Repairing Xbox 360 Slim Disc Read Error -EricTheCarGuy

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This is actually my second Xbox repair video. In the first I repaired the RRD, in this one I tackle the disc read error. I'm not going to claim to be an Xbox expert, I just make videos of how to fix things and if I'm actually able to fix it, I post a video. This video includes the complete disassembly of the Xbox 360 slim including the disc drive. If you're not successful with cleaning the laser then you may want to try replacing it. Link is listed below.
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@aaronschultz8099 8 месяцев назад

I purchased a few 360 games for my son for Christmas and of course, our system started having disc read issues days before he opened the games. I purchased a replacement disc drive instead of just the laser. I couldn't get it to work so I kept digging and discovered your video. I swapped the laser from the new drive into my original and so far it is working. Thank you for posting this!

@LeAnn57 5 дней назад

True you can't just replace the whole drive like he says. He's completely wrong there. And his disassembly is atrocious..

@DrGreenOutGamingOnTwitch 3 года назад

U SAVED MY NCAA 14 DYNASTY I LOVE YOU. IT STILL WORKS.

@DrGreenOutGamingOnTwitch 2 года назад

@@dunichtnicht nope

@He1lFire 11 лет назад

Something that may avoid needing to remove the dust seal. You can manually eject the tray mechanism before you pull the drive apart, and remove the plastic fascia (couple of plastic clips hold it in place, and it should slide up off the end of the tray). You can then close it and it should close inside the area of the dust seal.

@zachwhitson1649 Год назад

Fantastic walkthrough. A friend gave me his 360 for helping him move (the year is 2023) but didn't tell me it didn't read games anymore. It would load, but act like you didn't put anything in the tray. Opened it up and the laser was all the way out like it was at the edge of a disk, unlike in the video where it was at the position nearest the center. I popped it back to the center, cleaned the laser, and put it back together. Fired it up and it works like new! Thank you so much for the helpful video!!!!

@chrisreyna616 6 лет назад

Thank you for keeping this video posted. I noticed that the laser assembly does not lift up all the way when the disc drive closes. That non-lift closure resulted in the laser assembly hitting the green board, so the laser could not move the full length of the disc, which I assumed gave me the "Open Disc" error. So, I decided to file the contacting edge of the silicon board into a ramp. I used a finger nail file. I was careful filing the silicon board because I did not want to damage any of the board's channels. Next, I filed the one & only black holding clip that keeps the silicon board in place. I took off the one screw holding the green board to the black frame. By reducing the thickness of this holding clip, the silicone board rested away from the laser assembly. I stopped filing the black holding clip once I could freely move the laser assembly without striking the green board. Next time I powered up my Xbox 360 S, I heard the disc start to spin and the the "Open Disc" error did not occur.

@cr4zyw3ld3r 9 лет назад

Turns out there a few more things to do prior to replacing the laser assembly or the whole drive! There "pots" under that yellow/orange ribbon cable attached to the laser and if you turn the left ever so slightly you can give the laser more power it is best that you use a voltage meter here and take note of the original positioning of the pots so you know where to go back to. The other issue is the two screws that hold the laser assembly in place they can move up or down causing the laser to be tilted because they use rubber vibration dampers that deteriorate over time. You can find those two screws on the back side of the disc drive meaning you would have to flip the whole laser/tray piece to get to them. I just got this issue with my slim and will try those fixes out since. Cleaning my disks did not work nor did a DVD cleaning kit. I tested the games in another box and they worked fine.

@devonter 9 лет назад

I just wanted to tell you thank you so much for the video, words cant describe right now... Microsoft was about to charge me the same amount of money to fix it, vs. me going out and purchasing a new one. I tip my hat to you, I salute you, and God bless you! Thank you again...

