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Yes. I use it for ps4 games all the time. No issues.

Ps3/4 games.

Greetings! Thanks 🙏🏽. Hope everything is well

Also, poor Howard, lost his D. 😢

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I always either spray the pad or the disc itself to help keep heat down and stop the compound from prematurely drying out. I normally spray the disc a couple times for buffing and polishing. I spray the sand paper with water when i sand and not the disc itself. Watch the video on my channel called “Trust the Process” it goes through my process in depth.

@@GamingRenewedLLC OK thanks for the heads up. Sorry about the spelling I was half asleep watching the videos lol should never type while your half asleep

Lol no worries. You got the point across lol.

The white pad you see me using is probably the Bauer brand one. Which is their finishing pad. The JFJ pads that come with it (depending on the kit you buy) are white for buffing, yellow for polishing, and the black pads are to use with sandpaper. The sandpaper just sticks to the black pads.

@@GamingRenewedLLCok thank you for the info

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Never had to do a double sided disc yet. What’s the technique?

@GamingRenewedLLC If you trace a disc onto a paper towel, then cut it out. Place the cutout onto the metal tray to cover it, then lay the disc on that. This prevents one side from scratching and vice versa when doing the other side.

Oh nice tip! If i ever have to tackle a double sided disc i will definitely use that. Thanks 🙏🏽

I spray the disc with water before i run the cycle. I used to spray the pads but just started doing the disc. Honestly no difference just preference

May have to try and clean the sandpaper. Could be debris on it thats causing the swirls.

Good to know. Thanks!

Thanks! Yea it really is a good machine.

Did you get the replacement sandpaper from jfj? I have only used their sandpaper.

@@GamingRenewedLLC no i have bauer 600 grit and Hercules 1200 grit. thing is i have used these before with zero swirls so not sure to be honest.

Hmm well there probably is some debris in the sand paper that is causing the swirls. Might have to clean the sandpaper and see if it stops. Which one is leaving the swirls? Also, do you make sure to wipe the disc clean in between sanding cycles? If you don’t wipe the disc then sometimes debris from one cycle can stay on the disc and then cause swirls when you run the next higher grit cycle.

Probably by month 2 of having the jfj. Started learning that resurfacing discs was very similar to buffing clear coats and then started looking for better products to replace the jfj stuff. I use the 3D products now and never looked back

@ you like it over the plastix product

Yea. You can get good results with the plastix but it ends up boiling down to personal preference usually. I just like the 3D stuff the best right now. But can’t go wrong with meguairs

Never really use the coarse pad because if its that bad its best to sand IMO. Now whether or not the Bauer pad would last through the 250-300 discs you have will depend on the buffing/polishing time per disc. Some can be good with 20secs and some need a full 2min cycle. Just depends. I’d say you definitely will get 200 out of a pad though. Not sure about the full 300 unless you get quite a few 20 sec runs.

@@GamingRenewedLLC That Super Arbor wants $50 for shipping to ship 3 pads - what the heck... I notice Harbor Freight carries Grants brand pads for $9 each

Never used Grant before. Yes $50 they are out of their minds 😂

Are the discs readable before the sanding/buffing process? Also, what is similar timing? How long are you sanding each grit?

@ yeah they were readable. Did 10 seconds on coarse then 20 seconds on soft. Then buffed with compound. I’m also using the sandpaper that came with the unit.

You spraying water on the sand paper for the sanding cycles?

@@GamingRenewedLLC yes, spraying water as well.

Hmm what pads do you use? Jfj?

Yea apparently the bauers are being phased out from harbor freight down here too 🙁

Yea that’s actually the perfect use case for Elm. Great machines. If you ever can step up to the next machine tier you also don’t have to worry about minutes anymore too. Plus that machine does sanding as well, instead of just buffing and polishing like the entry level Elm machine.

@@GamingRenewedLLC If I was going to get really serious about refurbishing my CD/DVD collection, I would probably buy the Eco Senior II. What's your view on this machine?

Is that one called the eco auto smart 2 in America?

@@GamingRenewedLLC I did a quick search online and I believe it is. The front is blue with the letters ECO engraved on the front.

Oh ok. And it looks like a long cylinder? If so, yea those are amazing. Plus you don’t have the minutes keys with those

No it shouldn’t wobble. Maybe slightly but it shouldn’t be drastically noticeable. If it does, then you will get bad results due to uneven pad contact. You can purchase a replacement plate from jfj.

