Quick xbox ?

[todpod]

A friend from work said that the dvd drive in their xbox (not 360) is not working. Can this be replaced with a standard PC DVD-rom drive. And do you need any special tools to open on up. Thanks for the help

 

[chuckywang]

Does he have the dongle?

 

[JohnAn2112]

No, you can't use a standard DVD ROM drive. You also need a torque screwdriver (can't remember the exact size off the top of my head) to open up the XBox. Try looking on xbox-scene.com to see if anyone has any replacement drives for sale.

 

[todpod]

You guys are quick, no dongle. Anything weird about changing one out, I know my way around a computer decently well, never messed with an xbox (or even played one)

 

[dj2004]

Get the good DVD drive, forgot which it was (Samsung?).

 

[chuckywang]

Does he know that you have to have the Xbox dongle to play DVD movies?

 

[JohnAn2112]

Once the Xbox is open, it's like installing a PC DVD drive. It's a standard IDE cable with a molex connector.

 

[Kaido]

Nope, you need a special drive. They go for as high as $50 for a stock drive. I recommend getting a hacked faster model. Does he have a modchip in it? If so he can get an LG/Hitachi, if not a Samsung 616t will work on a stock Xbox. PM me if you need to know where to get one.

 

[dj2004]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Nope, you need a special drive. They go for as high as $50 for a stock drive. I recommend getting a hacked faster model. Does he have a modchip in it? If so he can get an LG/Hitachi, if not a Samsung 616t will work on a stock Xbox. PM me if you need to know where to get one.

Or just check xbox-scene's FS forum...

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dj2004

Originally posted by: Kaido
Nope, you need a special drive. They go for as high as $50 for a stock drive. I recommend getting a hacked faster model. Does he have a modchip in it? If so he can get an LG/Hitachi, if not a Samsung 616t will work on a stock Xbox. PM me if you need to know where to get one.

Or just check xbox-scene's FS forum...

Yup. I can't go back to a stock drive though, love my 616t =D

 

[dj2004]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: dj2004

Originally posted by: Kaido
Nope, you need a special drive. They go for as high as $50 for a stock drive. I recommend getting a hacked faster model. Does he have a modchip in it? If so he can get an LG/Hitachi, if not a Samsung 616t will work on a stock Xbox. PM me if you need to know where to get one.

Or just check xbox-scene's FS forum...

Yup. I can't go back to a stock drive though, love my 616t =D

Bah, I don't even use my drive... Media Center FTW!

 

[todpod]

Not sure I am even going to mess with this. I pretty sure its just a plain jane xbox. Can you still buy the original xbox console?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: todpod
Not sure I am even going to mess with this. I pretty sure its just a plain jane xbox. Can you still buy the original xbox console?

Used...not new.

Would probably cost as much as the disk drive by itself.

 

[funkymatt]

Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
No, you can't use a standard DVD ROM drive. You also need a torque screwdriver (can't remember the exact size off the top of my head) to open up the XBox. Try looking on xbox-scene.com to see if anyone has any replacement drives for sale.

torx, not torque.

 

[50cent1228]

you can find a cheap replacement xbox drive for sale online like an above poster has said go to xbox-scene.com