My xbox dvd drive is broken... Could someone please set me straight on the following ways to repair: 1) Clean drive and adjust potentiometer 2) Replace with same brand xbox dvd drive 3) In conjunction with modchip, replace with any brand xbox drive 4) With modchip, replace with LG 8164B + adapter chip + firmware 5) With modchip, sacrifice original game playback and replace with any dvd drive (this IS an option. I can turn this one into an XBMC and use a friends xbox to FTP games to laptop, then to my xbox HD (or just buy another.) Thanks in advance...
Successfully performed option 1. Drive is still a little grumpy sometimes, but seems to operate at about 96%. The most cost-effective way to bring drive to 100% seems to be buying a new laser for my particular brand drive (about $15). LG drive and solderless adapter add up to about $60 with shipping included and seems easy enough to mod. Also it seems that any xbox dvd drive will work in any xbox regardless of whether xbox is modded. According to www.xbox-linux.org it is possible to replace with any dvd drive when running full-blown linux on the xbox. Does anyone know if XBMC will still run on xbox linux? Does this mean that a mod chip bypasses the xbox's built in hardware error handling?
