GAME CUBE PROBLEM

[reddog349]

Well my sons game cube has stopped reading disc .Has anyone else had this problem and is there a fix or do I need to chunk it?

 

[Pony]

Re: GAME CUBE PROBLEM

is it overheating? that will cause disc read errors.<br /><br />The first thing i would do, and its free, is to give it a good cleaning. clean the lens, maybe take a air can and GENTLY blow it out. If that doesnt work, it didnt cost ya anything

 

[reddog349]

Re: GAME CUBE PROBLEM

I recall the boy (and wife) leaveing it on all night and haveing it mess up during a game the next day . As I recall they said it was over heating. Once they stopped leaveing it on so much we never had a problem until one day it wouldnt read disc. I tried some can air - nothng? Any other suggestions?

 

[ZodFutMk2]

Re: GAME CUBE PROBLEM

Several things come to mind...at least what I've had to do to keep my youngest's cube alive.<br /><br />1) Clean the laser lens with a q-tip dipped in alcohol, dirty finger tips tend to hit it with the small CDs<br /><br />2) make sure there isn't anything that's dropped into the unit blocking the movement of the laser head...somehow food particles dont' work well in the movement<br /><br />3) make sure the CD is seated properly on the spindle, somehow part of a label got scrunched against the side of the spindle preventing proper seating<br /><br />4) check the back of the cd to see if it's too scratched to read, surprise, surprise...if the CD is cloudy from being slid across the floor, it won't read.<br /><br />I put his Cube and PS2 on a power strip. Each night the power strip is turned off and so are the power paks. <br /><br />Hope this helps