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Great.
However, I've just encountered my 360 DVD drive playing silly beggars with me again. No RROD - just kept saying, 'open tray' when I tried to play Quantum of Solace.
Maybe it was hinting to me it didn't like me playing the game...but I'll be damned if I'm going to be controlled by a machine. So I searched 'open tray Xbox 360' on google and found many people seem to have similar problems.
I also noticed that the game wasn't appearing in my recent history on the 360 until it eventually decided to work just now.
Could this be the Xbox's next RROD?
I hope not...
Great.
However, I've just encountered my 360 DVD drive playing silly beggars with me again. No RROD - just kept saying, 'open tray' when I tried to play Quantum of Solace.
Maybe it was hinting to me it didn't like me playing the game...but I'll be damned if I'm going to be controlled by a machine. So I searched 'open tray Xbox 360' on google and found many people seem to have similar problems.
I also noticed that the game wasn't appearing in my recent history on the 360 until it eventually decided to work just now.
Could this be the Xbox's next RROD?
I hope not...
The RROD was slightly different though, as it was due to rushing a product to market without sufficient testing. But that said, every piece of new technology with so many parts is going to have some failure, a batch of the 60GB PS3 have a known fault with one of the chips disintegrating.
If I did, and it was the fault of my DVD drive, I would be very annoyed with Microsoft, seeing as it was replaced rather recently (certainly within past 12 months).
I have noticed though that I was experiencing errors reading from disc ever since I downloaded a required update for Fable II. I couldn't actually get passed the intro movie at the start of the game without installing it to the hard drive! I seem to be experiencing crashing on GTAIV too.
Luckily though, my 360 hasn't done that 'open tray' error since I made that post. I'm just glad I've so far had a clean track with all of Nintendo's (And SEGAs') systems I've owned so far...unlike my experiences with both Sony and Microsoft...
I still think the problem would associate with the RRoD, but I'm wondering if Microsoft have decided to de-associate the RRoD with many faulst on the newer machines. Hey, I'm sure like everyone they don't want to spend unnecessary money honouring their 3-year makeshift warranty.
Hopefully the knock on wood will work :D
My Xbox 360 has forgotten all my Xbox 360 games I've played - except those I installed to the hard drive.
It also wont play any game disc I put in the console, again just giving me the option yo open the disc tray...
It's worked for me so far anyway,