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Posted by: AusGreenLantern
i'm an aussie and i've been looking at the ACCC website, it's a consumers website and there's some interesting things here...

Statutory conditions (goods)

The Trade Practices Act implies the following statutory conditions into consumer contracts:

* The goods must be of merchantable quality. That is, they must meet a basic level of quality and performance, taking into account their price and description. They also should be free from defects that were not obvious to you at the time of purchase.
* The goods must be fit for their purpose. That is, they should do what they are supposed to do and be suitable for any purpose that you might have made known to the supplier.



sorry there is a bit of reading but fascinating nonetheless... i feel it applies here


we should SUE!!!!!

  • 09.14.2010 8:24 PM PDT

SpartenOmega117

its unfortunate that many people who played the halo reach .iso on their old xbox 360 worked fine but people who buy the real game doesn't. ULTIMATE fail micro$oft.

  • 09.14.2010 8:27 PM PDT

bumb for bad manufacturs!!

  • 09.14.2010 8:27 PM PDT

Whats happening. I don't think I'll be able to play it either because I have the launch Xbox but sent it in once for the RROD repair.

  • 09.14.2010 8:28 PM PDT

I THINK I FOUND THE FIX!!! I'm not gonna lie this will sound stupid as hell but I got so desperate and I read some other posts to get this idea. I boiled a pot of water and put it the disc in facing down for like 5 seconds. this post i read recommended doing it for longer like 45 seconds but I was kind of scared. Took it out dried it off with a cloth put it in my xbox and started up match making. So far I've played to matches with zero problems. I'm not sure if this is a permanent fix but so far it is working for me. Try it out with a blank cd or something first to make sure because I was scared the disc would melt.... Let me know if it works if other people try this

EDIT: heres the link i read it on.... http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=38228

[Edited on 09.14.2010 8:32 PM PDT]

  • 09.14.2010 8:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: Carnage Vz
I THINK I FOUND THE FIX!!! I'm not gonna lie this will sound stupid as hell but I got so desperate and I read some other posts to get this idea. I boiled a pot of water and put it the disc in facing down for like 5 seconds. this post i read recommended doing it for longer like 45 seconds but I was kind of scared. Took it out dried it off with a cloth put it in my xbox and started up match making. So far I've played to matches with zero problems. I'm not sure if this is a permanent fix but so far it is working for me. Try it out with a blank cd or something first to make sure because I was scared the disc would melt.... Let me know if it works if other people try this

EDIT: heres the link i read it on.... http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=38228


I dont understand how this will solve this? Does it make the disc easier to read?

  • 09.14.2010 8:33 PM PDT
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Same here. The Noble Actual cutscene loads fine for me, but the following cutscene just keeps looping, even if I skip it. I went back and got another copy, same issue. This is very aggravating to say the least. We better get a fix for this soon.

  • 09.14.2010 8:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: Carnage Vz
I THINK I FOUND THE FIX!!! I'm not gonna lie this will sound stupid as hell but I got so desperate and I read some other posts to get this idea. I boiled a pot of water and put it the disc in facing down for like 5 seconds. this post i read recommended doing it for longer like 45 seconds but I was kind of scared. Took it out dried it off with a cloth put it in my xbox and started up match making. So far I've played to matches with zero problems. I'm not sure if this is a permanent fix but so far it is working for me. Try it out with a blank cd or something first to make sure because I was scared the disc would melt.... Let me know if it works if other people try this

EDIT: heres the link i read it on.... http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=38228
I remember you posting that you were skeptical so I actually believe you. I will try this tomorrow.

  • 09.14.2010 8:34 PM PDT
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Gonna try the boiling water, can't hurt it anymore than it's already hurt.

  • 09.14.2010 8:34 PM PDT


Posted by: SpartenOmega117

Posted by: Carnage Vz
I THINK I FOUND THE FIX!!! I'm not gonna lie this will sound stupid as hell but I got so desperate and I read some other posts to get this idea. I boiled a pot of water and put it the disc in facing down for like 5 seconds. this post i read recommended doing it for longer like 45 seconds but I was kind of scared. Took it out dried it off with a cloth put it in my xbox and started up match making. So far I've played to matches with zero problems. I'm not sure if this is a permanent fix but so far it is working for me. Try it out with a blank cd or something first to make sure because I was scared the disc would melt.... Let me know if it works if other people try this

EDIT: heres the link i read it on.... http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=38228


I dont understand how this will solve this? Does it make the disc easier to read?


I honestly have no freaking clue. but it worked.

