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Xbox Disc Drives
Thom Grayson:
My Xbox has been having an increasing amount of trouble reading discs, even pristine ones, and I'm thinking the disc drive itself is at fault. Does anyone have experience replacing the drive, or any tips to share about that? If a replacement drive can be had for a reasonable price, and isn't too difficult to change out, I'd be more than willing to do it myself.
Note: I've already opened up and cleaned the system, and it didn't make a noticeable improvement.
sebboh:
you can change it with a pc drive (but if i remember correctly if you do that then you can't use original dvd's with the xbox)
segamer:
The original Xbox? If we are talking about the original Xbox, drives are only like $20 on ebay and are easy to replace. You just pull out the old one and stick in the new. Try cleaning the lazer with alcohol and a q-tip.
Also, there are dials on the laser that change the rate of speed the drive spins at. Increasing the rate which the disc spins usually will fix the problem but you'll need to research it.
If you're talking about the Xbox 360, it's a little more difficult. You have to have the exact same model of disc drive. And you have to pull out the chip board from the old dvd drive and place it in the new drive.
palmer6strings:
--- Quote from: segamer on June 10, 2014, 10:14:36 AM --- If you're talking about the Xbox 360, it's a little more difficult. You have to have the exact same model of disc drive. And you have to pull out the chip board from the old dvd drive and place it in the new drive.
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Hey Segamer, do you have any experience with this? If so I have a 360 slim (model 2) that's having some disc drive problems that I would like to fix. Any help would be appreciated.
segamer:
--- Quote from: palmer6strings on June 10, 2014, 10:29:08 AM ---
--- Quote from: segamer on June 10, 2014, 10:14:36 AM --- If you're talking about the Xbox 360, it's a little more difficult. You have to have the exact same model of disc drive. And you have to pull out the chip board from the old dvd drive and place it in the new drive.
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Hey Segamer, do you have any experience with this? If so I have a 360 slim (model 2) that's having some disc drive problems that I would like to fix. Any help would be appreciated.
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Xbox 360/Slim have proprietary DVD Drives. Either the System has to be re-flashed to match the new drive or you have to pull out the chip board from the old DVD Drive. I have done this before. There are tons of different models of DVD Drives for 360. So how complicated this process might be is subjective to the on DVD Drive model.
Here's a video I just found on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWpFMVKqlE8