Is anyone else having as much trouble with the Series X disc drive

I've had the exact issue in the last few weeks which I was sure was caused by Insider preview updates and/or Power setting Instant on. My disc drive is not faulty on my new XBSX because after I restart console (Full shutdown) it is recognised again.

I've had recent issues with noise and disc drive not being recognised and the only way I found to stop this issue is to do a Full shutdown of the console and restart. If you find you cannot reconnect to the network after the restart you may have to restart your network hardware also.

Settings>System>General>Power...>Full shutdown.

Its worthwhile removing power cable from console for a few minutes after you shutdown and before you restart.

Edit (1st Oct 2021)... Disc drive on Xbox Series X is no longer recognised at all. Seems it was dying a slow death. This AU$750.00 console is 6 months old and was bought because I have a game disc collection. It is now a brick until it gets replaced.

Its the second time I've bought new Xbox console (Xbox 1 X and now Xbox Series X) only to have some bit of hardware fail within a very short period of time.

Time for some better Quality Control methinks.

Hello there,

I am sorry to hear about your issue!

If you haven't already, I would recommend giving a try to the solutions listed here: Troubleshoot problems playing a disc | Xbox Support

Hi! My name is Pam. I'm an Independent Advisor and I'll be glad to help you today.

Let's try this trick and hopefully it will work.

Press the Menu key of the controller.

Go to Settings . Now choose Disc & Blu-Ray.

In the BLU-RAY section select Persistent Storage.

Next, select Clear persistent storage.

Once done, Please insert your game disc half way to your console's disc drive. You will feel that the console is pulling the game disc in. Hold it for about 1 second and then release the game disc.

It actually does. I got the Series X this holiday at $349, and the same disc is working perfectly. I have determined that the Xbox One X disc drive is trying to read Cross Gen discs differently than Xbox One discs. The disc drive on the Series X doesn’t have this issue. You might need a new disc or you might need to send your Series X for maintenance.

series x has disc drive and the series s does not

smart delivery is so it downloads the content for the specific console

hence why the game case has series x and xbox one advertised on it. the disc can be used in series x and xbox one consoles, the series s does not have a drive therefore requires digital purchase.