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    It just stopped reading them and would always go to the dashboard. So i opened it up cleaned the laser the disk spins now but says that the disk isn't a Xbox game disk or something like that, what do i do now?

    BTW this isn't the 360.

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    Go to a gamestop and buy another one for $50. Seriously I had the same problem with mine a few months back, I finally punched it a few times and it worked for a while but It has recently died for good. Not that I recomend doing what I did, so just go buy another one. If you still can you should transfer all of your saved files on to a memory card now. Luckily though I had obtained a back up unit in a recent trade as soon as it started getting wonky.

    Sucky part of it was I lost all my save data as now all that comes up is some red screen in japanese which I can't get out of.

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    http://www.llamma.com/xbox/
    this website will help you and they have a store maybe able to sort out for less

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Shawn View Post
    Go to a gamestop and buy another one for $50. Seriously I had the same problem with mine a few months back, I finally punched it a few times and it worked for a while but It has recently died for good. Not that I recomend doing what I did, so just go buy another one. If you still can you should transfer all of your saved files on to a memory card now. Luckily though I had obtained a back up unit in a recent trade as soon as it started getting wonky.

    Sucky part of it was I lost all my save data as now all that comes up is some red screen in japanese which I can't get out of.
    Ya i can do that but i spent around $500 on this one having to repair it then getting it modded. Just going and buying another one is like throwing $500 out the window...

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    Quote Originally Posted by super nes View Post
    Ya i can do that but i spent around $500 on this one having to repair it then getting it modded. Just going and buying another one is like throwing $500 out the window...
    try tweaking the laser pot. do you have a samsung, philips or thomson drive?
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    Just swap the disc drive with a working one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SnowKitty View Post
    try tweaking the laser pot. do you have a samsung, philips or thomson drive?
    Agreed. If nothing, replace the lens assembly.

    I'm guessing thomson.
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    try tweaking the laser pot. do you have a samsung, philips or thomson drive?
    Agreed. If nothing, replace the lens assembly.
    I'm guessing thomson.
    Philips.

    After messing around with the laser it now goes to the xbox dashboard and i get no message even with a game now so its back to the way it was before.
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    If you can change the lens, that would rock.

    If not, just change the entire drive if possible. I love my Samsung drive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by megasdkirby View Post
    If you can change the lens, that would rock.

    If not, just change the entire drive if possible. I love my Samsung drive.
    Ok i know this might sound like a stupid question but if i change the entire drive wont my mod chip go out with it?

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    No. The drive is insanely simple to swap out, you can do it in 5 minutes. It's almost identical to a PC dvd drive.

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    No. The drive is insanely simple to swap out, you can do it in 5 minutes. It's almost identical to a PC dvd drive.
    I know how to swap it, hell i can probably do it with my eyes closed but i have no clue where my mod chip is located and if its on the drive then wouldnt i need to remove it then put it on the new drive?

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    It has nothing to do with the drive, it lies deep in the depths of the xbox on the motherboard...................
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    Quote Originally Posted by OldSchoolGamer View Post
    It has nothing to do with the drive, it lies deep in the depths of the xbox on the motherboard...................
    Had the problem occur to me in three different units.

    Replaced the Thomson lens on two units and the Samsung on one unit.

    Worked perfectly afterwards.
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    Quote Originally Posted by super nes View Post
    Ok i know this might sound like a stupid question but if i change the entire drive wont my mod chip go out with it?
    There is no need to worry.

    The Xbox optical drives are not console specific. Any optical drive will work in any Xbox revision.

    I personally like Thomson and Samsung best.
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    So, I can open up my Xbox and just swap out the DVD drive for any one, or does it have to be a specific make/model? My Thompson crapped out on my about 3 years ago, and I'd really like to keep using it. I have about 50 games for the thing, and the 360's BC sucks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by megasdkirby View Post
    There is no need to worry.

    The Xbox optical drives are not console specific. Any optical drive will work in any Xbox revision.

    I personally like Thomson and Samsung best.
    Ya i just got Thomson from my cousins xbox which he doesn't use, switched it and so far so good.

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    So, I can open up my Xbox and just swap out the DVD drive for any one, or does it have to be a specific make/model? My Thompson crapped out on my about 3 years ago, and I'd really like to keep using it. I have about 50 games for the thing, and the 360's BC sucks.
    If it worked for me it can work for you.

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    Witch Xbox DVD drive fail the most..My friend has one that dosn't read anything

    and the Drive is a Thomson, his also dosn't read CD-R's
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    Thomsons are junk. They're not designed to read CD-R or CD-RW, just DVD+/-R

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