spacenoxx Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I got my Jasper arcade from the US less than a month ago and I was royally pissed of when one of my expensive game DVD got a couple of scratches (I have a 2 year old daughter). There was no way I was going to spend 2-3 grand on a game just to loose it becuase of a few accidental scratches. Thankfully the disk is still working fine so I went ahead and got the hardware required to flash my liteon so that I can play a backup on it. It was pretty nerve wrecking as I never even opened an Xbox before. But reading a lot helped. So went ahead and flashed it and now my backup works fine :-) From now on the original discs will only be used to make a copy never to actually play. That way when I want to sell the original it will be in mint condition :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot-Drake-Pixel Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Tell me about it. My NG2 disc got scratched and now it wont play at all. It is pretty nerve wrecking experience more than infamous RRoD imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Tell me about it. My NG2 disc got scratched and now it wont play at all. It is pretty nerve wrecking experience more than infamous RRoD imo. u need to send ur xbox 360 for replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot-Drake-Pixel Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 u need to send ur xbox 360 for replacement console is more than one year old and disc scratching is not RRoD. are you telling me to lie to them? Scratchy Edit: and whats the guarantee that the replaced console will not scratch the game discs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacenoxx Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Tell me about it. My NG2 disc got scratched and now it wont play at all. It is pretty nerve wrecking experience more than infamous RRoD imo. Exactly. The most shittiest (ungrammatical I know :-) feeling is when you see a scratch on a console DVD. The game developers dont even give cheaper alternative to replace a scratched disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 console is more than one year old and disc scratching is not RRoD. are you telling me to lie to them? Scratchy Edit: and whats the guarantee that the replaced console will not scratch the game discs? dude ,install the game in hard disk and play,best solution for u,btw u should have 3months warranty on software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ne0 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I got my Jasper arcade from the US less than a month ago and I was royally pissed of when one of my expensive game DVD got a couple of scratches (I have a 2 year old daughter). There was no way I was going to spend 2-3 grand on a game just to loose it becuase of a few accidental scratches. Thankfully the disk is still working fine so I went ahead and got the hardware required to flash my liteon so that I can play a backup on it. It was pretty nerve wrecking as I never even opened an Xbox before. But reading a lot helped. So went ahead and flashed it and now my backup works fine :-) From now on the original discs will only be used to make a copy never to actually play. That way when I want to sell the original it will be in mint condition :-) well, now you can install games on xbox 360. So the problem of scratching discs should be more or less solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffMonkey Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Dude...this is why the 360 sucks...seriously. it would have cost microsoft 5$ more per console to avoid these problems lol. Probably..even less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 well, now you can install games on xbox 360. So the problem of scratching discs should be more or less solved. Do you seriously think so.....I got gears 2 installed it the first day and technically the disc should be like brand new..The bitch has scratches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Dude...this is why the 360 sucks...seriously. it would have cost microsoft 5$ more per console to avoid these problems lol. Probably..even less. wtf for 5$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vantheman5211 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 guys if i brought an x box 360 and modded it will it void my warranty? .what if the game is modded before i buy?what will happen than? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 guys if i brought an x box 360 and modded it will it void my warranty? .what if the game is modded before i buy?what will happen than? troll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot-Drake-Pixel Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 dude ,install the game in hard disk and play,best solution for u,btw u should have 3months warranty on software? First of all, that bitch scratched the disc atfer three months. So warranty gone for a toss. Hard disc installation may minimize the disc scratching but cant prevent coz it still needs to read from the disc from time to time. And with just 20gb space, HDD installation is pretty cumbursome. You have to uninstall something and then install what you want to play. Bigger HDD is selling at ridiculously high price. I got my ps3 upgradred to 320gb at just 3.5 k. And you know the x360 120gb HDD price, dont you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffMonkey Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 wtf for 5$ yea theres some rubber piece thats on other drives that prevents the disc from moving out of alignment to prevent scratches. how much could have that cost...really.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot-Drake-Pixel Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Had it not been for RRoD, I would have modded my x360 long back. games at 100-200 bucks FTW. Even if that bitch scratches it, I could buy and keep a spare always. I know piracy talks are strict nono here. But I am just making a point here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot-Drake-Pixel Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 yea theres some rubber piece thats on other drives that prevents the disc from moving out of alignment to prevent scratches. how much could have that cost...really.. forget $5. If made in china then less than 50 paisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffMonkey Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 forget $5. If made in china then less than 50 paisa. i was including the cost of fixing potential RROD problem. so that means better soldering and thermal paste. So just said $5 or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doobz Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 console is more than one year old and disc scratching is not RRoD. are you telling me to lie to them? Scratchy Edit: and whats the guarantee that the replaced console will not scratch the game discs? Just say it is rrod they dont even check. I read smwhere that rrod heat may affect the drive and lead to scratching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zophar Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 gamestop usa has a 'cover-all' warranty that you can buy when you buy a game , costs like $5, if the disc gets scratched or damaged in anyway it will be replaced.. even if it is ur own negligence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ne0 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Do you seriously think so.....I got gears 2 installed it the first day and technically the disc should be like brand new..The bitch has scratches... I said 'more or less' solved. Read properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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