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I have an xbox and I'm having problems with it. I've had it for about 2-3 years (I don't remember exactly). For months, half of my games have skipped almost every time I play them. I think the problem is with the xbox itself, but I really can't tell. I'm going to buy a new one (not an xbox 360, just an xbox). My question is, do you think that this will solve the problem? Also, I have a LOT of saved stuff on the xbox that I have now. Is there any way to transfer all the saved stuff to the new xbox cheaply?
THANK YOU.
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Depending on how you handle your game discs, it *might* be the discs. Have you checked the backs for scratches or stray blobs of jelly? :-)
Before spending the money on a new xbox, I'd get a CD/DVD cleaner disc and run it in the xbox to clean the lens of the player. This is just DVD with a soft brush on the underside. When you put it in the player and it spins up, it cleans the otherwise inaccesible reader lens. If the games still skip, I'd try playing a couple games on a frends box, just to be sure it's not the discs (either that or buy a new game to see if a new disc skips on my system).
If the problem appears to be the DVD drive, you can get a replacement drive for about $70 (Google "xbox replacement parts" - or just go to LLAMA.COM). R&R'ing a drive is really straightforward, and a WHOLE lot cheaper than a new box. You can also find places online that will fix your box for you, if you're not mechanically inclined (about $50 plus any needed parts)
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Could be that it needs to be cleaned out. My friend had this same problem with his PS2 and he sent it to Sony for them to take it apart and clean it out and when they shipped it back to him, it worked perfectly. First try getting some of that compressed air in a can and spraying the inside through the CD Rom drive...if that doesn't work then call Microsoft and see about having your system cleaned....if all else fails- get a new Xbox.
Whether your saved stuff is on the hard drive or not you'll still need a memory card to put it onto a new system.
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Okay.. well my brother is the brilliant one with games, but, I'm pretty sure its not all your games that are damged, your rright its probablky the xbox, but if your really wondering, try playing your games on someone elses exbox and see if it does it, or go to the store and bring your xbox in and I'm sure they can see if its got a problem.
And isnt there a memory card on xbox?
I'm not sure.. about the transfering part..
but I hope I helped :)
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