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CO D0G
03-28-2008, 06:09 AM
this may be common knowledge, but i thought i'd share for those that may not know.

i used to get a lotta unreadable disk errors with vegas 1. well, it's been a while since i'd played the original and then 2 days ago i started gettin' the same error. i checked out the disk and it had small ringed scratches on it. i took the game back to gamestop to swap it out yesterday, and then i remembered the problem and solution i had with vegas 1:

i use a universal remote to macro shut down everything. for some reason, vegas shuts down very harshly and spins down in the tray causing little scratches. i figured out you HAVE TO exit the game into your dashboard before you shut down the xbox instead of trying to shut down in-game. if you do this, you can avoid the scratches and unreadable disk errors. it took me 2 swap outs of vegas 1 to figure this out and already 1 swapout of vegas 2 to remember. gamestop will give you a hard time if you try to swap out your disk after like 10 days, so if you have been shutting down this way and you have some scratches on the back of your disk, it's best to swap it out asap.

again, this may be common knowledge, and then again, maybe it's just my machine that does this kinda thing, but either way, if you've received this error, it's worth checkin' out before it gets too late.

Ballsjaken
03-28-2008, 06:13 AM
if there's one thing i'm a little obsessive about, its taking the disc out of the console when i'm done playing. maybe its just in my head, but i think that the only times i get disc read errors is when i've left a game in the tray when i'm not playing it. i've been this way ever since college.

CO D0G
03-28-2008, 06:19 AM
if there's one thing i'm a little obsessive about, its taking the disc out of the console when i'm done playing. maybe its just in my head, but i think that the only times i get disc read errors is when i've left a game in the tray when i'm not playing it. i've been this way ever since college.
even better. i didn't know people like you existed! [ro]

Bourbon
03-28-2008, 06:24 AM
<P mce_keep="true">Only semi-related, but I got my first (and so far only)disc unreadable error the other day with Vegas 2. I've not had one before in over a year.

CO D0G
03-28-2008, 06:30 AM
Only semi-related, but I got my first (and so far only)disc unreadable error the other day with Vegas 2. I've not had one before in over a year.i'd swap it out quick-like if you can. you may be able to even if you didn't buy it from gamestop. the guys didn't check their computer or ask me for a receipt yesterday. i guess 'cause it's still so close to launch. they just assumed i bought from there and they handed me a brand-new shrink wrapped game, no questions asked.

cdub998
03-28-2008, 06:34 AM
<P mce_keep="true">Good post. Probably because the disc spins like a freakin tornado all the time.