@jaywilliams6460 7 лет назад

Xbox slim eject

@himbradley6299 3 года назад

@@jaywilliams6460 I don’t think I should risk this because my Xbox 360 slim is very valuable to me I have 109 games plus I had my Xbox 360 since 2005 so I’m 16 years old So it’s the same age as me plus I always play it in 2021 2022

@himbradley6299 2 года назад

@Joseph Naoc I’m sorry ok I can’t

@himbradley6299 2 года назад

@Joseph Naoc it’s been in my life for 16 years now

@himbradley6299 2 года назад

@Joseph Naoc I clean I fix my own food I fix my bed everyday I feed my dog feed my cat put my own clothes away i vacuum the house I cut grass I take out the garbage that’s what I do for my self

@nihitina 11 лет назад

I have watched soooo many videos on this topic, and yours is the best by far. Clear, well-paced, and brilliantly narrated. Thanks very much.

@josh123600 10 лет назад

bro you voice sounds so professional lol ..!! great video man .

@erdincakay7155 11 лет назад

I just watched an 40 Minute Video about repairing an XBOX, yet, i neither own, nor am interesting in owning a Xbox. Weird.

@MrRlwillis1977 Год назад

Thank you, Eric. You rock. The only video that showed the proper depth of repair for this particular optical drive. From Honda guy to Microsoft repair. Who knew?!

@Harrythepot 11 лет назад

This is the cleanest I have EVER send Eric's hands!

@idoaricha1 11 лет назад

Eric, the corrent term of the white things @27:06 is "themal pads" they design to conduct the heat from the IC to the heatsink to the heatsink itself in this case is the metal body of the CD. they do that because every surface in nature is not completely flat , it has microscopic grooves in the heatsink surface that can perform like a thermal resistance, so the pad or thermal grease that sometimes used, is design to smooth those microscopic grooves to get better thermal conductance. just FYI :)

@zacgordon8997 8 лет назад

Fantastic video Eric. You've now helped me replace brakes and rotors, diagnose and repair an overheating car, and now repair my xbox 360. What don't you do?

@timc2893 6 лет назад

Zac Gordon he doesn’t do shit with electronics.

@honestcomment862 6 лет назад

@@timc2893 Wtf do you think a xbox360 is.

@Whynotcreate 3 года назад

Omg! Thank you so much!! I never thought I'd be able to fix my Xbox and I really thought I'd have to buy a new one but I followed your video and omg it works now. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU😁😁

@MrJarmore 11 лет назад

Just a tip when at 12:40, I've done this a few times on an unopened xbox before, all you do is you grab one side and man up, and just split the two pieces apart and do it as fast and as hard as possible, it will make a MASSIVE noise but it will not break and it will be 100 percent fine. :) I'm not joking or anything. It's the easiest way to get it apart without breaking anything.

@blubaustin1 11 лет назад

If you cut one of the wires on the fan, I believe its the grey wire, it will force the fan to run at full speed which prevents RDOD (Red dot of death). I also recommend to people to remove the stock thermal paste with some rubbing alcohol, and a razor blade, and apply a thin layer of artic silver 5.

@Chronicles_oftime 5 лет назад

your video is still useful in 2019, thank you so much for the video Eric

@george1984ts 3 года назад

And in 2020 too

@Lowrange84 11 лет назад

You are the last guy I'd expect to have a video about an xbox lol

@JeffMuzerolle 11 лет назад

You have the cleanest hands of any automotive technician I've ever seen. :)

@bobboberson2024 7 лет назад

Good tutorial. It should be simply titled: replacing the 360 S laser. For me, all tries at different fixes have failed. If in fact, it IS a laser (which I can't test without purchasing) - you can buy a WHOLE factory replacement drive online for 25 bucks.

@wtbm123 11 лет назад

Good video. There are tools called Spudgers that make opening up devices a little easier. I like seeing Eric Fix some electronics.

@DanksterZone 11 лет назад

Good stuff Eric nice to know you fix other things too. I've never done the slim one, but looks like they made that one a prying pain.

