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Subject: Disc Not Reading? Call 1-800-4-MY-XBOX for support (see page 35).

@BriskGibben My Xbox has the green flash now and again when powering down not all the time tho. I don't think it's anything to worry about.

[Edited on 09.26.2010 6:27 PM PDT]

  • 09.26.2010 6:25 PM PDT
Subject: Disc Not Reading

Lol "upgraded", that's a stretch even for a euphemism. It sucks to have to replace crappy hardware. I had a 20 gig and just bought a slim b/c I have so many games already. Won't be buy the next Xbox though, I've been burned to many times by MS.

  • 09.26.2010 6:28 PM PDT

"You could've had a V8...now it's too late!"

So far, Firefight is the only thing that worked for me, without the HDD and without online play or matchmaking that is.

Try playing without the -blam!- HDD offline and see if it works, it worked more than several times for me this week. The other 53million times were just DRE's.

At least try for your luck

  • 09.26.2010 6:46 PM PDT
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Interesting. I got a call this afternoon from someone claiming to be on the escalations team at Microsoft. He was doing his best to sell me on the benefit of paying for an upgrade, er, "repair" to my xbox. He was saying how he had the same problem with his and didn't get any real discount on the repairs as an employee either. Then he started adding up the cost of a refurbished console from Game Stop plus the one year MS warranty and this and that. I finally cut him off and told him that if he was trying to convince me that I should pay for this "repair" that he wasn't going to succeed. He again stated the no more free repairs stance MS has taken on it and I reiterated to him what Urk had told us, that this couldn't be fixed by a software update and that MS should not be charging us. He promised to look into it further and call me back if he could set it up but suggested I shouldn't expect anything.

I don't know if his call was instigated by an escalation from the rep I spoke with yesterday or my filling out the survey they sent me that I was very dissatisfied. Either way, I have my doubts about his story about having the same problem with Reach. For one, it just sounds too convenient. For another, he had a noticeable Indian accent. The latter doesn't prove anything, of course, but it does add suspicion.

  • 09.26.2010 6:49 PM PDT


Posted by: Fiann
Interesting. I got a call this afternoon from someone claiming to be on the escalations team at Microsoft. He was doing his best to sell me on the benefit of paying for an upgrade, er, "repair" to my xbox. He was saying how he had the same problem with his and didn't get any real discount on the repairs as an employee either. Then he started adding up the cost of a refurbished console from Game Stop plus the one year MS warranty and this and that. I finally cut him off and told him that if he was trying to convince me that I should pay for this "repair" that he wasn't going to succeed. He again stated the no more free repairs stance MS has taken on it and I reiterated to him what Urk had told us, that this couldn't be fixed by a software update and that MS should not be charging us. He promised to look into it further and call me back if he could set it up but suggested I shouldn't expect anything.

I don't know if his call was instigated by an escalation from the rep I spoke with yesterday or my filling out the survey they sent me that I was very dissatisfied. Either way, I have my doubts about his story about having the same problem with Reach. For one, it just sounds too convenient. For another, he had a noticeable Indian accent. The latter doesn't prove anything, of course, but it does add suspicion.


That honestly sounds really shady.

  • 09.26.2010 6:52 PM PDT
Subject: Disc Not Reading? Call 1-800-4-MY-XBOX for support (see page 35).

It's funny how everyone is afraid of the big purple dinosaurs but no one even thinks twice about the big green man that ways an ton and can flip tanks.


Posted by: KaotikKnight
@BriskGibben My Xbox has the green flash now and again when powering down not all the time tho. I don't think it's anything to worry about.


Alright, i was just thinking about it, because no other game does that when i turn off my Xbox, but if Reach is in it, i see a green flash.

  • 09.26.2010 6:58 PM PDT
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since this reach issue, i have switched over to playing bioshock 2, mw2, red dead redemtion and mafia 2 and would you know it.. NOT ONE ISSUE! its pissing me off that ms and bungie are trying to pass it off as a hardware issue..

  • 09.26.2010 7:17 PM PDT
Subject: Disc Not Reading
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Posted by: SilentThunder00

That honestly sounds really shady.


Yeah, that's what I thought too. The whole thing just sounded WAY too contrived and sales pitchy.

