DVD Drives

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  1. CROSSfade

    CROSSfade Member

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    What are the best drives out now, give me a few to work with, and how much should I expect to pay for one on ebay? This'll be much cheaper than buying a new one... =/
     
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    :S for what?!
    samsung are the best for xbox and read basically ever media with your backups, music, apps on etc

    BUT having said that i have an ASUS DVD-ROM that i took out of my pc for a temp job as i ballsed my xbox dvd up and that works on most medias, but get a samsung_X_X_X_X_X_[small]For XBox apps and news...go to:-

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    PC Specs: AMD XP2600+ 80GB HDD 512MB RAM ASUS CD-RW 2x NIC's 600K Cable

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    @G4MERZOID:

    I have been given a faulty xbox, the dvd drive is screwed. Am I right in saying that if you put a pc drive in it will only play backups? Obviously u need a modchip for this. I ahev read a few articles on it which suggest that for some games u need an original xbox game in the existing dvd drive. This will be a proble for me as the original one is screwed. Is this true or will I be able to load backups using the pc drive?

    Thanks

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    my dvd drives aren't being recognized, i've had it installed for awhile and all of a sudden it stopped working. and ideas?
     
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    skoobz...my dvd drive is screwed also so iam using my asus pc drive.
    the pc drives will only play backups yes (unless u use certain type of samsung, then solder stuff and loads so dont bother :p), go to your nearest pc store or sumwhere and get a power splitter, unplug the xbox hdd power cable, plug that into the splitter, one end back into the hdd, and the other into your pc dvd drive that u have removed and placed into your xbox. also you must have the drive in Master/Single mode, then put the ribbon cable into the drive and away u go!
    the thing about putting an original in the other drive....dont worry i have had mine in months now and have not once needed to do that!! :D
     
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