@Dark_Jaguar Месяц назад

This is a message from the future to anyone worried about opening up a modern console like the PS9 and that frustrating mind-link gimic addon or the X-Switch and it's underutilized matter replicator function. Warrantee void stickers have been illegal since 1975. The FTC had to crack down and send out letters to all the big hardware makers like Microsoft-Nintendo and Atari (they made a HELL of a comeback didn't they? I see their logos all the time when flying to work each morning.) to get them to comply.

@MoistWhenWet 11 лет назад

Just a word of caution for everyone attempting to do this: Do NOT use magnetic screw drivers or ANY magnets near the electronic components. And be really careful with touching any circuit boards. Make sure your hand touches metal to discharge any built up static before you handle any fragile electronic components.

@andiarrohnds5163 3 года назад

yo eric, the disc drive is paired with your systems specific disc-drive pcb. you need to swap your original disc pcb with a new disc drive, by removing the pcb from the new drive and putting your old pcb onto it, that is if you are replacing the entire disc drive itself

@7631norbi 11 лет назад

as usually nice one... one thing tho - it is good to put some fresh vaseline on the slides and the "screw" which is moving the laser. That way the stepper motor which controls lens position will have much less friction to overcome.

@carvedinshadows 7 лет назад

Thank you so much! Just doing this was enough to fix my disc read error, I am so thrilled I don't need to replace anything -- but if I did, I'd know how thanks to this! I really appreciate the time and thought you put into this to make sure every step was easy to do and understand. Thank you again!

@123theprodigy5 9 лет назад

Thank you Eric you saved my Xbox 360 slim that's what it's called The slim from the trash I opened it to clean the rubber band because the tray kept jamming but when I put a disk back in I caught the open tray error watching this video helped me and my brother fix the Xbox and get it working once more again but my dust seal broke off but it is still working without it we're keeping the system clean so it should be no problem

@bighappie624 11 лет назад

quick tip when taking off the shell of the 360 take the back off first not the front. then you don't have to worry about the ribbon in the front as it will come off once you get the back panel open the front will fall of ever so gently!

@ScubaCat3 11 лет назад

Good question. Plug it into a USB port on an old model and see if it works. It could be effectively identical hardware to the external device they sold separately for the previous models. You'll need a usb extension cable to make that connnection but it wouldn't hurt to try. There are no internal USB ports on the original model that I know of.

@tarantroilo 11 лет назад

Very clear and concise, but to no avail. Please let us know where to buy the laser replacement when you find a supplier. Thanx, Eric

@rheidtech 10 лет назад

Holy shit. I was lookin for this xbox fix to repair one for someone and low and behold......its eric the car guy. Fugg sakes. Thats awesome.

@Thesaint2k13 10 лет назад

Just to let you know as far as I'm aware you cannot just swap the disc drive for a new one due to coding on the disc drive it may work offline but as soon as you go online you will be banned for modding the console . If you have to replace the disc drive laser you need to un solder the original laser and re solder the new one into the old drive same goes for the motor if that need replacing . So if you play online don't just put a drive from a different console in as you may be banned from xbl

@xng14 11 лет назад

I'm a professional electronics engineer and I once used brake cleaner to clean circuit boards. Worked great !

@I2YANx 11 лет назад

Eric they make a disc that you run inside the tray like a normal game, and it cleans the laser! Pretty cool, it worked on my Xbox when I had this trouble! May be a good option before tearing it apart!

@Wizardragon0 9 лет назад

The best disassembly of the slim I've seen so far!

@jtman04401 11 лет назад

You also can get an ohms meeter and adjust the laser if its not working. you can look up the specs on the xbox experts site.

