Posted by No Way on 01/26/07 22:47

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:53:11 -0000, Doug Jacobs
<djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote:

>No Way <no@way.com> wrote:
>> I was wondering if it's better for the drive physically and
>> mechnically if the game disk is left in there all the time, including
>> when it's being turned off and on, or take the disk out before turning
>> it off and have the drive empty when turning it on?
>
>I don't have a 360, but I've always left my current game disc in my
>consoles and never had a problem with that. I also leave discs in my
>DVD Recorder hooked up to my TV. If I was going to move the device, I would
>remove the disc. Otherwise, just leave it in.

Ahhhh, I see. Great, thanks for the tip.

>> I guess what I'm wondering is, would it pose any undue stress at all
>> on the DVD drive if the disk was left in there all the time?
>
>> One thing to note is that, the way the DVD drive functions is that,
>> the second the game is turned on, the DVD drive will always be
>> spinning, until such that I exit out of the game and go back out to
>> the user menu of the Xbox 360. And there are times when I watch
>> vidoes, listen to music off my 360 as well.
>
>If you're using one of these other functions, doesn't the drive spin down
>(eventually?) I do know if you simply pause the game, then the drive
>continues to spin, but that's the game's doing.

Right, right, so, when you exit out of the game and go back out to
360's user menu, the drive will spin down due to non use.

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