Has anyone here seen or used one of these for ripping? The seller claims it mimics a BenQ and rips XGD3. EBay Listing Philips DROM6316 PREMOD Kreon XGD3 Benq 0800 v3 16x Internal dvdrom drive
Yea, it is possible (but overpriced). You can even use this drive as a replacement for a BenQ, just takes some soldering.
yeah, i am just looking for a "clean" looking solution for use with my laptop. seen this and thought i can just throw into an external enclosure and do the same with a lite-on ihas drive for burning and just use as usb since i dont have ant sata ports.
As I said, possible (if you're willing to pay the price for the enclosure, that is). I've found one that's around 5 US$ cheaper: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DROM6316-97...130?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc3699452 Funny thing is, I could get one of these drives unmodified for 15 Euros (that's around 22-23 USD) unmodified, but I can't find a decent guide to mod it myself.
Because the 0800 firmware replaces the original one and 0800 is an Xbox 360 firmware, meaning the open/close mechanism doesn't work anymore, the firmware expects a signal from the Xbox 360 mainboard. Therefore the tray motor has to be turned around and the polarity has to be changed. Some soldering has to be done, including wiring a new switch in. Now I found a decent guide on how to do it on Xbox360iso.com and the drive is sold out: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Philips-DVD-...iegeräte_CD_DVD_Laufwerke&hash=item53ebcc8e7e Gotta be kidding me. Just asked the seller if he has more of these drives. I also found a tutorial on how to put an Xbox 360 0800 drive into a HD DVD enclosure: http://www.xboxhacker.net/index.php?topic=11943.0 It's a little too high for me, especially because English is not my mother tongue and I don't get all the tech words, so I won't try this one.