@bam6972 11 лет назад

cleaning the laser with a qtip and alcohol wont harm the laser. ive done it lots of times and it lasts years. its just dirt and oil from touching disks with your fingers instead of on the sides.if that don't work just by cleaning it, then you can tweak it those little screws on the back of the laser is a potentiometer you can decrease the resistance going to the laser to increase voltage and make it read again if done that to and they work for years longer. air duster = bad for dvd drive goodvid

@erilocrown 11 лет назад

Hi Eric, You broke so many rules of working with electronics. However you did a very good job. If you would have applied for a job with us and showed this movie you would have passed... well. If you would have used an anti-static band and mat and a screw driver that isn't magnetic. Magnetism is a form of energy just like electricity. It can screw up electronics. And yes your video was very useful.

@bityard 11 лет назад

I guess it goes without saying that you really should not have driven the car without coolant in it. When an engine gets damaged from overheating, it's not just a gasket that gets damaged, it's usually something much more expensive. Like the entire head, or the pistons, or crank bearings. I can't post a URL here, but do what Eric says and join the EricTheCarGuy forums and ask your question(s) over there.

@shawninlow3929 11 лет назад

Even though I know alot about electronics and cars , In just a week alone of watching your videos I've furthered my education (especially on cars lol) , Just wanted to say thank you and I'll stay dirty trust me, (should have seen me after I replace all my EVAP lines on my 97 Mustang lol, how come they don't use vacuum hoses that can handle gasoline without disintegrating? Thanks Eric.

@glennjones6004 5 лет назад

What a pleasant surprise finding a video from you doing this. I haven't been around much lately being that my cars are both in tip-top shape. Thank you for that. This video helped me avert the carnage that would have ensued had I not had instruction disassembling this Chinese puzzle. Thanks.

@CMskittles 11 лет назад

I replaced the drive in my xbox. You have to switch the motherboard from your old drive into the new one. Works like a charm

@Paddyakahectic 11 лет назад

hi mate, just changed my laser and its working absolutely fine. just want to say a big thank you for the detailed video and good video quality. by far the best video on youtube. anyways thanks again. Pad

@MichaelHott 6 лет назад

I just want to let you know thanks so much, I was greedy and bought a used one, and the games started the whole disc error.. So thanks to you it's working better than before..

@tonymercadoNYCscorp 9 лет назад

ERIC YOU ARE THE MAN !!!!!! I MEAN IT. I FOLLOWED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO A T AND TADAAAAA !!! GOT MY BABY READING PLAYING GAMES AGAIN !!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE THIS TUTORIAL !!!!!

@inferno7181 9 лет назад

CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE DRIVE FOR COOL!

@damyanpee422 9 лет назад

Oh my days. I fucking love you. Followed this step by step, and tadaaa. 360, good as new. I thought my motherboard had gone or something, the console was taking forever to fire up and wouldnt read discs, this has worked a treat. Thanks man, keep up the good work.

@sethat8e 11 лет назад

You can also get the same model drive to replace it and simply swap over your old controller board to the new drive. A good way to save money if you find a used working drive on ebay.

@BMWTheHire 10 лет назад

Legit! Whole process worked like a charm! Got my Xbox working and playing games once again! THANKS for the awesome video!!! You rock!!! :)

@futureconsoles5257 4 года назад

That's great Eric I'm losing patience with mine and was gonna smash it to pieces and that's the 3rd 360

@krizo3 11 лет назад

thanks man, really helpful video. all the experts' videos seem to assume that you already know how to get to the DVD drive, which seems to be the hardest part. seems to have worked, although only time shall really tell.

@ChemaZurita 8 лет назад

I accidentally dropped my Xbox 360 slim and it gave me the error 03-57-00 with all the discs, i performed the disassemble and spray it with air can... worked like a charm. thanks!

@josephcastro7629 3 года назад

Thank you so much I cleaned the laser with my rag for my glasses and it loaded up Guitar hero 3 like a charm 😁

@martinmaksymetz1607 10 лет назад

Excellent video, if your warranty is up and you have this problem take the time and go through all of these steps very carefully.

@woman4niqaab 6 лет назад

Thankyou so much I watched so many videos on how to fix the disc drive yours was the only one that was explained well enough for me to follow!

@ScubaCat3 11 лет назад

Great advice, klong1972. He should get all 4 corners of the xbox up off the ground for the extra working room.

