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     The demo CD of June 2003 "Official Xbox Magazine"
doesn't work. It is the one with the Halo 2 exclusive in
it. I returned mine and got a new CD, no luck. I tried
different Xbox machines, no luck. I went to EBGames store
and they said none of theirs worked either in any of their
stores.
     I have every demo CD from Xbox mag so I compared the
CD to the others. The June CD has a silver color on the
face of the CD, all the others have a gold color. The June
CD feels thinner than the others as well. It looks like
they changed their supplier.
     It also looks like Quality Control messed up.
     There is a nice Halo 2 poster and some cool news on
Halo 2 in the mag but don't count on the CD working.

Quote:

>      The demo CD of June 2003 "Official Xbox Magazine"
> doesn't work. It is the one with the Halo 2 exclusive in
> it. I returned mine and got a new CD, no luck. I tried
> different Xbox machines, no luck. I went to EBGames store
> and they said none of theirs worked either in any of their
> stores.
>      I have every demo CD from Xbox mag so I compared the
> CD to the others. The June CD has a silver color on the
> face of the CD, all the others have a gold color. The June
> CD feels thinner than the others as well. It looks like
> they changed their supplier.
>      It also looks like Quality Control messed up.
>      There is a nice Halo 2 poster and some cool news on
> Halo 2 in the mag but don't count on the CD working.

- Will, waiting on a router

Has anybody else been having this problem? Anybody NOT having it?

Quote:

>      The demo CD of June 2003 "Official Xbox Magazine"
> doesn't work. It is the one with the Halo 2 exclusive in
> it. I returned mine and got a new CD, no luck. I tried
> different Xbox machines, no luck. I went to EBGames store
> and they said none of theirs worked either in any of their
> stores.
>      I have every demo CD from Xbox mag so I compared the
> CD to the others. The June CD has a silver color on the
> face of the CD, all the others have a gold color. The June
> CD feels thinner than the others as well. It looks like
> they changed their supplier.
>      It also looks like Quality Control messed up.
>      There is a nice Halo 2 poster and some cool news on
> Halo 2 in the mag but don't count on the CD working.

Quote:>-----Original Message-----
>Mine played fine.. The Halo2 deal was just last

Quote:>disc
>> error.... All my other games work fine, including

I thought that their customer service was REALLY over the top because I was
thinking my Disk issue was localized.

I guess they have been inundated with complaints, etc.

I too will try boiling my Disk, this worked in the past when OXM first
started out they had Disks that wouldn't work, and then sometimes it did,
etc.

The "boiled disk fix" did work then...

Bottom line, there is something fishy in relation to June's OXM disks...

Later

Quote:

>      The demo CD of June 2003 "Official Xbox Magazine"
> doesn't work. It is the one with the Halo 2 exclusive in
> it. I returned mine and got a new CD, no luck. I tried
> different Xbox machines, no luck. I went to EBGames store
> and they said none of theirs worked either in any of their
> stores.
>      I have every demo CD from Xbox mag so I compared the
> CD to the others. The June CD has a silver color on the
> face of the CD, all the others have a gold color. The June
> CD feels thinner than the others as well. It looks like
> they changed their supplier.
>      It also looks like Quality Control messed up.
>      There is a nice Halo 2 poster and some cool news on
> Halo 2 in the mag but don't count on the CD working.

Quote:>-----Original Message-----

>     The demo CD of June 2003 "Official Xbox Magazine"
>doesn't work. It is the one with the Halo 2 exclusive in
>it. I returned mine and got a new CD, no luck. I tried
>different Xbox machines, no luck. I went to EBGames store
>and they said none of theirs worked either in any of
their
>stores.
>     I have every demo CD from Xbox mag so I compared the
>CD to the others. The June CD has a silver color on the
>face of the CD, all the others have a gold color. The
June
>CD feels thinner than the others as well. It looks like
>they changed their supplier.
>     It also looks like Quality Control messed up.
>     There is a nice Halo 2 poster and some cool news on
>Halo 2 in the mag but don't count on the CD working.
>.

Quote:

> >-----Original Message-----

> >     The demo CD of June 2003 "Official Xbox Magazine"
> >doesn't work. It is the one with the Halo 2 exclusive in
> >it. I returned mine and got a new CD, no luck. I tried
> >different Xbox machines, no luck. I went to EBGames store
> >and they said none of theirs worked either in any of
> their
> >stores.
> >     I have every demo CD from Xbox mag so I compared the
> >CD to the others. The June CD has a silver color on the
> >face of the CD, all the others have a gold color. The
> June
> >CD feels thinner than the others as well. It looks like
> >they changed their supplier.
> >     It also looks like Quality Control messed up.
> >     There is a nice Halo 2 poster and some cool news on
> >Halo 2 in the mag but don't count on the CD working.
> >.

> Well mine seems to work just fine... however while
> watching the trailer of Halo2 it is very jumpy... however
> it seems to me like all of my OXM discs have done that...
> ohwell I suppose

     That's right BOILING WORKED. I took a pot with 1 inch
of water in it, brought it to a boil. Took the pot OFF THE
HOT ELEMENT and put disc in right away, 1 minute one side
and then flipped it over for 1 minute the other side for a
total of 2 minutes. Took the disc out, dried it off and
let cool for 5 minutes and put it in the Xbox and IT
WORKED. I'm doing this anytime I have a disc problem. By
the way the Matrix trailer is cool, and I saw the movie
today, DEEP.

Beerdog - How far does the rabbit hole go?

Quote:>-----Original Message-----

>     The demo CD of June 2003 "Official Xbox Magazine"
>doesn't work. It is the one with the Halo 2 exclusive in
>it. I returned mine and got a new CD, no luck. I tried
>different Xbox machines, no luck. I went to EBGames store
>and they said none of theirs worked either in any of
their
>stores.
>     I have every demo CD from Xbox mag so I compared the
>CD to the others. The June CD has a silver color on the
>face of the CD, all the others have a gold color. The
June
>CD feels thinner than the others as well. It looks like
>they changed their supplier.
>     It also looks like Quality Control messed up.
>     There is a nice Halo 2 poster and some cool news on
>Halo 2 in the mag but don't count on the CD working.
>.

Quote:> Mine didn't work either, but I did get a rather kind email back from OXM
> apologizing (I had emailed asking for a replacement disk) and informing me
> that a replacement is on the way.

> I thought that their customer service was REALLY over the top because I
was
> thinking my Disk issue was localized.

> I guess they have been inundated with complaints, etc.

> I too will try boiling my Disk, this worked in the past when OXM first
> started out they had Disks that wouldn't work, and then sometimes it did,
> etc.

> The "boiled disk fix" did work then...

> Bottom line, there is something fishy in relation to June's OXM disks...

> Later

Barney