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Xbox 360: My disc tray is stuck. Reads games fine.

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:00:31 -0700

I'm very new to tech DIY, but it is new found interest and I am trying my best, I bought a project 360 and everything works fine apart from the disc drive. I took the housing off the disc drive, put a game in it, built it back up and it reads fine, but won't open on it's own. I think the slider mechanism slides too far, locking it in position but I'm not sure. I will provide photos for reference, since it reads discs I'd rather fix it than replace it and waste the rest of the parts. Thanks.

⟐ Commented March 07, 2026 at 7:00 MST

Xbox 360: Why there is no picture show in my tv although I have turn it on

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:02:24 -0700

And it wont connect with my wireless controller

⟐ Commented February 19, 2026 at 7:02 MST

Xbox 360: Where do I find this part?

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:51:55 -0700

all of this burning ,can someone help me where do I buy this or maybe just take a clear picture of this part ,it near a power connection.my xbox 360 variant is falcon.

⟐ Answer accepted January 18, 2026 at 6:51 MST

Xbox 360 HD DVD drive: Por qué no lee los discos

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 03:11:44 -0700

No le los discos

⟐ Answered January 02, 2026 at 3:11 MST

Xbox 360: I accidentally forgott were the potentiometer was from the beginning

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:05:16 -0700

My Xbox 360 wasn't loading disks so I looked It upp on youtube and disassembled the whole thing. Then I understood that I needed to adjust the potentiometer but accidentally did it to much, now I have been trying for over 2 hours to get to its original position! I heard that a multimeter could help but I don't have one or know how to use it.

⟐ Answer accepted December 30, 2025 at 2:05 MST

Xbox 360: Xbox always says open disc tray

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:06:28 -0700

When a game is inserted, the Xbox still says "open tray." I have googled this and found it to be called "open tray error." Is there a way to fix this?

⟐ Commented November 24, 2025 at 13:06 MST

Xbox 360 HD DVD drive: Mi hd dvd xbox 360 no lee discos cuál sería el problema

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:51:25 -0700

Ya le pose el cd de instalación y aparece CD no se puede leer ya le puse otro CD y el mismo problema y use otra consola hd dvd y esa si funciona cuál sería el problema

⟐ Answered November 03, 2025 at 8:51 MST

Xbox 360: Xbox 360 (Jasper) Not Turning on.

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 01:39:51 -0700

Well. recently i PicoFlashed my XBOX. after messing with dashlaunch, my NAND corrupted. so i picoflashed. the LOG if you want to see:

Initializing nanddump1.bin, please wait...

Header is wrong

Reading Nand to C:\GOG Games\J-Runner-with-Extras\output\nanddump2.bin

Read Successful!

Comparing, please wait...

Too Many Bad Blocks

Nands are the same

Initializing flashdmp.bin, please wait...

Glitch2 selected

Nand Initialization Finished

Checking Console...

Flash Config: 0x00000001

Writing flashdmp.bin to Nand

Write Successful!

The console is LTU (i think). Is jasper. pure. without RGH or JTAG.
Well. after the flash, we tried to turn it on. but nothing happened. the controller wont receive power. the brick stays orange.
i know the led on the brick changes according to consumption. without anything connected, the led is slightly weaker. with the XBOX connected, it gets a bit brighter. this is normal response. with the xbox broken or not. but, she stays orange. without trying to get on.

i could try to force her on. but i doubt that this would be a good idea. and probably some magic smoke you come off him.

Either i think maybe a small ball of Solder joint got off and its shorting somewhere else.
We shaken it a bit to see if anything would come out. bur nothing really came out.

⟐ Commented October 15, 2025 at 1:39 MST

Xbox 360: How to fix xbox 360 thinnking games are dvds

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:50:05 -0700

I have some Xboxs that I have repaired I'm having a problem with my Xbox's where if I put In a game it just shows the Xbox logo and tries to play it as a DVD when I press play how do I fix this and have changed the disk drive from the origi

⟐ Commented October 06, 2025 at 16:50 MST

Xbox 360: Why my tray wont stay closed

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:03:55 -0700

I need help. My tray wont stay closed. It closes for like two secs and then opens right back up. Also theres a green blinking light that never stops blinking idk if that has something to do with it.