  • 09.26.2010 7:18 PM PDT
Subject: Disc Not Reading? Call 1-800-4-MY-XBOX for support (see page 35).


Posted by: halon
since this reach issue, i have switched over to playing bioshock 2, mw2, red dead redemtion and mafia 2 and would you know it.. NOT ONE ISSUE! its pissing me off that ms and bungie are trying to pass it off as a hardware issue..


i know what you mean, but i was counting on reach to be my multiplayer fix for a while, WHY BUNGIE WHY!?

  • 09.26.2010 7:20 PM PDT

Suitable for vegetarians ;)

Hi guys... my Reach copy is on its way and its Made in Ireland. So does anyone have problem with discs made in ireland?

  • 09.26.2010 7:25 PM PDT

"You could've had a V8...now it's too late!"

I say, we all go back to CoD until Reach gets fixed. Am I right? lol

  • 09.26.2010 7:25 PM PDT

It's funny how everyone is afraid of the big purple dinosaurs but no one even thinks twice about the big green man that ways an ton and can flip tanks.

Wait how do i found out where my disc was made?
Posted by: xxxEmO SkateRxx
Hi guys... my Reach copy is on its way and its Made in Ireland. So does anyone have problem with discs made in ireland?

  • 09.26.2010 7:25 PM PDT

Suitable for vegetarians ;)


Posted by: BriskGibben
Wait how do i found out where my disc was made?
Posted by: xxxEmO SkateRxx
Hi guys... my Reach copy is on its way and its Made in Ireland. So does anyone have problem with discs made in ireland?


its on the back side of the cover :D

  • 09.26.2010 7:29 PM PDT

Mine was made in Mexico and it doesn't work. My friends was also, but his works.

  • 09.26.2010 8:13 PM PDT

you know, this is crazy before the week ends this forum will have 100 pages...

  • 09.26.2010 8:46 PM PDT

I just called xbox support in AUS. They are going to replace my disc. My current disc is already my 2nd one. It gets the dre in the campaign. My copy is made in Singapore. I don't think replacing my disc will solve the problem though. I have also managed to install game to my HDD. I did get it to work once after deleting HDD cache. Would an update fix this issue?

  • 09.26.2010 9:23 PM PDT
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i give up for the patch so i bought a new slim (anyway my old xbox freeze in some games alot recently) and now my copy of reach work perfectly
for the people who will call microsoft in french, they took 2 week for calling me back after i call them for reach so call them in english it will be more fast...

  • 09.26.2010 9:41 PM PDT

Your Face

I think that's a good way to protest.

  • 09.26.2010 9:45 PM PDT

I am not buying a new 360 just because bungie couldn't make a game properly. Does anyone know when the new update is due to be released?

  • 09.26.2010 9:48 PM PDT


Posted by: ThePathMaker
I am not buying a new 360 just because bungie couldn't make a game properly. Does anyone know when the new update is due to be released?


i heard it was sometime in october but who knows

  • 09.26.2010 10:01 PM PDT

Dang. I just want to play this game now.

  • 09.26.2010 10:27 PM PDT

Blarg!?

They better release a fix 'cause I'm pretty damn frustrated with the campaign right now. I can't seem to get past the final cutscene in Long Night of Solace. The disk just freezes up or has a disk read error. Grr...

  • 09.26.2010 10:27 PM PDT

If the update fixes this problem, some of us will probably throw a party

  • 09.26.2010 10:53 PM PDT

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When I'm playing the sound will randomly cut out towards the end of a match. As soon as the game finishes I get a black screen for about 15 seconds than it pops up with Clean Disc message and takes me to dashboard. When I'm on dashboard Halo Reach is still readable stills says Play Halo Reach in the my Xbox section of the dashboard. It's just annoying but the game is still playable

  • 09.26.2010 11:21 PM PDT


Posted by: J3mini
I can't seem to get past the final cutscene in Long Night of Solace. The disk just freezes up or has a disk read error. Grr...

I couldn't load the package stage, I managed to get my mate to invite me to play the last stage. I now have all the stages listed and can choose to play any stage. It may help, I still cant play The Package and another stage though.

  • 09.26.2010 11:52 PM PDT