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[cutha]

Thanks, I ordered a new laser from Divineo yesterday, it should be here in a few days. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it works.

Cutha

QUOTE(idog @ Apr 2 2007, 11:03 AM)

Nope, if you already tried cleaning the lens and done the pot calibration I suspect a new laser is the only solution now. It's not that 'drastic', only costs about 25 euros for a new one and installation is done in no-time (took me about half an hour - and that was including the time I lost searching for a fallen screw :-) )

[FlamingAim]

JayQue, this rubberband mod well if my 360 was to get real hot would that not melt the rubberband...

And I thought rubberbands where useless...  

[jetgti]

i had the open tray error for everything it tried to red.

After replacing the laser, everything works brilliantly  

[Ph33r K0rpV]

right ..

i read alot on your forum about the problem with disc read error and close tray problem ...

i read sorting out the calibration of the pot and thought il try the rubber band tweek first ..

so i flashed a hitachi drive 046 rom version and it would not recognise any media discs at all besides genuine games and movies..

list of discs it wouldnt recognise as follows
these are all burnt on a pioneer 111d (version 1.29) also a nec optric using image burn v2.2

media used

verbatum (dye mkm 001) (printable face)
ridisc 2.4x (dye mag do4) (printable face)
ridisc 2.4x (dye mag do1) (printable face)
ridisc 8x (dye RICOHJPND01) (printable face)


at first it would not recognise any of the above untill i did the rubber band trick .But then it would recognise VERBATUMS MKM001

Ok now i thought i was getting somewhere so then i tried the ridiscs but it still gave me tray closed error or cannot read disc error...
Now i played around with the rubber band to no avail at all .. (couple of hours gone now ) still only able to get the verbatums to work .. now all the above discs are working on my other 360 with the same dvd drive ..

i thought has no one gone down the route of trying to clean the laser itself

so i grabed the misses nail polish remover and grabbed a cotton ear bud and cleaned the laser to the best i thought i could ...

NOW ...>>>
i have verbatims and the ridisc 2.4x working everytime ...
so i then took the drive apart again and cleaned the laser more with the nail polish remover ..

NOW..>>> i have all the discs above working fully ..

all the above working have the rubber band trick applied ..

i removed the rubber band and all the above still work ..
my conclusion is CLEAN YOUR LASER FIRST BEFORE YOU DO RUBBER BAND OR POT CALIBRATION ...

like to say thanks to the lads who have posted about rubber band trick and pot calibration the TUT have been a great help ..

please post if cleaning the laser head has worked for you also ....


rgds Jaime

[georgeten]

I have a Samy MS28, 3 months old. Flashed using bad flash method with Extreme 5.2a. Ran perfect originals, backups and DVD movies. After I got the m$ update on 12 may, got the Open Tray Error with both originals and backups. DVD movies are ok.
I'm using Pioneer 112D to write the backups on Verbatim DVD+R DL at 2.4X.
Tried so far, without success:
1. Rubberband mod
2. POT calibration from 3.68 to 3.22

Intend to go on with:
1. Use pen spring or rubber ring instead of rubberband
2. Flash to 5.3
3. Replace the laser
4. Replace the drive.

Please help me with any suggestions.

[blstormo]

Hey all, it looks like this thread has all but been abandoned, so sorry i dont mean to bump it. I just got a question or two. I have a 360 flashed (no idea what firmware, not untill my mate gets back from vacation, haha) I have the hitachi and I have the same issues. I get the "open tray" randomly, one night a played the sh!t out of saints row, the next night cant get it to read. I am burning on verbatims, with a pioneer 112-d. It seems that my games are half and half with working, they all have worked at some point so I dont believe its a burning issue. For the rubberband mod with the hitachi, could someone send me some good clear pictures of where to place the small patch of rubber? I'd really appreciate it. I am hoping to take the case apart pretty soon (might paint it while im at it) and Just wanted to get everything taken care of at once. If you have some pictures my email is [email protected]

Thanks All! This mod seems simple enough, just want to double check everything.

[ntloser]

I got a replacement xbox 360 a little over a year ago. It had the ms25. I flashed it right out of the box with 3.2 and haven't had any problems.

After a 12 hour session today I got the Open Tray error. I just shut it off for a bit then turned it back on. I am thinking about doing the rubber band mod to this one too. Damn, I am too lazy to open it up.



This post has been edited by ntloser: Nov 20 2007, 06:05 AM

[ntloser]

The more back ups I played, the more games started failing. Finally, I opened the 360 and the drive. I tried cleaning the lens first with some alcohol but no joy. Finally, I placed a small piece of high temp rubber tubing, usually used for nitro RC fuel line, on to the DVD laser assembly. The laser is no longer"centering out" and needless to say everything is working fine. Again the rubber band mod or variation comes through.

