Original Xbox DVD drive

[baalaagaa]

Anyone know where you can buy a replacement drive for the original xbox?

Mine died and I tried replacing the laser but unfortunately it didn't fix it so I need I whole new drive but I am having a hell of a time trying to find one.

Would my best bet be to buy a secondhand xbox & hope the drive in it is still good?

[cwispy]

Did you take the antistatic solder blob off the new laser before you put it in?

If so, I would say a secondhand unit is probably going to be the simplest option or try ebay for a drive.

[ShaK]

I have a "as new" Xbox, with Samsung DVD Drive. I'll sell the drive for $100 - no offers, as you can't buy them in this condition, most on Ebay are crap factory seconds or refurbs - they never seem to work 100%.

What type DVD drive do you currently have?

[poison]

you can buy a used xbox with 1 controller and the leads for 69$ from eb games.


that is for a whole console, not just the drive.

they have 12 months exchange warranty as well.



for another way of getting one pm me

[samsty1]

If you have it modded then your best bet it to replace the xbox drive with a normal pc dvd drive. It works much better and quicker than the xbox drives anyway. You will need a normal computer power cable "Y" shaped splitter for this. The only problem with this method is that it makes the xbox look a little ghetto like. Also, it won't read originals anymore so you will have to make a backup of them.. It will play original movie dvds, and any burnt game.

I did this with my xbox after the original dvd drive died. I just used a crappy old pc dvd drive that I found in the bin at work. Any old drive will do the trick.

Or go by one from eb as the last person said.

[nsdn]

Do what Poison said and swap the DVD drive over...simple, easy and effective. try and get a 2005 xbox from ebgames....the drive in those works really well.