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[perrin26]

Hello again,

well I tried the flash boot disk maker program, no luck, do I have to reflash my 8163B with an older version of it's own bios then try? or should it work the first time?

[perrin26]

OK,

after reading every post in this, (man that took a long time),  I have figured out a few hints to my problems from pieces of posts here and there.  

A while back a guy named Razor?  on here had a problem flashing his drive (the 8163b)  Something changed on the drives after june 2005...
they used to be:
HL-DL-ST-DVD
NOW they are
HL-DT-ST-DVD
I have no idea what the difference is, the model number is the same, however the flash program isn't finding the drive.  Now Razor? found a flash utility that he was able to flash his drive with, but had problems with windows afterwards, which sounds about right, Menzel mentioned this many times that the drive wouldn't be detected by windows after that, but I wanted to find out, what program he used to flash it with, and what the different between DL and DT is.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[stealthplayer]

@perrin26

I've done some searching about what you said and my results are:

HL-DT-ST GDR-8163B

HL-DL-ST GDR-8163B

by the results i think HL-DL-ST GDR-8163B never existed...
i hope this anwser your question

[The Zep Man]

I modded one of these drives a while ago. The good thing about this drive is that it indeed reads everything. The bad thing is that it makes a lot of noise compared to other drives. It's good enough for the average Xbox but not good enough for people who like silence.

Maybe a firmware with a speedlock (like the original Xbox-drives which are locked at... 6x?) should be released for the LG-8163B to make it more quiet.

[barman1176]

Wow, by dumb luck I stumbled across this thread a few days ago...


*does the slow clap*

I just did the VRCD upgrade to my stock 8050L with a switch. It's read 3 diff brands of DVD+R's, " " "DVD-R's, Movie DVD's, and most importantly (most) CD-R's.          

It will not read Memorex Black CD-R's or my fancy Taiyo-Yuden Blue CD-R's; but it reads cheap media/silvers like a champ.  All about the CD-R's dye apparently.

With the switch in at least you can perhaps switch it off when not playing CD-R's and save some wear and tear IF there indeed is any...I figured it couldn't hurt nothing so...

Sorry If I'm being redundant....this has been gone over before but this stuff bears repeating I think.

The coolest mod next to the softmod for 1.6/b owners(IMHO)!! Great work Menelik this thread was definitely worth the read.

[catman25]

i have aproblem can  anyone help me..Did the 8163 mod..Just did the wires and the vrcd pad lifted...Idid not fix..figure im using dvds only anyways..Put heres the problem ..it ejects,tray in and tray out is recognized...seems ok ..But it says no disk to everything>>> what to check ? took bottom cover off and lazer lights up and it spins....Did i need that vrcd fixed?Thanks for a fast reply

[mstandlee]

Hi. I am havin problems flashing my drive. It says the drive is not found. Can anyone help me pleas? I have followed the tuts to a tee..

Thanxs,
mstandlee

[mstandlee]

Bump up cuz I wont get any help if its on the second page... Also this is a 8163(I think) Anyways its the kind I dont need the adapter to use...

Any help would be great..
mstandlee

[Barney_1]

CODE

sf8163.exe 8050L.dld 2 /f /c /p /o

The 2 refers to the setting of the drive (master or slave).  Just type:

CODE

sf8163.exe

and you should get the help screen explaining this.  I had to move the jumper on my drive to get it to work.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but I did have the same problem you are running into.

[deadparrot]

CODE

SF8163 8050L.dld 2 /f /c /p /o

[deadparrot]

The only thing in this tutorial that applies to the 8050L is connecting VRCD to ground through a 1kOhm resistor to enable CD-R compatability.  The rest of it is getting the 8163B to act aas an 8050L.

[agentsparrow]

Ok. I think I trashed the PCB. Most of the pads I need to use are gone and I tore the tracing in a couple spots. I've done a lot of soldering in my time but honestly not much on tiny circuits like computer boards. I'm thinking my iron is too hot or too big or wrong solder or something. I'm using a 30w iron. Guessing I should use a 15w. Using rosin core solder, not the smallest diameter, probably average. Had the hardest time getting the solder to stick to the pads after holding the iron to it for a few seconds, then when the solder did stick the slightest move would rip the pad off the board. The instructions are easy to follow and great (Thanks Menelik!), I think my problem is the tools. Can anyone tell me what tools they used to get the job done?

P.S. Got my drive on compuvest.com for $21. One of the best deals I could still find.

[deadparrot]

I use a 30 Watt iron, that's fine.  I think your problem is that you need to scrape some of the laquer off of the very small points (the ones that are flush with the board) so as to get your solder to stick.

[Cougar281]

I just did this mod this weekend and it works PERFECTLY! Much cheaper then an "Official" XBox drive and much better!

[bucko]

Hey, sorry to bump an old topic, but I have the LG 8163B drive. Basically I tried to do the mod ages ago but my soldering sucks so I took everything of and made it back to how it was before.

However I have been trying for about 3-5 hours getting my firmware back to the original. I'm guessing I'm using the wrong firmware, HitachiLG8050.bin I'm sure that is the original right? I have tried renaming it to .DLD because the Xbox firmware is 8050L.dld and that is what is currently flashed to the drive.

I use the commands of SF8163.exe A:/HitachiLG8050.dld 3 /f /c /p /o /r on a MSDOS bootdisk I made, but each time it gives me this error, "The specified file is not a download file". I'm so confused, I can't find the DLD file on the LG site anywhere only an EXE file.

I've read through most of this thread but can't seem to get anywhere. Ironically I can still flash the Xbox firmware again so I'm sure the drive is working fine (the green light always stays on I know it does with Xbox firmware). I just can't seem to downgrade it to the original.

Cheers.

Edit, NVM found a DLD file for the drive so managed to get it functioning in Windows again. Cept when I put in a CD/DVD drive it don't spin up (led flashes though and it tries). Think I just fucked the drive up .