WTF!!!!! my 360 scratched my Gears of War game

was it a crackly sound?

was it a crackly sound?

-Sora

[QUOTE="-Sora"]

was it a crackly sound?

Kayrod29

yea my 360 makes the same sound sometimes. 

[QUOTE="Kayrod29"][QUOTE="-Sora"]

was it a crackly sound?

-Sora

yea my 360 makes the same sound sometimes. 

do you guys have your 360's plugged into power bars?

when i had mine like that, i got a scratch on a disk like that.  Since I;ve moved it to the wall on its own, i;ve never had a problem, apparenty it prevents the 360 from getting full power, and when any drive does not have full power, the drive spins slower, causing the disk to wobble, and scratch.  It even says not to use a power bar in the manual.

do you guys have your 360's plugged into power bars?

when i had mine like that, i got a scratch on a disk like that.  Since I;ve moved it to the wall on its own, i;ve never had a problem, apparenty it prevents the 360 from getting full power, and when any drive does not have full power, the drive spins slower, causing the disk to wobble, and scratch.  It even says not to use a power bar in the manual.

fm_coyote

huh.. Never new that.. thanks for the info maybe it will save my other games from a scratchy fate.

[QUOTE="fm_coyote"]

do you guys have your 360's plugged into power bars?

when i had mine like that, i got a scratch on a disk like that. Since I;ve moved it to the wall on its own, i;ve never had a problem, apparenty it prevents the 360 from getting full power, and when any drive does not have full power, the drive spins slower, causing the disk to wobble, and scratch. It even says not to use a power bar in the manual.

honkyjoe

huh.. Never new that.. thanks for the info maybe it will save my other games from a scratchy fate.

yeah, its called the ring of death. it did that to one of my games too. don't EVER move your 360 from standing to prone position while it's on with a disc in it, or your disc'll be fuged.

see ya

well this sucks, my xbox 360 was spinning my Gears game. All of a sudden i hear a wierd noise, take out the game, and BAM a huge scratch on it. I did not move the xbox 360 or nothing, what the hell man, anything i can do? this sucks Kayrod29

Ok. So I put in Gears of War. It was reading the disk for about one minute, then my xbox started making crackeling noises. Opended it up, and theres a huge scratch on my Gears of War game. Didnt move my xbox at all. Call in to microsoft and told them about it. They told me that whenever someone calls in and complains about a scratched disk, they tell them to call the publisher and ask for a new one. So I got off the phone, then realized that microsoft published Gears of War. Called back, and told this guy about what happend. And his reply was "its impossible for a 360 to scratch a disk". So I was like.. uhhhhh, my gears of war has a gash in it, and it didnt have one in it 10 minutes ago. And he replied once again how impossible it is. So I was pretty angry. And I explained to this guy how theres alot of people online who's xbox 360's are doing the same thing. And his reply was "everyones going to complain about something".. 

So basically. Microsoft tells gamers to try and get scratch disks replaced by the publisher, unless they publish the games.

Its impossible for xbox 360's to scratch games even though it happens all the time.

Something about those two just doesnt seem right to me.

Ok. So I put in Gears of War. It was reading the disk for about one minute, then my xbox started making crackeling noises. Opended it up, and theres a huge scratch on my Gears of War game. Didnt move my xbox at all. Call in to microsoft and told them about it. They told me that whenever someone calls in and complains about a scratched disk, they tell them to call the publisher and ask for a new one. So I got off the phone, then realized that microsoft published Gears of War. Called back, and told this guy about what happend. And his reply was "its impossible for a 360 to scratch a disk". So I was like.. uhhhhh, my gears of war has a gash in it, and it didnt have one in it 10 minutes ago. And he replied once again how impossible it is. So I was pretty angry. And I explained to this guy how theres alot of people online who's xbox 360's are doing the same thing. And his reply was "everyones going to complain about something"..

So basically. Microsoft tells gamers to try and get scratch disks replaced by the publisher, unless they publish the games.

Its impossible for xbox 360's to scratch games even though it happens all the time.

Something about those two just doesnt seem right to me.

vidiofreak

do you guys have your 360's plugged into power bars?

when i had mine like that, i got a scratch on a disk like that. Since I;ve moved it to the wall on its own, i;ve never had a problem, apparenty it prevents the 360 from getting full power, and when any drive does not have full power, the drive spins slower, causing the disk to wobble, and scratch. It even says not to use a power bar in the manual.

fm_coyote

[QUOTE="honkyjoe"][QUOTE="fm_coyote"]

do you guys have your 360's plugged into power bars?

when i had mine like that, i got a scratch on a disk like that. Since I;ve moved it to the wall on its own, i;ve never had a problem, apparenty it prevents the 360 from getting full power, and when any drive does not have full power, the drive spins slower, causing the disk to wobble, and scratch. It even says not to use a power bar in the manual.

proctorsurf

huh.. Never new that.. thanks for the info maybe it will save my other games from a scratchy fate.

it also says in the manual that the power brick is a surge protector too.

