How to Clean Up Xbox 360 Disc Drive Yourself

It really spoiled out the day sometime when your Xbox 360 showing disc read error while you insert a new game disc.That problem happen due to either your disc is broken/scratches happen, or may due to another reason is that your disc laser scanner is dirty blocked out by dust. If this happen, you actually can clean it up pretty easy by follow below step and you will get back to action in no times. Well, if you still not able to follow below step, recommened you pay a visit to XBox 360 Red Light Of Death Fix Guide which show you simple step by step on how to troubleshooting and repair your Xbox 360 console.

Tool that you need to prepare: small phillips head screwdriver, q tips/cotton swaps and alcohol.

Step 1: If you don't know where is the disc dirve, it a big gray square located on the left side of your console where are 2 plugs plugged into the back of the drive. Before you start anything, make sure you power down your console completely. Then, you need to unplugged those 2 plugs connected to your disc drive before you remove the disc drive out. You can grab the drive on the both sides and lift directly up to give you some space to reach behind to unplug the plugs. After that, the disc drive should be able to slide right out.

Step 2: Use a small phillips head screwdriver to unscrew the 4 screws in the corner of the drive and make sure you keep those screws properly so you don;t lose it.

Step 3: Now slowly grip the underside of the drive case nad lift up, this should be easy to remove the driver case without any difficulty.

Step 4: Turn the drive back over and slide the top of the case off and set ir aside.

Step 5: You can located the disc laser eye easily, use a q tips/cotton swaps rubbing with alchohol gently rub the laser eye to clean it up and dry it.

Step 6: Another componet that you need to clean up as well is the circular piece of thing located in the middle of drive which spins the disc when they inside the drive. Similar like step 5 clean it up with q tips by rubbing it wiht alchohol and dry it.

Step 7: After that, put them back together and screw it back.