kgm316 Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 Hi has anyone had much success fixing the dvd drives, I cant believe how crappy they were. Seems like everybody has a bad drive. I have a samsung and replaced belt, cleaned and installed a new laser and still no good. Is a modified LG the best option? How good is FatXplorer I got my 1TB running from it. So much better than the ftp that is hit n miss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 On 8/19/2021 at 11:50 PM, kgm316 said: Hi has anyone had much success fixing the dvd drives, I cant believe how crappy they were. Seems like everybody has a bad drive. I have a samsung and replaced belt, cleaned and installed a new laser and still no good. Beside what you have tried I really don't think there is much more you can do. My collection of dud DVD's is growing and I am now putting some Xbox's together to sell with the DVD disconnected and sold telling the buyer the DVD is never going to work but with a near full 2tb HDD topped with FTP will you ever need the DVD anyway. I suspect the DVD drive was price built and made with parts to made that are near impossible to obtain to keep it exclusive to M$, Just like Crapple do with the MacBooks and phones . I all so think MicroSoft did not expect the OG Xbox would still be in use 20 years later, On 8/19/2021 at 11:50 PM, kgm316 said: Is a modified LG the best option? I would just find a working drive and only use it when really necessary which after you have re-flashed the bios or mod chipped it is never, Also if the Xbox is hard modded then any Pata DVD drive can be used to set-up an Xbox it just won't read a genuine game disk On 8/19/2021 at 11:50 PM, kgm316 said: How good is FatXplorer I got my 1TB running from it. So much better than the ftp that is hit n miss It is getting better every month as he adds more options. It won't belong before he stops the free beta program and then the license I got a year ago will be needed. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lina_Inverse_ Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) The LG GDR-8163B drives are rather common to find in many XP/Pentium 4 era PC builds but they do not sit flush with the Xbox case. I have a few Thompson drives which are dead (never had a problem with the others) that I swap into modded consoles as they are no longer needed. Here's the link to the tutorial and attached firmware flasher if you get the GDR-8163B drive https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vr7YhKbpjCqktAn2B4njVPy8Rlt42tsG/view?usp=sharing 8050L_FW_Flasher_FIXED.rar Edited August 21, 2021 by Lina_Inverse_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaoticAnarchyX Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 Someone get Luis Rossman on the line and ask him how much to swap out the laser Diode??... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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