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Monday, October 13, 2008

Madden 09 Disc Unreadable - How I Fixed It

OK... I am not suggesting that ANYONE else do this...

I thought I had fixed the issue by deleting all of my Madden content (3 year Franchises, etc)... Lost everything, got through a game....

Turned off the 360 and put in Madden... Unreadable Disc at Favre screen.Here is where it got interesting.

Every time I heard my 360 drive spinning like a freight train I knew it was close to "Unreadable". So, I pop out the game... Look at my 360 and lift up the front of the console about 2-3 inches and try to look inside...

THEN I get so angry I just let it fall those 2 inches. All of a sudden I start hearing a little clicking sound... I start thinking "OH Shiznit!... I deserve this after dropping it, but OH SHIZ!"I turn off the 360 and turn it back on...

No clicking...
I put in Madden 09 and wait to hear my 360 spin at 50000 RPMs...Nothing, almost silent...Voila! It boots up and my 360 is running better than ever!Playing Madden as I type...Loading times are better, everything is smooth.

My problem has been fixed.

Note: To get a legit fix simply save the game to the harddrive with the NXE.