Xbox DVD drive in a computer

I have a question that may be stupid but I need to ask, can you take an Xbox DVD drive and put it into a copmuter and have it work, thanks.

 

well i know the ide bit on the drive is standard but the power input is not so unless you hardware mod it then no. Im sure it wouldnt work as it is designed to read xbox games too and is probably non standard and may need unlocked. This is because xbox games are written in a special way so they cant be read by a normal dvd rom drive. Even if you were to be sucessful the eject might not even work i myself have one lying around with a hd and had the idea but i thought its pointless anyways.

 

The DVD drive in Xboxes are PC DVD drives. You can take it out and install in into your PC - no problem. The drive is not unique, and it has nothing to do with the ability to read a game disk. That is a function of the system bios.

 

so how do you do it then?

 

anyone?

 

Do what?

 

use my xbox rom as dvd rom in pc...ive got a broke xbox

 

Assuming you can open the XBox (you'll need #15 and #10 torx bits - if I remember correctly), you can simply unscrew the drive from its bracket. The power cable and IDE cable can then be removed. It is a standard drive, so as long as your jumper settings are correct (i.e. slave vs. master vs. cable select), your PC should pick up on the new hardware without any drivers.

 

ive already got it out....i took my harddrive out too months ago trying to use it but i cant unlock it....

 

The HDD is a diff story. The DVD isn't/can't be locked.

 

I am also trying 2 connect a xbox dvd 2 a pc
the IDE is the same and the samsung 605 apparently works with win xp altho i havent tested it yet
the power connector is as followed the only thing stoppin me is that I dont know what 2 do with pins 4-8
pin signal Direction description PIC Pin #
1 +12V input 12 Volt DC supply.
2 +5V input 5 Volt DC supply.
3 GND input Ground.
4 NEJECT input Normally high (+5V), active low ejects the tray. 7
5 TRAY_OUT output High when the tray is out, low otherwise. 25
6 CD_READY output High a CD is in the drive and data is ready; low otherwise. 26
7 TRAY_IN output High when the tray is in; low otherwise. 27
8 SER_DATA output Some kind of serial data stream; apparently not used by the Xbox. 28
9 +12V input 12 Volt DC supply.
10 +5V input 5 Volt DC supply.
11 GND input Ground.
12 GND input Ground.

 

just tryed it and the samsung sdg-605b/msx ver.B works on xp
powered by xbox at mo need a spare dvd power cable 2 try it powered on its own

 

You can rewire the Yellow Power/communication cord plugged into the back of the Xbox DVD from the Xbox Motherboard. I found that there are 2 ways to do this. Get a spare Yellow Cable for the DVD to cut and connect to a PC power cable (the red black and yellow ones) or, what I found is that you can use other cables plugged into you xbox motherboard as several use the same connector to plugin to the motherboard as the back of the xbox DVD. For instance, I had a spare XBOX case and used the cable/plug from the part that plugs from one of the four front controller ports into the motherboard and cut this.

I then re-arranged the cables and dis-regarded the ones I didn't need from the diagrams at the bottom of this post. -eg, unplugged the seperate cables from the plug.

Here are some technical bits and pieces you may find handy:


Where the yellow cable plugs into the back of your Xbox drive there are 12 pins:

| |
|01 02 03 04 05 06|
-|07 08 09 10 11 12|-


1: Ground
2: +12 V
3: Tray In (goes to tray out solder pad)
4: Tray Out (goes to tray in solder pad)
5: Ground
6: +12 V
7: Ground
8: +5 V
9: Ser. Data - NOT USED –
10: Ready (goes to M1 solder pad)
11: Eject
12: +5 V

IGNORE everything but the power pins and the ground pins for the PC - Even the DVD eject cables as the DVD can be ejected from within windows!


Here is a config for the PC Power cable:

Drive power connectors, both large ("Molex") and small (floppy power) should have one red (5V), one yellow (12V) and two black (ground) wires. Some brand name PCs have PSUs with weird wire colouring, though.

Wire both 5v cables from the Pins to the one red PC cable, wire the 2 12v cables into the yellow 12v cable, then wire the 1 ground into one of the PC ground cables and one into the other.

When this is complete, plug in the cable and things will work PERFECTLY - HAS BEEN TESTED.

NOTE: Make sure you don't plug in the new DVD plug upside-down into the DVD as it can be done and it can harm the DVD or your PC.

 

Note: Philips DVD will not work in Windows.

Also: You may need to download the unlocker program for your DVD from xbox-scene.com