[Mush xx]

Game won't Play, heres how to fix it ;

Boil your disc! Yes it sounds odd, (and don’t blame me if your disc is ruined trying this, this is only a suggestion) this method has worked time and time again.

Here is how to cook your disk clean: Bring some clean water to a boil, drop your disk inside the boiling water, after you drop the disk in the water take it off the heat and let the water cool, take your disk out of the cool water, dry your disk off (this is one step you don’t want to skimp on!). And play!

[ShagDoubt]

And in the unlikely event that this fails:
Cover disc in Golden Syrup™ (read side only), sprinkle on a light dusting of ant powder, and microwave for 90 seconds at 800w or 2 minutes at 650w.

[Mush xx]

I'm having real problems with one of my games MotoGP 2 actually, it will not load, it keeps coming up with "dirty disc error" every other game works fine. Does anyone know a quick fix? I've cleaned the lense and the disc but nope, it's not the game because it works fine on the other two Xbox's.

I've found this site, but it seems too much just to get one game to work.
Xbox Repair

[Mush xx]

Quote

tweak the potentiometer pot a little

excuse me??, sounds painfull
how do i do that?

[ShagDoubt]

This sounds like just the right opportunity to test that boiling theory!

p.s. you may need to give poo a mild sedative first

[ShagDoubt]

xXBadgerXx, on Oct 23 2004, 02:07 AM, said:

Sounds to me like the laser has weakened and you may have to tweak the potentiometer pot a little .
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He means turn the thing that looks like the inside of a knob type thing (sometimes known as a variable resistor) a few degrees.
I think!

p.s. let us know how the "boiling" gets on

[Mush xx]

surely, if it was the disc then it wouldn't work on the other 2 xbox's, will give it a go soon though.

Tried boiling poosplat he screamed

[Mush xx]

A Warning;
Apparently those DVD lens cleaners with the little brushes can knock the eye of the laser off slightly requiring the eye to be recaliburated.

[Mush xx]

since my last post, it's doing it with so many games now i decided to buy another Xbox. Thing is I ordered it in November and it's still not here, probably due to the shortage in Xbox's recently, anyway I was speaking to Nineshagnasty last night and he mentioned lenses for the xbox are about £30, has anybody got a link?

I'm still going to buy a new one, as I want a crystal one , but it would be good to get the other two working so i can sell them.

[Mush xx]

It does work follow me

[HeY jOe]

And remember, don't waste those juices by pouring the water away, add a few vegatables & simmer it makes a tasty broth for those cold winter nights. There's rumours it's got medicinal properties as well, one gamers ranking went down by 50 spots!

[Axle2uk]

HeY jOe, on Mar 5 2005, 11:45 AM, said:

And remember, don't waste those juices by pouring the water away, add a few vegatables & simmer it makes a tasty broth for those cold winter nights.  There's rumours it's got medicinal properties as well, one gamers ranking went down by 50 spots!
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LMAO

[Mush xx]

I haven't tried this one yet;

Fixing Scratched CDs
A simple and safe-to-do-at-home repair for scratched and scuffed CDs
When CDs first came out, there was a remarkable amount of sales hype about how indestructible they were. Those of us who work in radio stations soon found out! CDs are easily rendered unplayable by a small scuff or scratch to the playing surface. Fortunately, these minor abrasions can be easily fixed.

I'm making the distinction between scuffs and scratches because they interfere with the laser tracking and reading mechanism in two different ways:

a scuff mark renders the surface of the polycarbonate milky, rather than clear. This diffuses the laser beam, making it impossible for the tracking mechanism to locate and focus on the pits which carry the sound and tracking information.
a scratch which runs at an angle to the track usually poses no problem for the tracking mechanism. Indeed a well adjusted CD player should be able to track a disk on which a 1mm strip of black tape has been stuck - providing it is stuck on radially. But if a scratch is approximately tangential or circumferential, it can obscure the track below for enough time that the tracking or error correction cannot cope.
Both scratches and scuffs can be removed by the same method - by polishing them out using Brasso. Engineers have been using Brasso as a polish for plastics ever since it was released as a polish for brass.
Use the Brasso in the normal way. A drop or two is usually sufficient (one tin will last you a lifetime of great listening!). Use a soft clean cloth to rub the affected area with the Brasso until the mark is almost gone. Polish scuff marks radially. Scratches are best handled by rubbing along the direction of the scratch. With a scratch it usually is not necessary to polish it completely away - just clean it up enough for the laser to be able to see through it.

Finish up by letting the Brasso dry on the surface, then use a fresh soft cloth to rub it off. Just for good form's sake, do this last stage radially. Remember radial scratches won't generally interfere with the tracking mechanism.

When trying to work out which scratch is to blame for a mistracking, keep in mind that ones at an angle to the direction of rotation are not likely to cause problems. Also keep in mind that a CD plays from the inside out, so that a problem on an early track is more likely to be near the centre than the edge.

[HeY jOe]

aye, useful tips there mush,they used to do the same during the "war years" when rationing was tight

[Mush xx]

another trick is with toothpaste, white not gel, but i would have thought that would be too harsh.

[Mush xx]

The following is an article I found, which is of interest to all those that have suffered the 'dirty disc error' which I think is most of us!;

Anybody who has used a game console non-stop for months on end knows this type of error. A system involving spinning disks and lasers is bound to get dusty.

The first step is to of course make sure the game CD you're playing (or music CD / video DVD) is in good shape. Many people take awful care of their data disks! Clean the CD from the center outward - never clean in circular motions. If you have scratches on the disk, there are many commercially available CD fixers on the market that can help. However if you REALLY have scratched the disc (i.e. the actual data layer is damaged) it's time to buy a new game.

Next, it's time to look at your XBox system. Look at its underside and see when it was made. If this is one of the first XBoxes released, well, it's probably on its last legs by now. Not only has it been MANY years since those came out - but the first releases of any system are always the ones where the glitches have not been worked out yet. It's just like buying a car. If you buy a brand new model of a car, you're likely to have problems. If you get a car that is in its 3rd or 4th year of release, the engineers have seen the problems, fixed them, and you are all set. It's time to get a new one.

If your system is relatively new, though, then it shouldn't have suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune yet. Hopefully you've been taking good care of your unit, keeping it up away from the floor, dirt, and dust mites - and not running it 24 hours a day so its innards melt If you've been mistreating your XBox, shame on you! No wonder it has a cold

So first off, find a location for the XBox that is up off the floor and away from dust. Next, go to the store and get a CD cleaner. In essence it's a CD with a little brush attached to it. When you put the CD into your XBox, it spins and the little brush goes up against the laser area, hopefully cleaning it of dust and dirt. It might or might not work, depending on how gunked up your system is.

At this point, if it's still giving errors, it's time to call Microsoft support. They give you a built in 90 day warranty, and most stores offer an add-on full year warranty. I always advise getting a warranty if you're a true game player - because you're going to be heating up your system and abusing the drives inside it if you are. You will want that warranty. Get your system repaired, and get back to playing!

[Axle2uk]

This is an excellent little link for the none believers.

http://www.ugiansky....isc_boiling.htm



thanks to xbob