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| Fastfwd 2005-10-08, 7:34 pm |
| My Xbox DVD drive has worn out. It sounds to me like it's not spinning up.
It makes some clicking noises though. I believe it's the Samsung (?)
drive - I know it's not the Thompson.
What can I do? I've seen a few sites with tutorials on various options. I've
got a PC-DVD drive that I suppose that I can spare to use, but I'm not
modding the chip just to do that. Does it HAVE to be modded? Is it
possible to repair a worn out drive motor in the DVD drive if that's what it
is?
I'm just curious what my options are. This is bad timing really.. I had no
plans to buy the Xbox 360 for the price that it's going to bring upon
initial release (I'm not a hardcore gamer really). I thought I might get
one after the initial rush is over. I hate to put much money into an old
Xbox too though. I've seen the cheap Thompson drives - that may be the best
bet if the PC DVD drive requires a modded chip or whatever.
Thanks for any help.
--
A sickened mind and spirit
The mirror tells me lies
Could I mistake myself for someone
Who lives behind my eyes
Will he escape my soul
Or will he live in me
Is he tryin' to get out or tryin' to enter me
THX 1138
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| Kendrick Kerwin Chua 2005-10-08, 7:34 pm |
| In article <11kgitbgvj4c435@corp.supernews.com>,
Fastfwd <fastfwd01@hotmail.com> wrote:
quote:
>My Xbox DVD drive has worn out. It sounds to me like it's not spinning up.
>It makes some clicking noises though. I believe it's the Samsung (?)
>drive - I know it's not the Thompson.
>
>What can I do? I've seen a few sites with tutorials on various options. I've
>got a PC-DVD drive that I suppose that I can spare to use, but I'm not
>modding the chip just to do that. Does it HAVE to be modded? Is it
>possible to repair a worn out drive motor in the DVD drive if that's what it
>is?
The Xbox DVD drive has a specialized power connector and specific code in
its ROM that differentiates it from a standard PC-spec DVD drive. Game
code can spin up or slow down the drive as needed to perform some
functions that would otherwise require hardware-level access on a PC. So
even if you did add a mod chip to your Xbox, you wouldn't be able to run
many normal games with that sort of replacement.
quote:
>I'm just curious what my options are. This is bad timing really.. I had no
>plans to buy the Xbox 360 for the price that it's going to bring upon
>initial release (I'm not a hardcore gamer really). I thought I might get
>one after the initial rush is over. I hate to put much money into an old
>Xbox too though. I've seen the cheap Thompson drives - that may be the best
>bet if the PC DVD drive requires a modded chip or whatever.
It's worth bothering Microsoft's technical support to see if they'll agree
to replace your drive. If your Xbox is otherwise out of warranty, it's
worth buy the replacement part and fixing it yourself. And keep in mind
that there won't be 100 percent backward compatibility, so for certain
games it would absolutely be worth it to have an original Xbox in
operation.
There is one option that would be the least amount of money and effort...
You can buy another Xbox, used or new. You could then scavenge the drive
out of that one and put it in your current unit, which keeps you from
losing your save data and music files. A used Xbox goes for between $75
and $125 depending on condition, local market value and the position of
the planets.
-KKC, who is under orders not to buy any new games until he moves a
certain amount of gaming stuff out of his house.
--
-- "I bought a house, it's a two bedroom house. But - kendrick
I think it's up to me how many bedrooms there are, - @io.com
dont you? F*** you, real estate lady, this bedroom -
has an oven in it!" - Mitch Hedberg, 1968-2005 -
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| Killzoned 2005-10-08, 11:33 pm |
| Fastfwd wrote:
quote:
> My Xbox DVD drive has worn out. It sounds to me like it's not
> spinning up. It makes some clicking noises though. I believe it's
> the Samsung (?) drive - I know it's not the Thompson.
>
>
>
> What can I do? I've seen a few sites with tutorials on various
> options. I've got a PC-DVD drive that I suppose that I can spare to
> use, but I'm not modding the chip just to do that. Does it HAVE to
> be modded? Is it possible to repair a worn out drive motor in the
> DVD drive if that's what it is?
>
>
>
> I'm just curious what my options are. This is bad timing really.. I
> had no plans to buy the Xbox 360 for the price that it's going to
> bring upon initial release (I'm not a hardcore gamer really). I
> thought I might get one after the initial rush is over. I hate to
> put much money into an old Xbox too though. I've seen the cheap
> Thompson drives - that may be the best bet if the PC DVD drive
> requires a modded chip or whatever.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any help.
www.surpluscomputers.com carries xbox drives
--
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| MartinSPT 2005-10-09, 7:34 pm |
| I disagree with the other post. Do contact Microsoft even if it is out of
warrany. They make money off the games, and if you can't buy or play games,
the you are not a good customer.
Remind them of this and with some luck and talking to a few of the right
people, you should be able to get it replaced or repaired for little to no
money.
They have always been good about this type of stuff in the past, it just
doesn't get big news.
Martin
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"Fastfwd" wrote:
quote:
> My Xbox DVD drive has worn out. It sounds to me like it's not spinning up.
> It makes some clicking noises though. I believe it's the Samsung (?)
> drive - I know it's not the Thompson.
>
>
>
> What can I do? I've seen a few sites with tutorials on various options. I've
> got a PC-DVD drive that I suppose that I can spare to use, but I'm not
> modding the chip just to do that. Does it HAVE to be modded? Is it
> possible to repair a worn out drive motor in the DVD drive if that's what it
> is?
>
>
>
> I'm just curious what my options are. This is bad timing really.. I had no
> plans to buy the Xbox 360 for the price that it's going to bring upon
> initial release (I'm not a hardcore gamer really). I thought I might get
> one after the initial rush is over. I hate to put much money into an old
> Xbox too though. I've seen the cheap Thompson drives - that may be the best
> bet if the PC DVD drive requires a modded chip or whatever.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
> --
> A sickened mind and spirit
> The mirror tells me lies
> Could I mistake myself for someone
> Who lives behind my eyes
> Will he escape my soul
> Or will he live in me
> Is he tryin' to get out or tryin' to enter me
>
> THX 1138
>
>
>
>
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