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No one's taken the time to figure out exactly what is breaking on the DVD that prevents them from reading game discs.

There are so many possibilities. Dirty laser lens.  And, many say that the laser must have died. However, I don't think they've tested it to know 100% certain that that is the problem.  Beyond those items, internal cable connections may have corroded over time and need to be cleaned and reseated.  Electrolytic capacitors on the controller board have gone bad thus preventing the electroncs from functioning properly.  The list of possible problems goes on and on...

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20 minutes ago, Yanimo said:

so here's the thing I can't launch my games from the DvD drive it spins and initializes but won't launch games.

The one nice thing about the original Xbox's DVD drive is it is not console locked with a key like the DVD drive in the Xbox 360.  Therefore, you can easily swap in a DVD drive from a different original Xbox to see if it works.

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12 minutes ago, KaosEngineer said:

The one nice thing about the original Xbox's DVD drive is it is not console locked with a key like the DVD drive in the Xbox 360.  Therefore, you can easily swap in a DVD drive from a different original Xbox to see if it works.

Swapped another DVD drive but it seems busted as to why? because it won't power on the NEW DVD drive I mean. but thanks will find some DVD Drive that has uncanny connectors. 

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7 hours ago, Yanimo said:

so here's the thing I can't launch my games from the DvD drive it spins and initializes but won't launch games.

You could try cleaning the laser pickup lens with a cotton bud(Qtip) and Isopropyl .

 

Cheers

SS Dave


Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

 

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On 5/21/2021 at 5:31 AM, SS_Dave said:

You could try cleaning the laser pickup lens with a cotton bud(Qtip) and Isopropyl .

 

Cheers

SS Dave


Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing.

tried it no luck.

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On 5/20/2021 at 10:19 PM, KaosEngineer said:

No one's taken the time to figure out exactly what is breaking on the DVD that prevents them from reading game discs.

There are so many possibilities. Dirty laser lens.  And, many say that the laser must have died. However, I don't think they've tested it to know 100% certain that that is the problem.  Beyond those items, internal cable connections may have corroded over time and need to be cleaned and reseated.  Electrolytic capacitors on the controller board have gone bad thus preventing the electroncs from functioning properly.  The list of possible problems goes on and on...

dayum. so many factors.

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