Replacing the laser on a Slim 360

[SAWYER]

I got a 250 gig Slim off craigslist that will not read games or dvds. The tray opens and closes like normal but it says reading and it never loads. I am assuming I could replace the laser but I am not sure which laser or drive I have. Has anyone done this?

 

[cl-scott]

You could also just pay Microsoft's flat, no questions asked, repair fee of like $100. That even gives you a 90-day warranty on the "repaired" unit, and a lot of times they'll toss in a 1 month Live card.

Beyond that, generally you just replace the drive, not the laser in the drive. I would imagine any 360 drive from a slim model should work equally well.

 

[SAWYER]

I found a guy who will do it for 45 but he is backed up and told me the laser could be replaced

 

[effowe]

You could try a POT tweak before replacing anything.

http://team-xecuter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61768