Dirty Disc SOB!

I am one of the very lucky few who have never had a problem with their Xbox 360. No red rings, no crashes, nothing. Well, I dunno if this is a system problem per say but I do hear from a lot of gamers about the dreaded dirty disc error. I haven’t seen much of this either but I simply cannot play NBA 2K8 without it crashing in the 3rd quarter. The sound cuts out (actually just the play by play) and then I get the dirty disc error after about 3 mins w/o sound.

For those that have seen this — what’s the alternative? Clean the disc? Get a new disc?

For the record, I am CRAZY in love with this game — NBA 2K8 is seriously, seriously good, but this disc shit is irksome to say the least.

5 Responses to “Dirty Disc SOB!”

  1. Todd Says:

    When my first 360 was doing that it was only a matter of time until it completely failed. Start the death watch, my friend. :(

  2. Flying_Norseman Says:

    Oddly enough, if you take the game out of the machine so that the 360 starts up without a disk in and then you put it in and play it greatly reduces the dirty disk errors. I have the same issues with NHL 08. I usually sign in first before I put the game in, but that shouldn’t matter.

  3. Bill Says:

    Ill try that FN.

    Todd, “la la la la la la I can’t hear you la la la la.”

  4. TroyF Says:

    Back when I had NBA2K6, I had a dirty disk error. Returning the disc for another game fixed the problem.

    And yes, NBA2K8 is an incredible game. Simply incredible.

  5. Brandon Says:

    Couldn’t you boil the Halo disc back in the OldBox days to reduce the dirty disc errors?

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