Xbox Problems I NEED SOME ADVICE!!!? revised?

Question

My xbox won't play games but it will play DVD's... why??? When i do put in a game it says the disk might be dity or damaged but then i look at it and there isn't one single scratch. I already cleaned the lense and emptied the whole drive and it doesn't work... WTF! I am only 13 and I don't have enough money to fix it and I think I could fix it myself but if it is really bad my dad might pay for it to be fixed... does anyone know what I can do??? please help. I can't live without my xbox and it is regular xbox and I don't have enough money to afford another one unless they have them really cheap somewhere. I HATE PLAYSTATION!!!! I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

I had the same thing happen. It started like you are saying "disk error" and then manifested to not playing any disk. Totally frustrating so I feel for you. You can either fix it or get a new XBOX. However some food for thought.

1. You can trade in your xbox even if it doesn't work for partial credit- I got like $40

2. Buy a new one- you want it to have a nice long life expectancy so if you can avoid used...do it.

3. Make sure you transfer all your files off the old hard-drive onto a memory card so you don't lose your saves.

4. If you have HIFI cables hooked up don't trade them in...look for your originals and turn them in. Also you only have to turn in 1 controller.

Good luck- feel for ya' dude...sucks.

Answer 2

You may have a bad dvd drive. The original Xbox was built with 3 different drive types (from three different manufacturers), and one is notorious for being faulty.... The Thompson drive. May need the buy a new drive off the net, and switch out your old one.

http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/xbox_dvd_repair.htm

Answer 3

Xbox 360 games will not work in an Xbox original.

Also, my friend has a box that wont play "Platinum Hits" (Greatest hits)

check out this forum for more info:www.xboxforums.net/