- Joined
- Dec 26, 2004
Around two nights ago, I went downstairs at midnight to grab some food and on the way down I heard some fans running. I got downstairs to see my 360 on with the disc tray ejected. No one had touched the thing all day so there was no way it was intentional. Also, none of the four quadrants of the RoL were lit up, signaling that none of the controllers were on or connected to the console (and none of them could have been turned on, all of them were in open space face up with nothing around to press the XBox button). I turned it off confused and went to the kitchen. On the way back, the tray was out and it was on again. I turned it off and two seconds later it fired back up and the tray came out again. I left it unplugged.
I tried plugging it in again and after maybe 3-5 minutes it fires up and the disc tray ejects. Today, again, I wondered what was wrong and plugged it back in. My brother also wanted to play RB so he fired up the console, the tray ejected around 25-30 seconds after the console was turned on, and then he closed the tray and went to play. Halfway through the song the tray ejected and booted him out of the game into the dashboard.
Also, today, the tray didn't only open, it would close and open a ridiculous amount of times. It might close all the way then open again two seconds later, or it might keep going in and out without closing or opening all the way.
To clarify some other things, the eject button is perfectly fine. I've metered the switch that the eject button presses. It is not being depressed and it shorts the two terminals fine when pressed. There is nothing physically wrong with the console at all, and everything still works fine besides the fact that the disc tray ejects completely randomly. Also, there is no problem with the DVD drive. I fired up the console without the disc drive in (I pulled the SATA and power plug from it) and then fired the console up. The power light randomly changed from blinking to solid, as if someone was pushing the eject button (and the tray was opening/closing). If I hold the eject button, the tray stays where it currently is. For instance, if it's closed and I hold the eject button, it stays closed and it doesn't open on it's own until I let go and wait.
I cannot for the life of me figure out WHY this is happening. Searches on google turn up either "Xbox 360 randomly turning off" or "OMG THE 360 IS TURNING ON ON IT'S OWN IT'S HAUNTED KILL IT BEFORE IT KILLS YOU". I called MS and they said that it's out of warranty so they need $99 (plus they won't fix it anyway because the warranty sticker is cut up since I had to open it up and up the laser voltage to cure the DREs I was getting).
Any ideas?
I tried plugging it in again and after maybe 3-5 minutes it fires up and the disc tray ejects. Today, again, I wondered what was wrong and plugged it back in. My brother also wanted to play RB so he fired up the console, the tray ejected around 25-30 seconds after the console was turned on, and then he closed the tray and went to play. Halfway through the song the tray ejected and booted him out of the game into the dashboard.
Also, today, the tray didn't only open, it would close and open a ridiculous amount of times. It might close all the way then open again two seconds later, or it might keep going in and out without closing or opening all the way.
To clarify some other things, the eject button is perfectly fine. I've metered the switch that the eject button presses. It is not being depressed and it shorts the two terminals fine when pressed. There is nothing physically wrong with the console at all, and everything still works fine besides the fact that the disc tray ejects completely randomly. Also, there is no problem with the DVD drive. I fired up the console without the disc drive in (I pulled the SATA and power plug from it) and then fired the console up. The power light randomly changed from blinking to solid, as if someone was pushing the eject button (and the tray was opening/closing). If I hold the eject button, the tray stays where it currently is. For instance, if it's closed and I hold the eject button, it stays closed and it doesn't open on it's own until I let go and wait.
I cannot for the life of me figure out WHY this is happening. Searches on google turn up either "Xbox 360 randomly turning off" or "OMG THE 360 IS TURNING ON ON IT'S OWN IT'S HAUNTED KILL IT BEFORE IT KILLS YOU". I called MS and they said that it's out of warranty so they need $99 (plus they won't fix it anyway because the warranty sticker is cut up since I had to open it up and up the laser voltage to cure the DREs I was getting).
Any ideas?