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

Good to know. Thanks.

@Thee_Dr_Evil 11 лет назад

FYI, you cannot just replace "POOF YOUR DONE" the dvd, the mainboard and the dvd control board have encryption keys to help keep the pirates at bay. when replacing the dvd you have to transplant the control board to the new drive.

@Noogleminus 11 лет назад

Have you ever actually seen this? I've been using magnetized tools on electronics for 15 years now and haven't seen it yet. Some of the books I taught out of in the past mention it, but I have yet to see proof. In one of my classes I would run 1/4" neodymium magnets over motherboards and circuit cards to and opcheck them after. I never saw an issue with the components afterwards. While stronger magnets can do damage, I think magnetized tools are a myth.

@Modzie868 11 лет назад

only advise is to replace the laser, but you need to know what kind of drive you have inside, if the new laser doing the same thing you would need to replace the PCB inside but you need to get the drivekey out first using some special tools

@iankelly1972 3 года назад

Remember when fitting new laser the tint blob of solder at the side of the clip that holds the ribbon, this bridges three lanes on the small board ands needs to be wiped with soldering iron until all you see are three small dots of solder. They are packaged this way to stop static electricity messing with any parts before reaching the customers. It will not work if you don’t remove the solder.

@urbanitesgarage3299 7 месяцев назад

Life saver, used a blue shop rag with 90% rubbing alcohol, don’t want to speak to soon but it is running smoother than ever! Edit worked for a day lol but atleast I know it’s the disc drive

@BDBD16 11 лет назад

True story. when the PS2 first came out a friend got one for his bro and it basically lived in a constantly smoke filed house. The owner took the ps2 home one day after months of use in a smokey enviroment and it wouldnt read discs. Sprayed the lens with carb cleaner let it sit for a few days started working again. we were amazed

@henkzaanstad2256 4 года назад

Dank je Eric.. Ik heb de XBOX360 SLIM, en had ook problemen, kon niks meer lezen.. Dus ik heb jouw raad opgevolgd.... Dank je.... Groet uit Holland.. Henk

@Pissed0ffKrzysztof 11 лет назад

It may seem like a pain but if you get a large hard drive like a 250gb to 500gb and install each game you play on the hard drive first before you play, the DVD drive will only be used when loading the game at the beginning, after that the game is played off the hard drive which will let the game play and run faster and your DVD drive will last longer and probably not have this problem again.

@dizzymoocow5000 11 лет назад

20 seconds into this video my xbox decided to read the disc. I kept watching out of curiosity, I think my xbox was shittin itself in the corner.

@BrianTheTrader 2 года назад

I had not turned on my XBox in years. I thought I lost my XBox. This worked!!

@agmechanic94 11 лет назад

Eric was "ericthexboxguy" for a day, lol.

@WWirstrom 11 лет назад

I used a cotton swab and a touch of rubbing alcohol and it works fine now, thank you for posting.

@MrChubhub22 11 лет назад

you are a Jack of all trades~! Eric the game guy now

@s3trios 11 лет назад

Jungle Flasher will restore the key code from the broken dvd drive to any replacement drive. Might as well flash the drive with new firmware while the xbox is apart.

@BigHappysPlace 11 лет назад

the motor that moves the laser head is commonly called a stepper motor. I just thought I would toss that in, in the event another video comes up. :D

@Jamesnov1970 11 лет назад

You cannot not just replace the DVD drive as there is key code embedded in the drive as a form of a protection, It would have to replaced by Microsoft.

@deanwarner1052 5 лет назад

dude you are awsome thank you i bought an xbox from a kid and it wasnt working. thanks to you i saved 70$ much appreciated subbed.

@monicabaskin104 11 лет назад

I followed your steps and it worked.

@Norwaysss 10 лет назад

When you where removing the Disk reader you said you could maybe replace it, did you mean get the same version of disk reader or a just a normal 5 inch disk reader, if so I could just take the disk reader in my pc and use it for my xbox. Also are you awere of what kinds of connection, which the disk reader is using?

