| A number of people have had to deal with a | | | | Unfortunately this problem does mean getting |
| particular error that arises when you put a disc in | | | | your unit repaired and this usually means either |
| the DVD drive and it refuses to play. A lot of | | | | sending it to Microsoft or get them to come and |
| Xbox 360 owners think this is because they need | | | | pick it up. It can take them up to six weeks to |
| a new DVD drive, but this isn't case. The drive is | | | | repair your system and send it back to you, |
| probably still perfectly ok, but like many other | | | | which is rather long for those of us who like to |
| errors which occur with an Xbox 360, the | | | | play every day. |
| problem is mainly due to overheating of the unit. | | | | Another option is to get hold of an Xbox 360 |
| The drive has receptors at the back - when you | | | | repair guide that will walk you through the repair |
| play games the console generates a extremely | | | | process with a combination of text manuals and |
| high level of heat anyway which means that the | | | | videos. This will show you how to fix the problem |
| drive heats up a lot and as the receptors heat up | | | | permanently, but you should make sure that the |
| you will probably notice that the drive gets a lot | | | | guide you choose has been around for at least |
| louder. There is generally no warning before this | | | | two years. You should also preview the videos |
| error occurs. You just go to start playing one day | | | | first and check the customer support, just to |
| and find that the drive simply won't read the | | | | make sure that you are getting a guide that will |
| discs. | | | | actually solve the problem. |
| So what do you do about it? | | | | |