XBOX 360 problem - only middle green light flashing and no error message

listen i can reassure you that it's the dvd drive itself. the gears inside your xbox dvd drive is broken and it has to be replaced. same thing happened to me before, now that i swap it with a new one. it's working perfectly now.

 

ok thanks for your help

 

uhhh, i think i have the same problem as everyone else but i'm not sure. my 360 can't recognize the disk in the tray, and that middle green light keeps blinknig insanely. and it's really annoying. and whenever it finally gets to work it turns off like, five minutes later. does anyone know if this is something i have to take in to get fixed?

 

meghann i replied to your other thread you made about this.

 

if ur xbox 360 dvd drive cant recongize the disc it means that somehow ur dvd drive key and ur console key does not match. did u recently swap a old dvd drive with a new one?

 

Hey guys.
I repaired a 3rrod console last night that is also having eject problems. It's a Samsung MS25 and was made in 01/2006

From what I'm seeing with the dvd drive I'm working with the magnet in the top of the dvd drive case doesn't seem to want to let the laser assembly drop down and allow the dvd drive tray to eject.

I gathered this by loosening up the 4 screws that hold the dvd drive cover together. Once I did this I was able to get the dvd drive to eject and retract without problems. I also tested a few backup games since the guy said he had it flashed over in the Middle East.

However I can't just leave the screws loose so I decided to take a few of my nylon washers and cut them and use them as spacers, between the metal cover and the plastic housing of the dvd drive, to see if this helps out.

I'm guessing the problem is that the dvd drive is probably on it's way out. Either the motor is wearing out and isn't strong enough to pull away from the magnet or something of that nature.

I'll post some more information this evening when I get home and test out the spacers. I just couldn't keep my eyes open any longer last night to test it out. Otherwise he'll probably need another MS25 and just swap out the dvd board.

EDIT:
Well the spacer idea can be shot down. It didn't work. It allowed the the dvd tray to eject freely but when a game was inserted it couldn't read it, the drive was loud and it scratched up a backup.

While trying to figure out another work around I confirmed that my problem was the magnetic dvd spindle. I removed the circle that houses the spindle in the samsung drive cover and the spindle itself. The tray ejected and closed freely. Then I put a game in and set the magnetic bezel back down on top before the game started spinning. The game played perfectly and the dvd drive was quieter.

If anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears.

 

Hey guys. This is my first post here of many more to come. Ok now to the good stuff. Im having the same problem as everyone else so let me explain how my problem all started.

1. I have a modified xbox360 with globe360 modchip. Always worked fine until one day I got the RROD.

2. I tried the towel trick which worked every time I did it until the 7th time (lmao, I know 7 was a bit much). I fixed the RROD problem myself but not with the x-clamp. I just cleaned up the mess that the solder made and put everything back together and it worked fine.

3. The towel tricked made three wires from the globe360 mod come off. I finally repaired the wires and once I put everything together again I got a flashing Green issue.

4. I figured that it could be my sata cable hook up to the xbox because I accidently touch the cable with my soldering iron. No major burn, just a teeny weeny injury to the cord. I get no blinking red lights, but I have no audio or sound. The ish is crazy and its bothering me so bad. My xbox360 has always worked fine until now. If anyone would like a youtube video of the issue than let me know here or IM me at nickmoses05@hotmail.com.

I have youtube videos already so it would be cool to do a vid for you guys. I appreciate all the work that has been done on this site because I have been getting information from here for years. Information is usually so detailed that I would find my answers no matter what, but this is one that I have trouble figuring out. I will keep everyone up to date with any changes.

Thanks.

 

i have a questiona bout the x clamp fix.. will this permanently fix the xbox 360 Ring of light or it's like the towel trick. temporarily fix?

 

It is a permanent fix to the xbox 360

 

It is definitely a permanent fix. I did it myself to another xbox360 that i had worked on. I just cleaned the solder up and replaced everything and mine works fine. till this blinking green light thing.

 

if i knew this x clamp fix earlier, i wouldnt have returned it back to MS and get it fixed. now i have another modded xbox 360, so now when it does have ring of death in the future, i can rest assure now that it can be permanent fix? how long will it last till the ROD come back, do u guys know?

 

ok everybody...im getting the lights flashing and that started with everytime i played madden 09...before i got madden 09 it didnt do it. i had to update my xbox to play it

i called the support team and i could have given myself better help then her.

she said "on my database i have no symptoms of a flashing yellow light with out the trey ejecting."

then she went on to try to get me to buy a new xbox for $90

i hung up on her

if i dont get a solution to it im tempted to throw it away hahaha

 

This happened to me once last week, and again tonight. I do not have a modded 360, and it was manufactured in July 2006. I always keep it in a well ventilated area, lying on it's side.