Lol 😂 i know the feeling except mine is Walmart. Funny how repairing the games and just tinkering with this stuff can sometimes feel almost as good as playing them lol.

I just use a big pair of scissors. I trace an outline on the pad using the jfj one first, then cut

@@GamingRenewedLLC Thanks for the reply! As far as the pads go, do you have alternate ones? the HF ones are no longer available.

I just got two other pads to try out. Still working to get a video out on them. Just been swamped because of the holidays

You can. Just a bigger cut is all

@ okay thanks

OK no problem

Yea the black back ps1 games are always a headache to deal with. Happy you are getting some value from the videos!

Happy it helped! 🙌🙌

Lol yea the PS2 games can be tricky. I found that good product and pads are the key to mastering those. The JFJ stuff just doesn’t seem to like the PS2 games. Hope the video ended up helping!

So thats a complicated question because it could’ve been “not save-able” from the start. That spot on the disc could’ve already been too damaged and that’s why even after resurfacing it always stops in the same spot. Sometimes a scratch can get past the surface and actually touch the data layer and that is not fixable. As for the swirls, yes, those could also be causing the issue. Scratches and swirls cause the laser to bounce and distort and that makes it hard to read the disc. This may have been a case that the disc needed to be sanded first, then buffed and polished. Usually after a good resurface there are no swirls, but depending on how bad the disc was at first you might be left with a mirror finish on a non working game lol. That’s happened to me before on really bad discs. Swirls usually come from either not enough product being used or most likely dirty pads. Pads need to be cleaned or else they can start to scratch the discs during the resurfacing. Thats why auto shops blow their pads out regularly as they use them to buff cars. Hope this helps

@@GamingRenewedLLC I'm quite reluctant to buy my own polisher to do one "Final" step to hopefully really clear up those very fine swirls. I've been looking around my local gaming sites to see if they got any such tool in stock, but nothing. So I have also looked at Amazon and Ebay, but reviews on each and TH-cam make them seen like real gambles. I'll just struggle to find a solution sooner than later. I'm not getting those re-makes of the FF8 as they are, not quite the same. Cheers!

Understandable lol. Good luck! 👍

ive also tested and tried multiple known good hard drives and same error.

Have you done the whole script process yet? Also, what firmware does it say on it?

@@GamingRenewedLLC yes was able to finally get troubleshooting menu and an update installing but just gets stuck on verification then shoots out e100. how do I find firmware version after a format?

Oh no E100 error means someone swapped the disk drive and didn’t install the original daughter board onto the new disk drive. That board is paired with the motherboard and it has to be the original from the factory. No way to pair a new one. There is also a very slim chance the board itself crapped out but very low. Usually the disk drive was put in from another console and they didn’t take off the board to put the old board on the new drive.

You are on the flight firmware thats why. You have “flt” in your firmware version

Yea it will. This just stops it from trying to update if it’s stuck in an update loop. Also, works for black screen issues on the OG XB1

The Bauer would be my first choice. Just a slight step above the Milwaukee pads

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Thanks for sharing this! I am going to try this method and see what happens. Thanks for the support!

@@GamingRenewedLLC One last thing I forgot to mention was when I did all this I had the network cable plugged in. I don’t know if this will make any difference or not, but I forgot to mention that.

Got it! Thanks! 🙏🏽

@@GamingRenewedLLC Did this work?

Holiday season has had me swamped with orders and receiving/listing games so haven’t had time to try it yet. Its still on the to do list though!

Sorry to hear that 😪. That is definitely the worst case scenario

@@GamingRenewedLLC an update: I managed to fix it although it is insider program software. It does work fixing it with an offline update. However, since the flt version is usually newer than the OSU1 with the official release, it seems like you have to wait until a full release with a higher software version is available and download the new OSU1. At least that is my theory.

Now i gotta get back to work on my flt one lol

I bought a xbox one s with a bad power switch, replaced that and got stuck on green screen, finally was able get past that to a regular menu but was extremely sluggish so I went to troubleshoot menu and factory reset it, now it won't go to step 3 of update. Stays on 100% step 2 verifying. I tried replacing the hdd. Looks to be flt version

Sorry. Getting a second hand flt console that won’t update usually can’t be fixed unless you can get it unenrolled from the Microsoft skip ahead program. You would need the person’s info that enrolled it to have it unenrolled

Watch my most recent video. It will provide better insight on what you need to do

@@GamingRenewedLLC Thanks, I am going to!

Any luck?

