Topic: Are There 2 Samsung Drives Or Something? (Read 80 times)

speed488 · « **on:** July 30, 2004, 03:52:00 PM »

Easy,

To see if you have a samsung drive, open the tray and if you have a big hole in the center and 2 other little round hole on both sides, you have a samsung. If you only have the big hole in the center and nothing else, you have either a philips or a thompson.

The original Xbox Samsung drive (SDG-605B)
and the SD-616T is a PC DVD drive that CAN be converted to Xbox, it's not an actual Xbox product (these drive were in some DELL systems).

Hope this helps you.

Speed488

lordvader129 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2004, 05:16:00 PM »

no, but every drive has its own personality, some play things others dont and vice versano, thre arewnt 2 versios

cromat44 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2004, 05:39:00 PM »

you could try a pot tweak, but i wouldn't reccomend it....

Cimlite · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2004, 07:23:00 AM »

My friend has one of these drives, it's a 605f. It does not read any CD-Rs at all. The tray looks exactly the same from what I can see, it labeled differantly though.

Check this picture out : http://w1.401.telia....16/L1010217.jpg

The only thing I'd like to know is if it would be possible to flash the firmware from an older drive to this. The 605b clearly reads all CD-Rs, atleast mines does.

pimpmaul69 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2004, 11:55:00 AM »

pimpmaul69 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2004, 12:04:00 PM »

i have not tried pot tweaking a samsung..ive done hundreds of pot tweakings though...is there any thing i need to know about the sammy drives for pot tweaking them

A.Z.BEST · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2004, 02:45:00 PM »

BUMP

Post screenshots from Config Magic or something. What version of Xbox was it? Where did you buy them, and how do they work with other kinds of media (DVD+R, -R, and everything...). And try to flash the drive. It's very easy to do. Just hook up the drive to the pc (gotta make a little mod to connect power stick), put the IDE in, and boot your pc. Try to use Nero to check the drive properties (Nero shows drive settings from the drive's own bios).

A.Z.BEST · « **Reply #7 on:** August 26, 2004, 09:54:00 AM »

BUMP again. This thread should be pinned as it was with tweaking new Phillips drive!

A.Z.BEST · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2004, 05:17:00 AM »

Goddamn, bump

.

Sorry for triple post

. Just bumpin' an interesting thread

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DaShiZNiT · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2004, 09:59:00 AM »

wow that picture is interesting, this should be pinned as well

im a big advocate or "doing away with the myth that sammy is best" I hate the fact people bank off of modified drives just because of all the hype

I have a Philips that blows away the other three samsungs I have, never seen this 605F model, so this is interesting indeed

nachomans · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2004, 03:00:00 PM »

Anyone try pot tweaking this new samsung drive?

A.Z.BEST · « **Reply #11 on:** October 13, 2004, 07:36:00 PM »

. I hope there are more ppl with those new Sammys now. What can you say about them?

blackout_19 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 26, 2004, 05:31:00 PM »

Just thought i'd add to this. Got a crystal 1.6 today with the new samsung drive in and it's as mentioned earlier. Reads all dvd's but won't touch any cd-r that i've got.... Just as well i've got two older sammys really.

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