Replaced disc drive, but doesnt read discs

Zonaackiss · May 25, 2022

Hi, I recently grabbed a 2nd hand xbox with a broken disc drive on the cheap. I then bought a brand new xbox drive and switched out the daughter board. Never soldered before, but the wires attached very easily. The disc drive powers up, accepts and ejects discs, but it doesn't recognize them. I have only tried a dvd as I haven't purchased any games on disc at this point. I am wondering what could have went wrong? I will open it up again and check the cables were inserted correctly, but I am sure they looked good when I closed it up.

Additionally, now that I think about it, I don't know if the daughter board works or is the original one that came with this unit? The person that sold it to me stated he had tried to repair the drive by giving the lasers a clean etc. I can tell that it had been opened up, but the board didn't seem to have been damaged. Is there some way of verifying a number on the board is the correct one for the xbox?

Thanks

:)

Smwutches

We cannot assist you with self-repair.

Arminator

When the console was knocked over, was a physical disc in the optical drive of the console actively spinning?

Just like a spinning top, a rotating disc doesn't "want" to be moved out of it's rotational axis.

If the console around the disc tips over and forces the disc out of it's rotational axis, the disc often hits parts inside the disc drive.

In the "best case" scenario, only the game disc is scratched and only that game will show read errors (and usually a ring shaped scratch on the silver side of the disc). In that case the disc is usually unusable, and has to be replaced.

In the "worst case" scenario, the disc collided with the reading laser head of the optical drive damaging it. Which means no disc can be read by the drive anymore, and the console has to be
sent in for repair and drive replacement. So if other games with clean discs don't work, you'll have to send in your console for repairs.

Idio7smg

Install Halo 4 to your hard drive if possible, as it will possibly help with disc reading. However, if it is unreadable, and you're unable to install it to your hard drive the only option is to get the game again, and as Hassassinade said, you should head
on over to
support.xbox.com/.../disc-replacement-program

II M0Z II

Hi I would try and troubleshoot disc read issues here:
support.xbox.com/.../disc-drive-solution

If the error only occurs with your GTA V discs I would return them and ask for a replacement.

II M0Z II

Hey I would try and troubleshoot disc read issues here:
support.xbox.com/.../disc-drive-solution

If the error only occurs with your GTA V discs I would return them and ask for a replacement.

Replaced disc drive, but doesnt read discs