Cleaning Your Xbox Dvd Drive - Microsoft Xbox Repair Manual

CLEANING YOUR XBOX DVD DRIVE

If you are getting constant dirty disk errors, what do you have to loose, give this a try. The
majority of the drives are not really dirty cleaning it will not fix the problem; they are
getting out of adjustment or just getting weak. Try not to get your hopes up, too much
sometimes you will be improving a DVD from constant errors to less frequent glitching and
pausing during movies and games. But I guess that is better than nothing.
See disassembly procedure for details on how to get at your Xbox DVD drive!
Necessary tools:
Torx Number #10 screwdriver
Philips Number #1 screwdriver
Q-Tips
Lens Cleaner
Compressed air
Helpful tools:
Magnetized Philips Number #1 screwdriver or screw grabber
Some words of advice before we begin. Leave the small ribbon cables that connect components
within the drive alone. If you feel you must disconnect and reconnect a few while you are in
there, note that there is a brown wedge in each of the sockets that needs to be pulled out gently to
allow the ribbon to be released.
There are four screws that need to be removed. Two in the rear
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