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homer1234
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_ 		2. August 2008 @ 15:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
im not sure what to do it works fine with originals and all my burns on verbatims i made before this happened work but when i put in a backup of my gta 4 game my xbox grinds acts like it going to read the game it goes to a black screen and then gives me an unplayable disc error

Im using iextreme 1.2 im also using verbatims made from singapore and india and they both do this i backed up my games with a kreon drive using xbc my drive is a 59dj hatachi drive and my drive will even read memorex disc but not these new verbatims

Any help would be greatly appreciated
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homesick
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_ 		2. August 2008 @ 22:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
my buddies did the same thing, i will ask him what he did to fix it, if it is grinding i doubt it is the laser as you said in the other post. try to stick with this post and i will see if i can help you in fixing it.
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homer1234
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_ 		3. August 2008 @ 00:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it is the laser i took it apart and when i put these new verbatims in the laser starts to read but then it wigs out
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_ 		3. August 2008 @ 09:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes but when you are diganosing a problem we have to be specific, dont leave out details. why was the drive apart in the first place? and i still cant see it being a laser if it is as you said in your other post "grinding"
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homer1234
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_ 		3. August 2008 @ 14:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well the laser starts moving up and down really fast like its grinding and then i get a black screen and unplayable disc this only happens with the verbatims i bought at best buy a few days ago but sometimes on my other games that work i have to eject the tray 5 or 6 times before it will read the game
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_ 		3. August 2008 @ 22:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
why has the drive already been taken apart?
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homer1234
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_ 		4. August 2008 @ 08:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
because i was trying to do the pot tweak to my laer
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homesick
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_ 		4. August 2008 @ 09:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
my friend i am afraid i cannot help you. i dont want to work on something thats alreay been worked on. the reasons that drive dosnt work are starting to stack up like pancakes on sunday morning. you should probablly invest in a new one.
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steimy
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_ 		4. August 2008 @ 13:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I will have to chime in and agree with homesick here, sounds like you fubar'ed the laser a bit. Hopefully it was not working well when you took it apart because i can see no other reason to mess with it doing a pot tweek, that is usually something that people do when it will not read discs.

You can get a replacement for it fairly cheap if you do not want to replace the whole drive, and think you can install it yourself. Or just send it somewhere REPUTABLE and have the laser replaced.

here is an example, i have never bought from this site so do your reserch first. But it is under $30 for just a laser.
http://www.consoleshop.com/product.php?productid=16300
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homer1234
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_ 		4. August 2008 @ 19:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what is a reputable site that will replace the drive
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steimy
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_ 		5. August 2008 @ 07:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
To be honest i have no idea. I have never had to have either of my 360 fixed....yet.
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