This post has been edited by ntloser: Nov 22 2007, 06:58 AM

[fokia]

Have a 360 recovered from 3RoD's with x-clamp FIX... The box was somewhat new (about one year old) but my friend misplaced the guarantee and already bought an Elite so I tried to fix this one myself (for myself)...

Since I've had the xbox open I decided to upgrade the firmware to iExtreme 1.2 rev2. I encountered a small (big) problem: at first the firmware wasn't passing to the drive (It took a lot of time after decided that something fishy was going on - also, my PC also stop responding...) only 2 of 11 sectors were written to flash after about half an hour running the script! I've shut it all down and restarted the process, made an restore and flash it again - all smooth this time!

I don't have any retail games right now (I'll have them back this weekend) but I have a backup that keep telling me the tray is open... Original video DVD's play fine but still no avail with that backup.

The backup is on Memorex (ritek dye), burnt on NEC 3500AG with Liggy's and Dee's 2.R8 bitsetting firmware, booktype = DVD-ROM, @2.4x, imgBurn. To get OPEN TRAY error

Also, I did burn a Verbatim but with Booktype=DVD+DL, bigger image size (due to splitvid correction with XBC) and NEC 2.16 factory firmware, XBC/imgBurn. To get Unplayable error

I' tried the POT tweak (from 3.66K incremental decreases until 2.89K), and the switch trick (its an Hitachi) but not the original rubber band. Still OPEN TRAY.

Latter (today) I'll try the rubber ban mod and also cleaning the lenses with alcohol and report here... (I don't think cleaning the lenses with nail polish is that good idea - nail polish=ketone and ketone and plastics dont do well   )

I realize did something that I shouldn't have done: tweak to many variables without checking every time with an original game now I'm somewhat afraid I can't easily go back with some of that changes.

What errors should I expect, when trying to play a backup, If something is wrong with my firmware?

[fokia]

****UPDATE****

My drive now reads my backup - the verbatim one! The memorex keep telling me OPEN TRAY. The verbatim gave unplayable before but since I've cleaned the lenses with alcohol and made a LASER switch advance seems to work just fine. I've tried with double sided sponge-like tape - also the rubber band trick - none did work but now it works with five (or six?) layers of electric isolation tape switch advance:

(IMG:http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/606/schemake3.jpg)

FYI the verbatim is not booktyped as DVD-ROM.

Also did the POT adjustment (didn't work) and it stays as before ~3.66 KOhm.

[tenaciousd]

Me mate has had this problem... and weve managed to get a little more readability out of the drive by putting wool (yes, wool) where the band is going in this mod, however, I think a band would work better (if we had one to hand).

If I see his console again, Im going to try that Electrical tape mod.

I did originally think of advancing that white thing, (sorry for all the things! lol) but had nothing to hand.

[Zer0123]

Hmmmm, I sucessfully flashed my BenQ drive yesterday and have yet to play any backups. Originals work fine still. Is it safe to run the iXtreme 1.4 firmware with all of these Open Tray errors? It looks like a lot of people are getting these errors. Almost looks like everyone who flashed seeing how long this thread is? So how many people haven't had any problems and they had firmware flashes for a long time meaning over 6 months? I don't want to put rubberbands and s*** in my XBOX if this Open Tray error is a guarantee to happen.

[snes_83]

Giving this a try right now. I'm gluing a 2 mm thick piece of rubber band to the white plate that makes contact with the white button.

My Hitachi 47 DJ drive keeps giving me the "open tray" error while using Sony 2.4x DVD+R DL discs that I just bought from Frys.

Tried to save a little money compared to the price of Verbatims.

Hopefully this will work...  

[Mikewho19]

Hey, this is a stupid question but does anyone know if the Open tray error only happens on the Hitachi drives because from what i can see, most of the people complainin about the error has the hitachi.

I personally have the hitachi myself and i got the open tray error and my friend that helped me mod my system.. thought the laser was bad... so i brought a new replacement drive and swapped it out.. but i'm still gettin the open tray error... well... it worked for a day or so...

So i'm VERY VERY frustrated.  I dont know what to do.  i've been looking at youtube stuff and tried some of the things.

I put a piece of paper inside the magnet area... but it started making a really loud noise.. so i didnt wanna keep it there in case it broke the system.  but nothing else seems to work... i am tryin to return my drive but its so frustrating and a waste of time.