What dvdrom is in it now ?
so its just over a year old. wont read any discs.
it doesnt sound like its spinning up, anything i can try before i buy a new drive?
and what model should i replace it with if it comes to that?
thanks!
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What dvdrom is in it now ?
the one it came with :P
hahah nah it looks to be a hitachi!
just replace it, hitachis suck.
yeah its noisy as hell too!
i guess ill buy a pre-modded one to replace it with.
so can i just chuck any xbox 360 drive into it and it will work? or am i limited to certain brands and/or models??
thanks!
yes you can but you have too spoof the firmware, ie if you want too put a samsung in you have too read the firmware from the hitachi and inject it into the samsung so the xbox thinks its the same drive.
ahhh i see! sounds logical. it also sounds kinda kink with spoofing and injecting. im a little aroused!
probably too much information for everyone. i REALLY like my xbox.
haha thanks for the info alphredo! i might geta pre-modded drive. pay someone to do it for me, im lazy as
M8, just to clarify for you as you seem a little confused. To replace your drive you 1st need to extract the key from your existing drive which is matched to your xbox. A key from someone elses won't work.
So, buying a pre-modded one will be no good as it has to have your key from your existing drive injected into it.
So, you have a couple of options:
1. Take your xbox to someone and have them replace your drive for you.
2. Buy a replacement drive, (Search Ebay for a Samsung) and then do abit of reading on replacing 360 drives and give it a go yourself or,
3. Buy the replacement drive and take it with your xbox to someone to change it over for you.
you can also buy another hitachi and swap the boards over, its 3 ribbon cables and a few screws.
ahhh now i understand!
yeah ive read up how to mod the firmware, doesnt seem like a huge job really. im just lazy lol
even changing the board on it is a piece of piss. either way i have some work ahead of me!
thanks again guys
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actually it may be easily fixed
what error do you get
and you said it sounds like there is no spinning at all
take the drive apart
take form underneath the drive get the spindle assembley out
lever off spindle , clean or the hardened lubricant off
lubricate with something very lightly
put back together and see what happens
this will not take long and may save you the expense of a new drive
hmm ok thanks ozchips, ill try that!
it doesnt get an error, the dash doesnt think there is a disc in the drive, and the only option i get is to eject as it assumes its empty.
you never mate , you see the grease they use in hitachi drives dries out and thinckens and stops the spindle motor from spinning . Taking it apart and cleaning it is quick and if it works all the better
hmm tomorrow i might do this, probably wednesday. damn work getting in the way of my xbox repairs.......
Good tip Oz, seems you are correct, but some are beyond lubing. Tried one 2nite & it spins up a bit now, but no cigar.....& now the other problem is how to extract the key when the disk dont spin(its V0078 & using FWToolbox u need to run a DVD or orig game to dump the f/w). The old DOS based i-xtreme BAT method dont work on V0078take the drive apart
take form underneath the drive get the spindle assembley out
lever off spindle , clean or the hardened lubricant off
lubricate with something very lightly
put back together and see what happens
this will not take long and may save you the expense of a new drive
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yeah the only trouble with that fix is that if you keep on turning the box on for a long time and trying to get it to read it will burn out the dvd board , you need to get to it early
but it is only a fic if you cannot hear the drive spinning up and in my exp it only affects later model hitachi drives
ahh thanks for the tip shai12....it is a good app but wasnt out when i needed it ...lol
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