# I can't open the disc tray on my original Xbox

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-open-the-disc-tray-on-my-original-xbox/562179>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 28, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-open-the-disc-tray-on-my-original-xbox/562179 "2010-11-28T17:25:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-open-the-disc-tray-on-my-original-xbox/562179/1 "2010-11-28T17:25:08Z")

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[The standard answer](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817396) is to stick a paper clip into the small hole to the lower right of the tray. My Xbox has a hole but there doesn’t seem to be a button in it. There is also no little hole underneath the ‘X’ or ‘O’ on the Xbox logo on the tray. I’m getting so frustrated I want to throw it against a wall.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

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**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-open-the-disc-tray-on-my-original-xbox/562179/2 "2010-11-28T17:42:56Z")

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> [@Sitnam](#):
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> [The standard answer](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817396) is to stick a paper clip into the small hole to the lower right of the tray. My Xbox has a hole but there doesn’t seem to be a button in it. There is also no little hole underneath the ‘X’ or ‘O’ on the Xbox logo on the tray. I’m getting so frustrated I want to throw it against a wall.
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> Does anyone have any experience with this?

The article is somewhat unclear, since what the paper clip pushes on is not really a button. The hole you found is almost certainly the correct one. The paper clip pushes on a lever that turns the tray opening gear train. Once you get the paper clip positioned in the hole you typically have to push in by about 5-10 mm. You will see the tray open slightly, after which you can pull it open with your fingers. You’ll want a somewhat stiff paper clip.