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Subject: Disc Unreadable

Posted by: MasterMarine94
looks like i get to join the club.
disc became unreadable when try to load underground. lost my save.. an hour and a half of game play lost....

first the melee system and now the saving system

what perfectly working thing are they going to remove from halo next?
my bet is on removing all the guns


consider yourself lucky i lost four hours worth of game play

  • 09.24.2009 8:21 PM PDT

Alright guys, I am going to bed. Here is my final update for the night:

I cannot play Halo 3 campaign anymore
I cannot play Halo 3: ODST campaign
I cannot play Firefight mode (unless I am playing alone and even then I can only load 2 maps)
I can play Halo 3 multiplayer.

I hope there is more progress on this issue by tomorrow. Good luck everyone

  • 09.24.2009 8:22 PM PDT
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Well, that sucks. We can't see what Microsoft did to our 360s? Darn, I'm just used to looking over every change in Team Fortress 2 on PC.

And where did you find out about this new format Microsoft used? I haven't seen any mention of it until now.

  • 09.24.2009 8:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: Colonel Frag
Well, that sucks. We can't see what Microsoft did to our 360s? Darn, I'm just used to looking over every change in Team Fortress 2 on PC.

And where did you find out about this new format Microsoft used? I haven't seen any mention of it until now.


It's just a theory, all thought up in my head.

  • 09.24.2009 8:25 PM PDT
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Well, until we get an official statement from either companies, all we can do is speculate.

Let's hope for an update.

Seriously, someone go spy on Bungie.

  • 09.24.2009 8:27 PM PDT
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I just hope something gets done by next week because i hope to my xbox by then.

  • 09.24.2009 8:27 PM PDT

I beleive, it may be an issue with the DVD drive not being able to read the disc correctly, to make life easier to compile a list,

http://www.360drives.com/list?v_mfrdate=2008-09&v_perpage =50

Use that, and enter your MFR date, and find the console that matches yours (country bought, store) as best you can and quote me the MFR date, DVD drive type, country.

If this is a drive error, then it's an issue on M$ part and not bungie. So far (going by my console, and my friends) the BenQ drive model(VAD6038)has no issues runnign this game. you can either post your console specifics back in the forum, or PM it to me, so I can 'investigate' faster.

Thanks all.
Digital Spooker

  • 09.24.2009 8:28 PM PDT
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well it has to be a coding issue or a disc issue my second disc multiplayer disc takes 2-3 minutes to load then after playing team mythic it will keep kicking me out of games before they start or it will give me the disc error havent even played the campaing long enough to see if i will get the disc error but i did play firefight no problems and just so every one knows i just bought this 360 about a month ago from best buy because my halo edition 360 gpu fried lol and no i tried the x mod fix and it dont work i can put any other disc in with no problems shall i put my halo 3 or halo 2 or halo disc in bet i will not have any problems with them look to see if i checked them in the next 24 hours take the game back witch i am debating on or wait for bungie to fix this oh and if it cant be fixed and the retailer says you cant have you money back because it was opend and microsoft said to clean the disc with a soft cloth and they blame you for hair line scratches all i can say is class action law suite for every buyer that didnt get a refund oh and yes gamestops do keep personal records of buyers etc and im sure they will make sure it's noted if you returned it for full refund

  • 09.24.2009 8:28 PM PDT

Same problem. Got it on release day, took it back about an hour later for a new disk. The gamestop employee assured me the "line" on the disk meant nothing, but gave me a new disk anyway. Still got the load errors, so I called Microsoft and they had me play without the HD, which worked, and then did maitenance, which let me do a few rounds of firefight till it stopped working again, and now I the HD maitenance doesn't even let me play. I called Microsoft again tonight and the represenative said they have had a large volume of calls concerning this issue and that I should call back within 2 days if a patch/ect is not released concerning the issue. My xbox is a pro, 20 gig HD. 360 had RROD'ed with the copy of Halo 3 I got on the midnight release... Thats all.

On a side note, I noticed the disks were made in mexico, perhaps there was some sort of heat damage during shipping it would account for the "line" or air bubble on the disks foil layer.

  • 09.24.2009 8:35 PM PDT

Joker, do me a favour and read off the MFR date off the back of your xbox.

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Mine is 3/25/2008 and i have the benq drive. Well I recieved this console back from ms after I sent mine in in oct of '08

  • 09.24.2009 8:42 PM PDT

does your copy work or no?

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2009/06/10 i dont live in hick ville buddy thats the truth

  • 09.24.2009 8:43 PM PDT
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took me about 30 seconds to do that

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Posted by: Digital Spooker
does your copy work or no?
No I have the same issues as everyone else and ive tried everything everyone else has...I had same issues playing halo 3 campaign about three weeks ago.

  • 09.24.2009 8:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: x C4T4LY5T x
Mine is 3/25/2008 and i have the benq drive. Well I recieved this console back from ms after I sent mine in in oct of '08


you have a benq and it still doesn't work? good lord.

i know people are saying they have newer xboxes and are still getting the error. are they falcons? jaspers? what?

  • 09.24.2009 8:48 PM PDT

your xbox isn't in that database :/, and there goes that theory as to why the game isn't working, though you're the first of the people I talked too with the BenQ that it's not working.

  • 09.24.2009 8:52 PM PDT

I have a benq and mine doesn't work either. How do I know what model or mobo I have?

  • 09.24.2009 8:54 PM PDT

Well it may also be the firmware of the DVD drive, along with the board inside it, the UNK model with BenQ (not sure what firmware my drive is) has no issue, I suppose all we can do is round up the MFR dates, and send them to bungie and have them work with MS on what the issue could be.

  • 09.24.2009 8:59 PM PDT
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i pwn noobs

wow im so glad mine works

  • 09.24.2009 9:00 PM PDT
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If it's not a hardware issue, then it must be software. Otherwise, wouldn't we be getting some kind of red or orange ring (1,2,3 or 4, I don't know what they stand for. I got the 4 red ring thing when I was trying to get ODST to load. That disappeared for some reason.)?

By the way, I know nothing about what's inside the 360, so I'm just guessing.



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  • 09.24.2009 9:00 PM PDT

Brand new just opened and my odst disk 2 looks wierd on the back of it. Put it in xbox and it makes the xbox run really loud. Bringing it back tomorrow for a new disk and they better give me one.

  • 09.24.2009 9:02 PM PDT
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Someone said the newer liteon drives have the same disc tray as the benq's. Could it be a liteon? Like i said i got it back from ms in oct of 08. I always thought it was a benq tho.

  • 09.24.2009 9:04 PM PDT

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Posted by: Colonel Frag
If it's not a hardware issue, then it must be software. Otherwise, wouldn't we be getting some kind of red or orange ring (1,2,3 or 4, I don't know what they stand for. I got the 4 red ring thing when I was trying to get ODST to load. That disappeared for some reason.)?

By the way, I know nothing about what's inside the 360, so I'm just guessing.



Four red lights means there is an audio-visual problem with yoru system.

  • 09.24.2009 9:05 PM PDT

"I like the Battle Rifle, but I can survive without it. A good player uses all of his assets that are available to him. " - Blue Max70

So true...

I had this problamo.

Me and mah mom tried some stuff but it dun work. So my mom just bought a new 360.

  • 09.24.2009 9:05 PM PDT