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Originally Posted by SwiftDeath
For whatever reason certain disc drives are more susceptible to scratching discs then a normal drive is
Have yet to figure out why but I've heard of this before and it depends on what drive model you have
PS3 drives were mostly good because of the slot-loading which is a better disc drive style for protecting discs from scratches
Although blu-rays are less susceptible to scratches to begin with I think
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There are 2 main reasons why Xbox discs get scratched
reason one (based on the original far xboxs I have not got hands on experience with 360 s or e
The disc spinning down (either while ejecting or just powering off the console) in both cases the spindle drops and let's the disc stop by spinning to a rest in the plastic drive tray
2nd reason
When the disc is ejected, the laser does not move back to the reset/ centre position, it stays where it was. And as there is very little clearance between the disc and laser if the laser was on the outside of the rail (edge of disc) when you last powered off the console or ejected the disc or the disc stopped spinning for whatever reason
The. The next time you change discs, the laser housing will catch either the ejecting disc or the new inserted disc
(I can't clearly remember if its both or just one or the other, but caiguely remember it being both, although the inserted disc to a laser extent as the drive is not spinning when the laser mech catches the disc)
I do know if the laser was at the outside of the disc and you press eject
The laser housing and rail mech and spindle lowers in such a fashion that the laser assembly catches on the disc and causes a r or L shaped scratch on the disc and then the disc spins to a stop on the plastic tray causing maximum damage
All of this is from plant of experience with open boxes of all 4 Xbox fat drive types