View Full Version : is it true you can stick any dvd drive into the xbox ?
googlefest1
11-14-2005, 03:13 PM
is it?
also the thompson drive is the crapy one right?
SkiDragon
11-14-2005, 09:05 PM
Its not true, and yes, supposedly.
phreak97
11-15-2005, 02:12 AM
i've heard of people doing obscure things to get pc drives working, but it involves using the other drive anyway, so it's pretty useless imo. i also think it has crappy compatability or something
googlefest1
11-15-2005, 09:21 AM
i wanted to get a new drive just to have incase mine dies and all the ones i see on ebay are the thomposn drives -- some vendors listing a rather recent manufacture date - does anyone know if they have been fixed ? what i mean is has thier suposed bug been fixed?
omnedon
11-15-2005, 10:03 AM
Thompsons lasers die after a few years of normal use. If you mod the Xbox and play from the HDD, your DVDrom drives longevity is increased 100 fold, regardless of type.
SkiDragon
11-15-2005, 04:18 PM
But wouldnt that make your hard drive wear out faster?
Will a mod chip allow any geater compatibility of DVD drives?
googlefest1
11-15-2005, 04:52 PM
so what do the current xboxes have
do they still put in thompson? i know some systems have other drives in them.
if i purchased a brend new xbox - should i expect a thompson drive in there ?
omnedon
11-15-2005, 10:54 PM
New Xboxes have Hitachi, Philips, or Samsung.
HDD's are designed to load games for hours on end and are sealed units. DVDrom drives were never designed to be used like a HDD, but that is exactly what modern consoles do with the DVDrom drives. that's why they crap out in a few years, Xbox, PS2, doesn't matter.
Unless you upgrade the units to HDD use. Then reliability shoots through the roof.