Hardware problem?

[Generalno1]

well, i was playing oblivion,when it started bugging,(it stopped in middle of dialogue,lag etc)and i could hear weird sounds from my X-box's disk drive,like it was getting scratched,then the "the disk is unreadable" message came and i went back to the dashboard, i took the disk out and i saw fresh scratches on the disk,the irritating thing is i finally got my X-box updated,that's when it started happening.
Familiar with the problem?advise?links i can go to?anything is acceptable

[Kestral]

Two things:

1) Is the 360 lying down?
2) Is there anything on the 360?

[Josjie]

Does your Xbox 360 look like this? Because in that case, you're screwed.

Ok seriously, take a look at this. Game Disk scratches seem to be quite common.

There's also an article on Wikipedia about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_t ... ched_discs

[Generalno1]

Yeah,as a post red ring of death sufferer i know about it,i also know about how the disk scratches while moving the x-box,it is in a well ventilated space not lying down,and has nothing on it,basically it is on top of a shelf,and has not moved in over 5 months
Edit-there are'nt enough scratchs to be certain,but i think they are in concentric circles

[Kestral]

Lay it down, to begin with. Have it in the tower position scratches the disc.

[Generalno1]

Well that's news to me thnx Kestral

[ace62394]

Lay it down, to begin with. Have it in the tower position scratches the disc.

Not for me

[Kestral]

Lay it down, to begin with. Have it in the tower position scratches the disc.

Not for me :?

One of these days you'll find out. :o

[ace62394]

I've had it in the tower position for two years now