Boiling an XBOX 360 Game DVD
Posted on | February 21, 2010 | No Comments
Recently, I ran into an issue where my XBOX 360 would not read a certain game disc. The disc itself looked pristine – no scratches, or smudges to be seen. All other game discs would read in the 360 with no problems at all. This particular game (LEGO Indiana Jones) had always acted up, and would normally only read after opening the DVD drive, and re-reading the disc, eventually getting to the point where it would not read at all.
Remembering back to the original XBOX days, where some of the OXM discs would not read, a method of boiling the DVD was used to remove a coating from the bottom of the disc. After doing a search online, I found this video to remind me of the procedure. Unfortunately, this did not work for me. I tried it twice.
I decided to go a little more extreme with my method. Thankfully, if I messed up, the cost to replace the game now would be $5. Here is what I did (note: you may seriously screw up your game doing this, so you may not want to try this with your brand new copy of Modern Warfare 2.)
- Large pot of boiling water
- 2 wooden spoons
- Paper towel
- Kleenex
Once the pot of boiling water was ready:
I placed 1 wooden spoon through the DVD so that the head of the spoon was on the data side of the DVD. I then placed the DVD in the boiling water, ensuring that no part of the DVD was touching any part of the pot.
I then used the other wooden spoon to keep the DVD submerged in the boiling water, and let it boil. After 2 minutes, I removed the DVD, and placed it label side down on the paper towel. Using he Kleenex, I then dabbed the water off of the data side of the DVD.
After waiting 10 minutes, I tried the game in the XBOX, and it worked fine. As a check I did this multiple times, and even the next morning. The DVD reads perfectly every time.
I suspect that you can use this method with any commercial CD or DVD. Good luck!
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