brought it in to gamecrazy and they cleaned it and its worked ever since.
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#19 badgert
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Same thing happened to me with GRAW back in the day.
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#20 the05birdman
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It sounds like the same thing that happened to me with my Forza 2 disc. It had a fatty scratch all the way around it. I just took it to game crazy and they buffed it out. Works perfectly now.
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#21 rlplaya224
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ur friend owes u a new halo 3 for sure