I was playing Bad Company online (middle of a match, so no data was being streamed off the disc... that happens in between levels) and my Xbox restarts out of the blue then makes this grinding/scraping sound. I try to eject, but the drive will not respond. Unplug power, then manual eject, and the disc has rings freshly scratched into it. Push drive closed, reconnect power and turn on: power light begins flashing and shows no signs of stopping. No onscreen error, and drive button in the dashboard says "Close Tray" even though the tray has been pushed shut. Pressing it changes it to "Closing" and nothing changes. Power off and then pressed the eject button, with no response. I then go to Google to find a thread chronicling similar issues; I stumble across this thread. After reading a few posts, my 360 mysteriously powers on and the light stops flashing after a few seconds. Drive button in dashboard says "Open Tray", and pressing it makes the drive respond. I say "weird" then proceed to type this post.

I haven't messed with it more out of fear my discs will be destroyed, but I suspect it will work until it happens again. The first time (I was playing GTA4, game hardly got scratched by laser unlike Bad Company), it just restarted and the eject button wouldn't work. All I had to do to fix it was unplug then replug the power to the back of the xbox. This time it was significantly more work.

I will call MS tech support tomorrow during business hours.


@dtnbafan: That is probably because the flashing light is green, not yellow.

 

i think im haveing pretty much the same problems

(xbox restarts in the middle of game)

(blinking center light)

but i dont know anything about repairing xboxs

does anyone thing it might be a problem with the harddrive?

probobly not but i hope so because i have an extra one lying around

 

Hey guys. I've done several repairs over the last few years on cheap 360s. But i've come across a new prob with the center flashing green light. On this 360, it appears to be the begginning of a heat prob. I have the dvd drive disconnected completely and mobo sitting in bottom piece of metal chassi. When i turn the 360 on, it boots to dash and appears fine(cept the flashing light). But after a min or so, hte fan begins to speed up rapidly. I havent bothered to try a game in it yet because the light still blinks with the dvd drive removed. I;ll try the x-clamp fix and pressure pads on the other chips in the area and see if it works. Its also a halo 3 edition

 

Lol, i checked with a buddy and e said not to bother with any hardware mods because the eeprom is corrupt or has stopped working. The fan going crazy is possibly a side effect from this problem.

 

Your buddy may be wrong, If the light is flashing when the dvd drive is out it's because the 360 isn't detecting a dvd drive. That's what it does, it flashes green when the dvd drive is dead/unplugged.

The fan speeds up because the xbox is getting hot, probably not hot enough to overheat if it is just sitting at the dashboard, but its normal for the fan to turn on.

 

I'm KINDA having the same problem, just a bit different. a few days ago, i went out and bought call of duty, world at war. So excited to play, i came home and put it in my console, only to get unplayable disc. Now...here is the strange part. My rom would read COD:4, the OLDER version with scratches, yet not COD: waw..the new one with no scratches.. strange. so i figured i needed a new drive. Purchased a hitachi just like mine off of ebay, and swapped the logic boards so there was no need for flashing. Excited as sin, i turned on my xbox only to get the constant green flashing and no eject function. Wont even TRY to read discs. I know it isnt the drives mechanisms, cause its brand new. It shouldnt be my logic board, cause it worked in the prior drive, and i have been very careful as to how i did all this. I KNOWWWW i didnt make any mistakes.........can ANYONE help????

 

Hey guys, been a while. I"ve done some reseach and gained a lil more exp with these types of probs.
If the player is scratching discs, your spindle isn't balanced. (factory defect, neglect, w/e) You can tinker around with it to see if you can fix it. Haven't done that repair myself yet.
The prob with the dvd drive suddenly screwing up could be caused by a few things. The chip which holds the firmware could be damaged in lots of ways when it comes to static or if you have shitty surgy power coming from your sockets, it could just be a dud and has screwed up, or maybe an update from live?(its screwed shit up before)Make sure you triple check all your connections, sometimes those small ribbons can be a pain and dont always fully connect even if it feels like they have. One other thing, make sure if your gonna buy replacement parts, the person your buying from has a good rep. My cousin had all types of problems finding a good kreon and replacement parts.(All the people he dealt with had great ratings on ebay. Too bad there crap didn't work BE SURE

 

One quick note: Dont Do Repairs In Carpeted Areas
Even a shock you dont feel can screw your hardware.