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Xbox · Disc drive · Hialeah & Miami Lakes, FL
Xbox won't read discs
Grinding when it loads, spitting discs straight back out, or refusing to take one at all.
Laser, belt or loaderStuck discs removed intactSeries X and Xbox One Most repairs same day
It's a mechanical fault with a mechanical fix — usually a tired laser, a slipped belt, or something jammed in the loader.
Symptoms
What it's doing
- Disc goes in and comes straight back out
- Grinding or clicking as it tries to load
- Reads films but not games
- There's a disc stuck inside
Two things worth knowing
Before you try anything
There's a disc stuck. Can I pull it out?
Please don't. Forcing it is what turns a stuck disc into a scratched disc and a bent loader — and then you're paying for both. Bring it down as it is.
It reads films but not games.
Very common, and it tells us something useful: game discs are denser and ask more of the laser, so they fail first as it weakens. It's a good early warning rather than a mystery.
What we do
How the repair goes
- Work out whether it's the laser, the loader or the drive board.
- Get any jammed disc out without scratching it.
- Repair or replace whatever's actually failed.
- Test with both a game and a film before it goes back.
Also on Xbox
Other Xbox work
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