In this article, I wanted to clear up some confusion that has been around the issues that some gamers have had with their DVD drives on the Xbox 360. Of course, you’ve probably heard of the red lights of doom, freezes, and then, of course, you have a whole series of “E” error messages that can pop up on your screen, although what has emerged in the last few months is a new problem involving the DVD drive not playing your games when you put in a disc.
When this happens, you typically get a blank screen telling you to insert an Xbox 360 disc – well, unless you’ve made a mistake, you’ll probably find that that’s exactly what you’ve already done. So what causes this problem?
This is what I wanted to clarify in this article, you see that many people think that when this happens, it is the real unit that breaks or the lens is gone and you will have to send it in and fix it. Well, this may be the case for some of these errors, but typically this error is caused by too much heat reaching the sensors on the back of the drive.
In fact, so much heat occurs when you play games that the motherboard starts to flex slightly and as this continues, the solder breaks and that’s when the red lights appear. So you could say that in most cases this error will actually lead to the red lights of doom if left uncorrected.
So to fix it, you need to prevent heat build-up from reaching the back of the unit. There are a few different ways to do this and the first is, as mentioned above, to send it back for repair. This takes a long time, but if you don’t mind the wait, it’s worth considering!
The other way you can fix it is by getting a good Xbox 360 repair guide that will show you how with household items you can stop heat build-up and get back to your games. Of course, the final decision is up to you, but I hope this article has told you a bit more about why DVD drive error occurs.