@@GamingRenewedLLC Yes, thanks for asking! As I have commented over there, I luckily managed to update the console despite it being in the insiders program :D The other video is a very good overview btw. Were you able to make any progress on your flt console yet?

Sorry 🤦🏽‍♂️ its hard keeping up with comments at times lol. Not yet, i honestly have been busy ramping up for the holidays and haven’t had much spare time for “tinkering”.

Thanks 🙏🏽 appreciate it bro

No you could be using the wrong OSU file. Its not always OSU1. It could be OSU2 and then OSU1. Or it could be OSU3 and then 1. All depends on your firmware. Also, if you are in the step ahead program, no OSU file will save your xbox.

The most recent video i did shows how to identify if you are in the step ahead program as well

Watch my most recent video. I explain all the error codes and when to use which OSU file. Also, you have to use the script for the best results.

Thanks 🙏🏽 i appreciate it

Have you tried jfjs actual site I'm sure they sell alot of the stuff

They do but their pads are not the best

Hey are you able to order them online and have them shipped?

I never have but i have had others have this issue. So far each of them had one thing in common. The disc plate on their JFJ has a circle near the edge of the disc plate. They grinded that flush and then it never ate the pad again. JFJ must have put that there to ruin non-JFJ pads at some point.

Good work 🙌🙌 happy to hear they both came out good 👍

Yea i didn’t know about the adapter being sold alone at the time. Wish i had lol. You can sand GC games. I honestly should re-do the video on GC games because i don’t feel it was the best. I need to do one and incorporate sanding as well.

@@GamingRenewedLLC Glad to know GC games can be sanded! I have some that look even worse than that super bad one you did on your GC video! And I think that's the super valuable one in my GC haul! :O Thank you!

Hopefully you can bring it back to looking good!

I really appreciate all the kind words and so happy you found even a small part of these videos helpful. I would suggest going with the 3D products because they do not have fillers in them. The fillers can mess with the discs sometimes. Not often but its best to avoid them if possible. So Walmart doesn’t really do storefronts for sellers like Amazon does. Basically its all just you get the order if you have the best price and best shipping usually. You are fine though. No need to purchase anything from me. I honestly don’t make these to promote sales or anything. I really just enjoy people getting anything helpful from them. Also, yes GT3 is the greatest lol. You are a person of class lol 😂.

@@GamingRenewedLLC If we ever meet, a drink/meal/whatever, is on me! You're far too kind! And also a person of class as GT3 is amazing. You inspired me to get it out and play it a bit the other day. Man...I need to reward myself after Q4 is over, and spend some quality time with that game again! :) Thank you for your 3D suggestion! I will be watching the video where you use 3D and check it out. I really should have done this months ago. :( But I thought I would try the manual method of fixing discs and the time and results were not impressive [tons of time, no real results]. Amazon is a bit like Walmart in that way - nobody really visits sellers' storefronts - they just look to see if the used/new copy of an item is a better price and such. I've never thought about Walmart as an option. I sell on Amazon, eBay, and Bricklink [Lego marketplace only]. Thank you again for all your useful info and recommendations and these great videos. If you ever find yourself in western NC [we got hit pretty hard by a hurricane recently :( ], let me know!

lol 😂 thanks bro. If you end up playing GT3 make sure you do the endurance race to get the Indy car lol. It just may be the most OP thing in a GT game. Hope everything works out for you bro and hope things get back to normal down there in NC. Stay safe

I’ve polished ones without any problems and the JFJ says it’s Blu Ray safe.

I wouldn’t say so. The XB1 consoles are just weird. It can happen during a regular update or it could during a normal boot up. Normally when they fail it isn’t user error. Just a bad luck of the draw.

@@GamingRenewedLLCAnother question, at 7:52 I type in that and when I press enter, it says “The system cannot find the path specified” what does this mean?

It means either you have a typo in the path name or possibly you didn’t download the script and extract it to the desktop. I have a new video that explains all the error codes and gives a better walkthrough for using the script. Might Be a better help to you

@@GamingRenewedLLCThanks man, I watched your other video and realized it wouldn’t work because my Xbox has that flt thing at the bottom. Thanks for your help!

Dang sorry to hear that. No problem 🙏🏽

Naw I don’t. Never looked into it because normally you have to run custom firmware to try and spoof your MAC address and stuff to fool the servers that it’s not that same console. Can’t sell people custom firmware loaded consoles on walmart lol.

@@GamingRenewedLLC Interesting, thanks for the explanation!

No problem 👍

I appreciate the support 🙏🏽

Thanks 🙏🏽