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[koola514]

Basically to sum everything up I have tried some fixes for the unreadable discs on youtube for the Hitachi drives and none of them seem to work. I cleaned the motor spindle and my magnet was still in place, but neither seemed to help much. The drive does read discs, but not all of them and not all of the time.

I figure I don't want to mess with this drive anymore trying to fix it so I will just buy a new one on ebay. I found a video on youtube claiming that I can buy any Hitachi drive on ebay and just take my old motherboard in the drive out and put it in the new one. I know I know it has been asked a millions times. I just need a clear answer before I continue. It is not like I haven't been searching for info for several hours already. Can you confirm that I can in fact take the board out of my FW ver 46 and put it in say a 78 and it will work, no flashing/spoofing? I mainly just need to know this because I don't plan on flashing the drive to do back up games. I just want a good working drive again that I don't have to worry about saying unreadable disc for awhile.

The next thing I was curious about is do you think that the other drives that came in the 360 such as the samsung and benq are better more reliable drives for everyday use? If so which ones do you guys think are the best drives? I know I heard some of the newer ones are much quieter than this loud Hitachi is. I may be willing to try flashing/spoofing for the first time if you think the newer drives are a lot better. I just need to know which guide at to look at since there are so damn many to look at when going to do this kind of thing.

THANKS ALL IN ADVANCE, MUCH APPRECIATED  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)  

This post has been edited by koola514: Oct 13 2008, 06:48 AM

[SpankIt]

You can put any Hitachi board into any drive. I do it all the time for drive replacements. Saves me time. As for which drive is the best. I don't think there is one. Most of the drives I've replaced were Hitachi and Samsung drives but that's only because they have been around longer. So i don't personally think there is a "best" drive.

[koola514]

QUOTE(SpankIt @ Oct 13 2008, 01:25 AM)

You can put any Hitachi board into any drive. I do it all the time for drive replacements. Saves me time. As for which drive is the best. I don't think there is one. Most of the drives I've replaced were Hitachi and Samsung drives but that's only because they have been around longer. So i don't personally think there is a "best" drive.

Cool if that is the case then I will just grab a new drive off ebay for $50 with FW 78 and put my FW 46 board with original key on it in the new drive. That will be way easier for me too since I will have a brand new drive other than the board and hopefully won't have to change it out for another ~3 years. By that time a new Xbox will likely be coming out. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[koola514]

Anyone else want to confirm this for me? I was thinking about buying a drive today to get it fixed. Thanks.

[BigSteel]

Yes, you can swap boards in any HItachi.

[Drjones]

the 59 and the 78f have been the best drives for me.
I've also got a sammy ms28 but it's flaky and it's new!