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Xbox DVD repair

If your Xbox is freezing during games or returning the dreaded Dirty Disc Error you have a DVD drive problem.

If this all sounds like too much work you can always buy a replacement drive

First off, DO NOT BLOW CANNED AIR INTO THE DRIVE WITHOUT OPENING IT!
This will almost certainly make things worse, you just assure that the dust will be redistributed evenly inside the drive and this includes a coating on the optics you are trying to clean.

Steps to take in order to resolve Dirty Disk Errors-

1. Use a standard CD/DVD Cleaner, they look like a normal CD but with two miniature brushes on them. This will only clean the lens. Sometimes this is all you need to be up and running.

2.Use this information to figure out what drive you are working with and what must be done to clean the lens in the next step.
Determine the manufacturer of your Xbox DVD drive.
Complete Tear Down Tutorials
Thomson Laser Installation Thomson Tray Alignment
Phillips Laser Installation
Samsung

3. Clean the lens and mirror manually Tutorial (same tutorial as Thompson tear down)

4. Adjust the Potentiometer (pot) on the laser. Thompson Tutorial

5. Replace the Laser in the DVD drive, purchase replacement Samsung Phillips and Thompson lasers.

6. If none of the above options revive your drive you can rest assured you have tried it all... Get a new drive, they do go dead and its probably not your fault or the fault of your younger sibling-relative-friend that was messing with your xbox without your permission (yes I hear that a lot). Replacement Xbox DVD Drives