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"Drive question"

Now I have moolah, I'm going to replace my diabolical, evil DVD Xbox drive.

Q - Is it easy to mod Samsung DVD drives. I mean, is it worth it rather than buying a straight-swap Xbox drive?

Perhaps this is why it was sold on eBay?

Bullet help!

I opened up the Xbox (a little tricky but fine) and popped out the rubbish Thomson drive. Screwed the Phillips one in, but, not as it appeared, well enough as the screws were loose and rattled once I put it back together. So I took it apart again and screwed it in tight - could they have caused any damage at all?

I turned it on. Xbox logo intro fine, until the end where it went 'bleeeuur' (at the end of the jingle) and went to the 'You need customer support' screen. The DVD drive worked fine, but there WAS a red light flashing around the DVD open/close button - which suggests the drive is the problem. Whih would really annoy me. Any common mistakes people make that I might of done?

I'm going to put the Thomson back in and see if it works.

Just put it in...and the Xbox don't like it. 'You need customer support'. I think there's a screw loose, there's something wobbling.

Oh dear...

I think they just snap off, although I've never had to replace that bit.

Xbox Scene should tell you - somewhere :)

Just used Buy It Now for a £50 brand new Phillips drive from a new Crystal Xbox. However, it doesn't have the little Xbox fascia thing - I obviously do on my crappy Thompson. Any idea how to put it on the other one?

I don't really care that much anyway...

Haha. The Xbox really is just a PC :P

[URL]http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/2/xboxopening/2/P7020008xs.jpg[/URL]

Damarus wrote:
> Is this why you kept disapearing yesterday?

Yup. I managed to get on the race, but as soon as I retired - bam. Crashed.

It seems to not like the end of races on Rallisport or PGR2. Ninja Gaiden just doesn't work.

[URL]http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/open1.php[/URL]

follow that guide to succesfully open the unit.

***NOTE***

Whatever you do, DO NOT disconnect the HDD - leave all HDD cables connected and just move it to the side. There's a risk the HDD could become unlocked and you can't lock it unless it's chipped.

If you need any more help, just ask me. I've done it before.

If you decide to go ahead with it, I'll find the walkthrough I used, although it's very easy anyway.

Is this why you kept disapearing yesterday?