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  • Blzer
    Resident film pundit
    • Mar 2004
    • 42520

    #31
    Re: Boiling a disc

    Originally posted by Boltman
    Even if it is copy and pasted, it pretty much sums up every thing I posted, even the wiping part is word for word. good advice none the less.
    Eh with a few alterations here and there. The first paragraph is my own.
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    • Boltman
      L.A. to S.D. to HI
      • Mar 2004
      • 18283

      #32
      Re: Boiling a disc

      Originally posted by Blzer
      Eh with a few alterations here and there. The first paragraph is my own.
      LOL, nice.

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      • redxiiixi
        MVP
        • Jun 2004
        • 1111

        #33
        Re: Boiling a disc

        WOW!!

        My CH 2k7 (360) disk has been out of use for about a month due to many large scratches on the surface

        Trying to play the game only woirks 1 out of 8 times, and if i actually manage to start up a game, I get a DRE sometime in the 2nd half (7/8 times my 360 asks me to insert a 360 disk)

        I boiled my disk for 6 minutes and everything is back to normal, this technique actually works.

        BTW, my disk looked a lot better after boiling it, it seems as if the major scratches vainshed, only minor scratches were left on the surface
        Originally posted by Blzer
        No, I don't have anything better to do. Now, I answered your question... is it possible for you to answer mine, or am I really just wasting my time here?

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        • Blzer
          Resident film pundit
          • Mar 2004
          • 42520

          #34
          Re: Boiling a disc

          Originally posted by redxiiixi
          WOW!!

          My CH 2k7 (360) disk has been out of use for about a month due to many large scratches on the surface

          Trying to play the game only woirks 1 out of 8 times, and if i actually manage to start up a game, I get a DRE sometime in the 2nd half (7/8 times my 360 asks me to insert a 360 disk)

          I boiled my disk for 6 minutes and everything is back to normal, this technique actually works.

          BTW, my disk looked a lot better after boiling it, it seems as if the major scratches vainshed, only minor scratches were left on the surface
          Glad to hear it!

          Duece, you may want to try it.
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          • dossier
            Banned
            • Oct 2006
            • 2272

            #35
            Re: Boiling a disc

            how do you cool it down just take it out and let it sit there or did you run it under cool water?

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            • Blzer
              Resident film pundit
              • Mar 2004
              • 42520

              #36
              Re: Boiling a disc

              Originally posted by dossier
              how do you cool it down just take it out and let it sit there or did you run it under cool water?
              I always run it under cold water afterward.
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              • rj102990
                Rookie
                • Nov 2006
                • 204

                #37
                Re: Boiling a disc

                I have a quick question. Im not sure how it happened, but my Perfect Dark game and Ping Pong game got f'ed up badly. On the outsides of the disk on the back, it looks as if the disks are chiiped, all around the edges. I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else, and if this boiling techniques help it. I loved playing PDZ online and would love to play it again. Thanks for the help

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                • Blzer
                  Resident film pundit
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 42520

                  #38
                  Re: Boiling a disc

                  Originally posted by rj102990
                  I have a quick question. Im not sure how it happened, but my Perfect Dark game and Ping Pong game got f'ed up badly. On the outsides of the disk on the back, it looks as if the disks are chiiped, all around the edges. I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else, and if this boiling techniques help it. I loved playing PDZ online and would love to play it again. Thanks for the help
                  My friend has had that "chipped" issue to his Table Tennis game as well. Unfortunately, nothing can salvage that (at least not for my friend).
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                  • Bird006
                    MVP
                    • Mar 2003
                    • 961

                    #39
                    Re: Boiling a disc

                    Well... I tried this with my copy of Choops 2k7 and now the 360 recognizes it as a DVD??? It was only in there for about 2 or 3 minutes.. should I try again? Or just give up?

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                    • Bird006
                      MVP
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 961

                      #40
                      Re: Boiling a disc

                      Ahh.. I tried again.. Still didn't work. Might just have to go drop another $60 =/

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                      • hydrostar
                        Rookie
                        • Dec 2004
                        • 391

                        #41
                        Re: Boiling a disc

                        Originally posted by TJdaSportsGuy
                        My cellphone once died so I boiled it. Worked like a champ when I was done. Boiling cures the world's problems.

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                        • Blzer
                          Resident film pundit
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 42520

                          #42
                          Re: Boiling a disc

                          Originally posted by TJdaSportsGuy
                          My cellphone once died so I boiled it. Worked like a champ when I was done. Boiling cures the world's problems.
                          Actually if you replace "boiling" with "Chuck Norris" then I think we'd both agree that you have a strong and valid argument.
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                          • Motown
                            OS Brew Connoisseur
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 9169

                            #43
                            Re: Boiling a disc

                            Originally posted by Blzer
                            Okay, everybody that is skeptical about this... I am 4/4 on boiling discs (Backyard Baseball 2001, The Day After Tomorrow, My Cousin Vinny, Cool Boarders 2).



                            Here's what you do:


                            Here's what you do:

                            Bring fresh water to a boil in a pot. When it boils, turn off the stove, and let your disc slip in, bottom side face-down (I bet you [and other people] didn't know that it's the TOP side that really gets affected from scratches and stuff on the bottom, and not the bottom side). Let it sit in there for maybe 5 - 8 minutes. Don't worry, it's not going to melt. I'm guessing you still can't get the disc out because the water is too hot, so then just go to your sink and turn the cool water on your faucet into the pot... I guess as it's overflowing. When it's cool enough to stick your hand in, take it out. Then using a lint free cloth, wipe the readable side of the disc from the center and work your way outwards (do NOT do circles, for the love of God!). Or, you can just hold onto it and wait for it to dry that way.
                            You COULD get the disc out by passing thread or string thru the center of the disc, before you insert your disc in the drink

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                            • Blzer
                              Resident film pundit
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 42520

                              #44
                              Re: Boiling a disc

                              I guess, but poor poor string.
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                              • DaveDQ
                                13
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 7664

                                #45
                                Re: Boiling a disc

                                Originally posted by Blzer
                                I always run it under cold water afterward.
                                What's interesting here is in cooking there is a technique called "blanching." If you are cooking green beans, you boil them and then upon taking them out you dump them in ice cold water. It immediatley stops the beans from cooking and keeps the vibrant green color in tact.

                                Blzer, your techinque is identical to this. Disc blanching.
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