XBOX: replacement DVD drive has to be OEM?

[StageLeft]

Is there anything that a person can buy that would fit in place of a stock XBOX drive and be detected appropriately and work? Thing doesn't even have to fit if I leave the cover open

 

[Zim Hosein]

I gonna have to say no Skoorb, sorry

 

[bsobel]

No, they are not standard DVD drives.... Perhaps check ebay for a broken unit?

Bill

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: bsobel
No, they are not standard DVD drives.... Perhaps check ebay for a broken unit?

Bill

Forget ebay, look at our own For Sale/Trade forum

 

[aircooled]

Probably not much help, but here's an interesting thread.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: bsobel
No, they are not standard DVD drives.... Perhaps check ebay for a broken unit?

Bill

Forget ebay, look at our own For Sale/Trade forum

Well, since 'broken xbox' returns zero search hits in the FS/T forums and dozens on eBay. I suggest eBay might be a more usefull referal in this case.

Bill

 

[StageLeft]

I found some on EBay. some of the pricey ones are like $126/pop! Yuck...

 

[beer]

The split yellow cord that runs in the back adjacent to the IDE cable is specific to the xbox and the xbox will not run without that piece of hardware.

 

[kitkit201]

just get a 4 pin spliter (1 into 2) and get drives that read xbox file system and ur set