  • 09.14.2010 8:34 PM PDT
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[quote]Posted by: Carnage Vz
I THINK I FOUND THE FIX!!! I'm not gonna lie this will sound stupid as hell but I got so desperate and I read some other posts to get this idea. I boiled a pot of water and put it the disc in facing down for like 5 seconds. this post i read recommended doing it for longer like 45 seconds but I was kind of scared. Took it out dried it off with a cloth put it in my xbox and started up match making. So far I've played to matches with zero problems. I'm not sure if this is a permanent fix but so far it is working for me. Try it out with a blank cd or something first to make sure because I was scared the disc would melt.... Let me know if it works if other people try this
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LOL

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  • 09.14.2010 8:35 PM PDT

My view on it was, " screw it, I have nothing else to lose and I'm surely not taking apart my xbox." I'll keep you guys posted though. I'm gonna try posting some more

  • 09.14.2010 8:36 PM PDT

yeah followed ur link and the guy on there said there was about a 50-60% chance of success... i don't think i want to try it

  • 09.14.2010 8:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Carnage Vz
My view on it was, " screw it, I have nothing else to lose and I'm surely not taking apart my xbox." I'll keep you guys posted though. I'm gonna try posting some more
That's basically how I look at it now. I applaud you for having the balls to try it though lol.

  • 09.14.2010 8:37 PM PDT


Posted by: AusGreenLantern
yeah followed ur link and the guy on there said there was about a 50-60% chance of success... i don't think i want to try it


you got nothing else to lose man. Nothing will happen to the disc. I was honestly really scared and only put it in for a few seconds. But whatever it does, it somehow made the disc readable and I'm playing right now

  • 09.14.2010 8:38 PM PDT

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UPDATE: Made it to the last save point in "The Pillar of Autumn" and the game froze up on me yet again. My only conclusion is that the game is too taxing for this particular version of Xbox. Believe me, I wish it was't that way, but it definitely seems like that's the case.

I'll keep playing the game in hopes I might beat it through all the freezes etc. Hopefully multiplayer isn't effected.

  • 09.14.2010 8:39 PM PDT

Lois My Darling!!!

I actually did take apart my xbox, i've sent it in twice for RROD and have either gotten back replacements or repaired, didn't really pay attention I was just happy to get my xbox back. Cleaned the lens, was actually amazed I could take it apart and put it back together without major problems. All my other games work fine but can't play campaign and only get one game of firefight matchmaking in before it goes to disk unreadable. I'm almost to the point of boiling the disk but very very skeptical.

  • 09.14.2010 8:40 PM PDT

Had to get out the boat so i could walk on water

Yea its definitely gotta be the discs . I'm reading even people with slim xbox 360 are having trouble with campaign and i did notice the blotches on disc i have too...

will be at gamestop first thing in morning looking for disc that has no blotches on it

  • 09.14.2010 8:45 PM PDT
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I just tried holding it under a hot tap for 30 seconds. Didn't work but I'll boil it in the morning.

  • 09.14.2010 8:47 PM PDT
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This seems pretty wide spread now....I know of at least 2 discs/and 2 repaired RROD xboxs that either freeze before the first mission loads or the video just keeps looping.

Everything else works fine, single player data must be glitchy and untest on some boxes.

  • 09.14.2010 8:47 PM PDT

And it's getting disc unreadable after every game I leave now...

  • 09.14.2010 8:48 PM PDT

Lois My Darling!!!

I don't have any blotches on my disk, clean as a whistle still doesn't work and it's my second copy.

  • 09.14.2010 8:48 PM PDT
Subject: Disc Not Reading? Call 1-800-4-MY-XBOX for support (see page 35).

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Got the error disc to and there is no sounds in the game????

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  • 09.14.2010 8:50 PM PDT
Subject: Disc Not Reading

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Eat. Sleep. Hockey.

This is crazy! I paid $60 for a disc that is unreadable every 20 minutes. Whether I'm able to play or not seems completely random. Sometimes MP works, sometimes it doesn't. You would think a company like Microsoft would test their games, but apparently not. It's been nearly a day and the problem hasn't even been recognized by Bungie or Microsoft. I don't know what to do about it, guess I'll try exchanging it tomorrow.

  • 09.14.2010 8:51 PM PDT
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So from what I've read so far...


Any console can have this problem and any hard drive can too. But white Xboxs with grey trays have the highest amount of issues?

So what are the chances of this happening to a new Arcade with a 20g refurbished HD (Gamestop lied to me.)?


  • 09.14.2010 8:52 PM PDT