Your Xbox 360 Tray Wont Open?

posted September 2, 2009 - 12:57am

Your Xbox 360 Tray Wont Open?

This problem happens in over half of the Xbox’s out there. This is caused by a black rubber band that engages the DVD drive so the drive can open. If your Xbox 360 tray won’t open then good chances it's that rubber band. Think of a small black rubber band stretched out every day over three years. The rubber weakens over time because its stretched out it doesn’t work anymore.

There is really nothing you can do to prevent this from happening aside from having a 100% climate controlled room just for your Xbox. There is good news though; it can be fixed pretty easy.

The solution from Microsoft.

Make sure that you remove the clear plastic protective strip from the front of the disc tray. This protective strip prevents the disc tray from opening.

Determine whether the Xbox 360 console is functioning correctly.
1. Press the power button, and look at the lights on the front of the console.
  - If no lights are illuminated on the front of the console, make sure that the power cord is connected and that the power supply is working.
  - If only red lights are illuminated on the front of the console, the console is not working correctly. For more information about what you can determine from the lights on the front of the console, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  - 907535 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907535/ ) One of the lights on the Ring of Light on the front of your Xbox 360 console flashes red, and you do not receive an error code
    
    907536 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907536/ ) One of the lights on the Ring of Light on the front of your Xbox 360 console flashes red, and you receive the error message "System Error" in multiple languages
    
    907533 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907533/ ) Two of the lights on the Ring of Light on the front of your Xbox 360 console flash red
    
    907534 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907534/ ) Xbox 360: Three red lights flash on the Ring of Light
    
    906652 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906652/ ) Four of the lights on the Ring of Light on the front of your Xbox 360 console flash red
2. If no picture appears and the disc tray eject button does not work, contact Xbox Customer Service to get the console serviced.
Press the eject button on the console to open the disc tray.
If the disc tray does not open when you press the eject button, try to manually open the disc tray. For more informationon about how to manually eject a disc from the Xbox 360 console disc tray, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

906935 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906935/ ) How to manually eject a disc from the disc tray of your Xbox 360 console

The solution $150 dollars cheaper then Microsoft!

More and more people today are fixing their own Xbox without Microsoft. Why would you pay Microsoft $150 to fix an item that can be purchased for $200 new? You can even take the controller and cables that come with the $200 Xbox and sell them for $50 on E-bay so you're only paying $150 for a brand new Xbox. I would rather have a brand new Xbox then have Microsoft fix my old one for the same price.

Or if you don't have $150 to shell out for a Xbox then you can allways get a repair video for around $25 that will show you step-by-step how to fix your Xbox. The videos cover everything in a Xbox so if it breaks again you can fix it your self without paying Microsoft a bunch of money.

Check out advancedxboxrepair.com

or http://hubpages.com/hub/Your-Xbox-360-Tray-Wont-Open

Website: http://advancedxboxrepair.com