@trystapleton 8 лет назад

Thank you very much sir! You and i just made a little boy very Happy. Thanks for the help and the vids. Keep em comin!

@wujudkanpt5744 4 года назад

do you just replace the optics or do you have to program it again. Your video really helped me and was very useful, I was very happy. I subscribe for u 😁👍

@shellyblanchard5788 2 года назад

One problem is with the laser it will misread the disk. If the system is over heating it won't read either. It will say unrecognized disk. I let a small fan blow on mine if doesn't it read. The disk will speed up if it reads. Then it will show the game you are playing. I have been having problems with gears of war 2. It will eventually play if you work with it.

@IndeedBV 10 лет назад

Great video, the xbox is now back in working condition and it didn't take me very long to do! Thank you so much!

@erick1076 11 лет назад

idk if the slims r the same as the fats but on the fats you could just buy the same model dvd drive and swap the pcb over from the old drive to the new drive because the key is stored on the pcb so moving it wouldnt cause problems with the key.

@tunespt 11 лет назад

Eric, it's cheaper, faster and easier to get a new reader unit, over here those things cost 10€ (around 12$), I charge by the hour 45€ plus vat for those kind of repairs, it's a complete waste of time. Anyway, good video, sure it will teach a few people to learn about what is inside a laser reader.

@laynesamba 10 лет назад

Breaking the gray piece on the bottom (hdd side) of the Xbox is not required Eric. You can remove it as one piece along with the bezel.

@laynesamba 10 лет назад

Edit: I should watch the whole video before I comment

@Jimmynitr 11 лет назад

Should you take a can of air with a nozzle and open the door and blow on the lazer through the door before you open up the unit?

@slimwadey3a 11 лет назад

And you don't need to break the top black covers as they come out complete with the chrome rings, just use a thin screwdriver on the ring tabs ... i may do a video if i can be bothered

@cutemimi25 4 года назад

You think this would also work with the e model?

@gamaxandco2374 8 лет назад

14:07 it can happen

@Mugicianwill 9 лет назад

Will the laser lens from any other disc reader for example a PC disc drive work to replace it? Or does it need to be a specific Xbox 360 Slim laser..?

@Seegalgalguntijak 11 лет назад

How is this thing able to align the laser correctly after it has been opened up like that? The stepper motor for positioning the laser unit was rotated... I've even had this problem on old 90's CD players which weren't able to position their laser correctly after some service, while the disc drive of an xBox is even much more delicate, since DVDs and BluRay discs require a much finer and more precise positioning of the laser. In short: Replacing the drive might be easier in spite of its firmware

@L2LiSlide 11 лет назад

Eric the car guy high as fuck, fixing xbox's and shit

@takodawilcher1804 4 года назад

Thanks so much I was shaking through the whole thing lol

@zaan52 8 лет назад

great tips to help me in the future, I only doing because xbox help support doesn't work for me, it doesn't give a deep answer. keep doing what your doing.

@quickguesswho 11 лет назад

eric you are the trade of all trades..

@FrenchValleyAirport 11 лет назад

eric do you think any little kid with a xbox has the patience to watch a 40 min repair video haha?

@johnyjoe2k 11 лет назад

What was the mileage on that Xbox? I think that all it needed was a new bearing/stator on the disk motor.

@joseph12566 10 лет назад

Nice video Eric definitely comes in handy.After this repair I'll never waste a dime on the X Box system.2 years and problems already that's just ridiculous.I have a colleco system and original Nintendo system which both still works perfectly without any repairs.Profit over quality just don't work and in the end ms will lose customers.

@pcfreak1992 11 лет назад

If only the laser is dirty, then why disassembly the hole Xbox? There are cleaning disk with little brushes on them which usually also come with cleaning liquids. This way you won't void your warranty and will safe you time and effort.