[QUOTE="fm_coyote"]

do you guys have your 360's plugged into power bars?

when i had mine like that, i got a scratch on a disk like that. Since I;ve moved it to the wall on its own, i;ve never had a problem, apparenty it prevents the 360 from getting full power, and when any drive does not have full power, the drive spins slower, causing the disk to wobble, and scratch. It even says not to use a power bar in the manual.

freakout247

im not the one who made the claim, im saying what I heard, and what i see now since i;ve followed the manual, and yes, a slow spinning disk does wobble more then a fast spinning disk, look it up.

 never  had any problems outta mine, if i were you i'd send my console back in and demand a new one, with a replaced game2ndWonder

well this sucks, my xbox 360 was spinning my Gears game. All of a sudden i hear a wierd noise, take out the game, and BAM a huge scratch on it. I did not move the xbox 360 or nothing, what the hell man, anything i can do? this sucks Kayrod29

yep same thing happened to my graw disk was playing it, heard a crunching sound took the disk out and a deep scratch all around the disk,

my 360 was in vertical at the time since i moved it to horizontal no problems as of yet

[QUOTE="honkyjoe"][QUOTE="fm_coyote"]

do you guys have your 360's plugged into power bars?

when i had mine like that, i got a scratch on a disk like that. Since I;ve moved it to the wall on its own, i;ve never had a problem, apparenty it prevents the 360 from getting full power, and when any drive does not have full power, the drive spins slower, causing the disk to wobble, and scratch. It even says not to use a power bar in the manual.

proctorsurf

huh.. Never new that.. thanks for the info maybe it will save my other games from a scratchy fate.

Hopefully, my Gears of war disc does not have scratches at the moment

I think the cause is due to removal of the disc while in-game  

[QUOTE="Kayrod29"]well this sucks, my xbox 360 was spinning my Gears game. All of a sudden i hear a wierd noise, take out the game, and BAM a huge scratch on it. I did not move the xbox 360 or nothing, what the hell man, anything i can do? this sucks justforlotr2004

The only reason your game would have been scratched is if you move the console while your disk is spinning.SpinoRaptor

Wrong. There is more than enough people that have had their games scratched without moving their 360. Like me My system sits on the other side of the room, I remove games after playing them and it sits hoz but my Tombraider got scratched and spiderman scratched today.

yeah, its called the ring of death. it did that to one of my games too. don't EVER move your 360 from standing to prone position while it's on with a disc in it, or your disc'll be fuged.

see ya

thatpunk

Thought the ring of death was the red lights

do you guys have your 360's plugged into power bars?

when i had mine like that, i got a scratch on a disk like that. Since I;ve moved it to the wall on its own, i;ve never had a problem, apparenty it prevents the 360 from getting full power, and when any drive does not have full power, the drive spins slower, causing the disk to wobble, and scratch. It even says not to use a power bar in the manual.

fm_coyote

[QUOTE="honkyjoe"][QUOTE="fm_coyote"]

do you guys have your 360's plugged into power bars?

when i had mine like that, i got a scratch on a disk like that. Since I;ve moved it to the wall on its own, i;ve never had a problem, apparenty it prevents the 360 from getting full power, and when any drive does not have full power, the drive spins slower, causing the disk to wobble, and scratch. It even says not to use a power bar in the manual.

proctorsurf

huh.. Never new that.. thanks for the info maybe it will save my other games from a scratchy fate.

There's a surge protector built into the power brick. If you get a power surge, the power to the 360 cuts out and red lights blink on the front of it... two of 'em if I remember correctly. I live in Florida, so I know all about power problems from lightning strikes. Heh, first surge I got in my 360, I thought I was going to have to change my shorts. Hearing all these "Red lights! Oh noes!" stories and all, y'know? But it's normal if there's a power surge.

[QUOTE="Kayrod29"]well this sucks, my xbox 360 was spinning my Gears game. All of a sudden i hear a wierd noise, take out the game, and BAM a huge scratch on it. I did not move the xbox 360 or nothing, what the hell man, anything i can do? this sucks GerrywithaG15

u were actually surprised when this happened???????????????

I hear a lot of scratches when I put oblivion, but I never see any on the disk.

I just hope it doesn't go any further 

I think most people who have their 360 vertical are asking for trouble. Just my opinion because if you think abou a disk spinning vertical its just asking for trouble. A disc needs to be spinning flat to be safe, ive had mine horizontal the whole time and no problems so far. Just some advice to people who have it vertical, but do what you want.h0ckeysk83r