Thread: Xbox.com | General Discussion - xbox disc drive malfunction

thank u very much for the help and one last questions what do u mean by the lense

Noun 1. lense - a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

Perhaps I can elaborate a little more clearly. A DVD (or indeed CD drive) has a 'lens' (no additional 'e') within. In short it's responsible for handling the laser and reading the information on the disc. Every once in a while they might require a clean. It's not mandatory, and although I've never bothered with mine and had no resulting problems, it might be good practice to start. Your best practice for...

I decided to post here since I'm having drive issues myself. I've been getting a lot of instances where I put the disc in and after trying to read it for a minute, the game window on-screen goes from 'reading' to 'open drive'. So its not able to read the discs. If I open and close the drive to try again and again then I can usually get it to work eventually. Once it finally works, I have no issues while playing a...

im having the same problem dude. i try to put a game in and it says reading and then open tray. for some reason though halo 3 work fine. but all my other games get the same problem.