Games your xbox has eaten (om nom nom)
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Well I once killed an Xbox by playing too much Fable 2. It went red ring. I've never had a game eaten, although the number of times my Xbox has been knocked over by my dogs... It's a wonder I've never damaged a game. I've even avoided all major bugs associated with New Vegas. Just luck I suppose.
Heres the list:
CoD 4
CoD:MW2 (2 copies)
Left 4 Dead 2
Halo 3
GTA 4
Blue Dragon
This is why I only game on my PS3 now, that and the 360's shitty FPS heavy line up.
CoD 4
CoD:MW2 (2 copies)
Left 4 Dead 2
Halo 3
GTA 4
Blue Dragon
This is why I only game on my PS3 now, that and the 360's shitty FPS heavy line up.
I have somehow subverted this. My copy of Call of Duty: World at War is the primary reason why my two previous Xbox 360s RRoD'd.
And my first 360 played it straight by messing up my copy of Bayonetta beyond playability, so I had to throw that disc out and get a new one.
And my first 360 played it straight by messing up my copy of Bayonetta beyond playability, so I had to throw that disc out and get a new one.
There is a lot of eaten MW2 here, so either the XBOS tries to protect you from it, or MW2 Players have some problems with handling their stuff right. 
It really shouldn't put you off from buying a 360. I find most stories about 360 just up and eating discs to be a little fishy. I bet some people aren't telling the whole story. I've had my 360 for some time now and haven't had it do anything to my discs. Now my friends have had a few discs eaten, but it wasn't a hardware issue. The only real way for a 360 to eat a disc is if the console is moved while it is reading the disc. If that happens the disc can be knocked off balance and the laser burns a ring on the disc.FranBunnyFFXII said:
Example: A friend during a get together had his 360 standing vertically on the floor next to the TV he brought over. Somebody else that came over that normally doesn't come over on our game days, was jumping around being stupid and he accidentally kicked my friend's 360 over and it burnt a ring into and ruined his Halo 3 Map-pack disc.
From now on, nobody is allowed to walk near and 360 unless it is the owner. Also we all now lay are 360s in the horizontal position.
Moving your 360 much when it is reading a disc? That is the only way it can eat discs, unless your 360s have been dropped or beat up and things broke inside because of the beatings. It's not a hardware issue; it is a console care issue. If it isn't you, maybe they got dropped in a store or something.lucksack said:
On the red ring issue, buy a new unused 360, if you can't get one of the new models, find and buy a new in box model of a 360 that was made after the red ring problem was fixed.
Got my Elite two years ago and haven had a single problem.
Only if the 360 is moved while it is reading a disc or the 360 has been dropped at some point and it breaks something inside. Other than that it is impossible for it to eat a disc. A 360 isn't just going to up and eat a disc for no reason, an outside force has to do something to the 360 for it to be able to eat a disc.s0meNo0b said:
The whole term eaten refers to the 360 burning rings into it with the laser.
I wouldn't say mines eaten any, but its certainly had a nibble on Halo 3, GTA IV and Assassins Creed.
I've had an xbox 360 since they came out and the console has never died or ruined any game discs. I have purchased used game discs that did not work however that is a different story.
What can cause ruined discs:
Moving the xbox while it is on will destroy discs, the console doesn't have very good disc protection
What can cause RRoD:
Buggy games that crash repeatedly (Fallout: New Vegas i.e.) that cause you to have to hardboot the system back to life repeatedly (essentially you're electrocuting your hardware as it takes a large jolt of electricity to power a console online, think what doctors do to resuscitate someone who's heart stopped beating)
Old age, nothing lasts forever.
Not giving the xbox a wide berth to breathe i.e. stuffed on your shelf amidst a lot of junk. The console should have at least 10 inches in every direction to breathe in.
Take better care of your things and they won't break as easily.
*Last year I upgraded my old xbox 360 to the slim.
What can cause ruined discs:
Moving the xbox while it is on will destroy discs, the console doesn't have very good disc protection
What can cause RRoD:
Buggy games that crash repeatedly (Fallout: New Vegas i.e.) that cause you to have to hardboot the system back to life repeatedly (essentially you're electrocuting your hardware as it takes a large jolt of electricity to power a console online, think what doctors do to resuscitate someone who's heart stopped beating)
Old age, nothing lasts forever.
Not giving the xbox a wide berth to breathe i.e. stuffed on your shelf amidst a lot of junk. The console should have at least 10 inches in every direction to breathe in.
Take better care of your things and they won't break as easily.
*Last year I upgraded my old xbox 360 to the slim.
Same here.Ice Car said:None.
It may be a good idea to move your Xbox somewhere more stable...or to not touch your Xbox at all once you've turned the thing on.
fallout new vegas, halo 3 and it was damn close to eating Cod: BO if I hadn't leapt towards the "off" button.
The original Gears of War
Way back in 2006 when I first got it (that one got traded in for the slim, which works amazingly better than the 2006 version).
It was kinda my fault though, I tipped it from standing to flat while it was on... not realizing this is the same principle as putting a running lawnmower into the back of a car full of cats.
Way back in 2006 when I first got it (that one got traded in for the slim, which works amazingly better than the 2006 version).
It was kinda my fault though, I tipped it from standing to flat while it was on... not realizing this is the same principle as putting a running lawnmower into the back of a car full of cats.
Words a 360 owner should know and take to heart, "They tend to play nice if you sit them horizontal".RevRaptor said:
Yes the thing can sit vertically, but what is going to be safer? Vertically where it wobble easily, or horizontal where it takes a forceful push to get it to barely move?
The choice is always horizontal.
That's fine. That is information I didn't have and I was just being helpful on what actually is the problem with 360s "eating" discs.FranBunnyFFXII said:
I've always thought that vertical was a bad idea, I mean, the disc may be held solidly in place, but there are forces that push against the disc like gravity for one thing.
Are we really so cool that we need to have our discs being read side-ways?
I'll use the traditional console position.
Are we really so cool that we need to have our discs being read side-ways?
I'll use the traditional console position.
Well, the drive is kind of like a mouth, it opens and you insert a disc inside like a cookie. If it ruins the disc, it just ate it. heh.FranBunnyFFXII said:
Well, what people should actually be saying is what I and my friends say: The 360 can "ring" a disc. This means that the 360 gets moved while the disc is being read, the disc is knocked off balance and the laser reader on the 360 burns a ring into the disc.FranBunnyFFXII said: