Chunk need help :(

[Chunkchenko]

heres goes my story.

my brothers xbox stopped working (making a really loud grinding noise when the disc tray was closed) so the next day i said to him after i finish work ill take my xbox down to yours.

after pwning some call of duty 4 and guitar hero 3 at my brothers house i decided to head off home. after arriving home me and my mate played some halo 3 at my house which he left after a few games then i played on call of duty 3 and smackdown for a few minutes before going to bed.

so today when i woke up i went to go play football for a few hours and when i went home my friend switched on my xbox just before i was going for a shower and my worst nightmare happened (besides being raped by big foot) my xbox was showing unplayable disc when my firend put halo in i was a bit confused and tried giving the disc a clean still said the same thing. so i tried a few other games and still had no luck.

tried moving the console from vertical to hortizontal, still nothing. tried unplugging all the cables and reconnecting it and nothing happened. i tried blowing inside of the disc tray and moving it from side to side and that didnt work too.

can anybody find out any information on this problem for me please. something that doesnt involve taking a part my xbox 360 (want to avoid ruining my 3 year warrenty)

btw ive lost my xbox 360 reciept so i cant return it to the retailer and i want to avoid sending it to xbox to be replaced with a refurbished xbox or fixed. because they get sent to praque and take ages to get back.

[manutd.]

To be honest, I think that's your only choice, just send it in mate. Coming from a guy with tons of friends that own 360, I think you should send it in, because this is a very common problem. It may take up to 3 months, but it's better than nothing. I've been reading around for you and all I get is that you should send it in..

Sorry mate..

[Jono]

you may be able to take it into a computer store and let them take a look at it, that would be your best bet, otherwise youd have to send it in

[Finnery]

You've done everything you can without taking it apart, so unless you;re willing to take it apart surely your only option is to send it off unfortunately.

[oLi]

I'll bring some good news





























Just kidding, your only option is to send it in  :lol:

[cigar omar]

Just buy a PS3  :thumbsup: You would never have had these problems if you had a Sony.  :hello:

[Finnery]

You're always so helpful Melbourne.

[cigar omar]

I try to be.  :thumbsup:

[Chunkchenko]

you may be able to take it into a computer store and let them take a look at it, that would be your best bet, otherwise youd have to send it in

that would void the warrenty and i dont wanna fuck up a 3 year warrenty. ive read about method of opening the xbox up and manually spinning the disc and altering the laser but i cant be arsed with the hassel and would rather have it sent away.

im phoning microsoft in a bit and have read on xbox forums that it only takes a week or 2 weeks to get it back and a majority of times its a new one which means people have an extra hard-drive because you only send the console to be replaced.

[manutd.]

Damnnnn only 2 weeks? That's awesome, and an extra hard drive is good too. Sell it on ebay or just keep it for like music.

[Chunkchenko]

ive just finished wrapping it up and putting it in a box with the ups returns label.

i also wrote a funny note inside the box.

[manutd.]

I'm curious to know the funny note. ;)

And how'd you get the UPS returns label? Did they come pick it up already?