⟐ Commented October 06, 2025 at 12:03 MST

Xbox 360: Red ring on death issues

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 02:51:16 -0700

My Xbox 360 recently got the dreaded red ring of death, and I’ve tried everything available to fix it. I re-balled the gpu, I’ve heated the ram chips, cpu, and gpu, i pressed on the Hanna chip, I replaced leaky capacitors, I’ve checked the board for missing parts, I’ve cleaned it, I installed red ring of death fix kit by Ifixit, I made sure the power supply was properly plugged in. Nothing has worked. Any ideas on how to fix this issue??? My error code was 0020.

⟐ Commented September 17, 2025 at 2:51 MST

Xbox 360: Where can I buy the plastic sync button?

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:22:52 -0700

So, I have a Xbox 360, and it's missing the Sync Button on the front, but it has the switch itself, so does anyone know where I can buy the plastic part?

⟐ Commented September 04, 2025 at 0:22 MST

Xbox 360 HD DVD drive: Disk drive failure (?) Xbox 360 phat

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:56:45 -0700

In a nutshell, my Xbox will not read discs. It would say “unrecognized disc” no matter what I put in it. Tried cleaning the lens, and adjusting the potentiometer. Didn’t work. Bought a new laser. Didn’t work. Adjusted the potentiometer again. Still didn’t work. Also now, after putting a new laser in, it says “open tray” and doesn’t even attempt to read it. I feel like I’ve gone backwards.

Any tips would be great here.

⟐ Commented September 01, 2025 at 20:56 MST

Xbox 360: That mysterious rattling noise...

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 15:17:03 -0700

Every Xbox 360 I have ever come into contact with has a very distinct rattling noise . It sounds like a screw or spring is rattling back and forth, but doesn't have any adverse effects on the performance of the console. I have isolated it to something on the logic board, and I am sure that there is nothing "floating" around the inside of the console.

So, does anyone know what could be the source of this most enigmatic rattle?

⟐ Commented August 24, 2025 at 15:17 MST

Xbox 360: Why is my 360 restarting over and over.

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 12:57:03 -0700

So i have an old 360 and i havent touched it in awhile but recently we want to use it for netflix. It updated after connecting it to the wifi. And then after turning it on now it will run for a little bit then make a click sound and power off and restart, turning itself back on. It will stay on if i dont run any app or game, somtimes. But as soon or shortly after starting a app it will make the click sound and restart. I took it apart and cleaned the years of dust out of it and put it back together and it still does it. Id like to know what i can do to fix it.

⟐ Answered August 17, 2025 at 12:57 MST

Xbox 360: My x-box 360 turns off automatically

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 16:36:20 -0700

after starting to play the game within 10 min my x box turns off and it won't start again for at least 2 hours and it happens again

⟐ Answer accepted August 10, 2025 at 16:36 MST

Xbox 360: Secondary Error code 0031, power rail issue.

Fri, 30 May 2025 13:40:53 -0700

Hello iFixit!

I recently picked up a broken xbox 360 for $5. I wasn't expecting much, but it was actually working when I got it! It would overheat the eDRAM, in about 10 minutes. Replaced the paste, and it didn't help. I checked the V_GPUCORE Power rail, and it's fine. But after about 3 weeks of sitting, it now will turn on and flash 3 red lights. Using sync and eject, it has error 0031. Reading online, the common issue is a bad power regulator. They have information on xenon library, but it's very vague on where to check this stuff. So, does anyone know, where i can check if V_5P0 or V_MEM are shorted? And, is there a refrence image i could use to try and find a bad regulator (if thats the issue), and one that has a map of the power rails? Thanks for any help :)

Xbox 360: Alternative for a component

Fri, 23 May 2025 17:11:55 -0700

Hello, I have a Falcon Revision Xbox 360. The 4-pin component on my board at SW2G3 (bottom left corner) is broken (this small black block). I couldn't figure out what it is because it isn't labeled. I suspect it is a miniature relay. Does anyone know a suitable alternative for this component?

⟐ Commented May 23, 2025 at 17:11 MST

Xbox 360: My xbox 360 would not read my disc!

Tue, 06 May 2025 16:08:55 -0700

Does any one here knows how i could fix my xbox 360.My xbox does not want to read my disc and i do not want to send it to microsoft because i do not have any protection on it so if any one could help please do so thanks

⟐ Commented May 06, 2025 at 16:08 MST

Xbox 360: How do I fix a xbox 360 slim with the red dot of death

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:52:25 -0700

i just wanna play games on it again

⟐ Commented March 11, 2025 at 19:52 MST