Topic: 8163b Full Tutorial With Full Media Support (Read 1744 times)

deadparrot · « **Reply #390 on:** May 14, 2006, 04:46:00 AM »

If anyone's interested, there's a few up on eBay.co.uk. Just bought one

Jesper64 · « **Reply #391 on:** May 21, 2006, 06:09:00 AM »

Awesome, that's great news. Good work :thumbsup:

davbere · « **Reply #392 on:** May 27, 2006, 01:26:00 AM »

Firstly,
menelik Thankyou for this wonderfull hack. You da man

Have you tried the 8164b drive yet ? It seems there is a shortage of 8163b

patx this is great news. I accidently purchase3d 5 8164b and was about to return them.
You say you are working on a new firmware for this. Willl the 850l.dld not work for this ? How soon will your firmware be ready ?

davbere · « **Reply #393 on:** May 27, 2006, 02:15:00 AM »

For anyone looking for the 8163

http://www.techsunny...1...Bare drive)

mstandlee · « **Reply #394 on:** May 30, 2006, 04:14:00 PM »

Will this drive work? Clicky ME!! Im pretty sure its what I need, but I thought I would ask before I buy.

Thanxs,
mstandlee

davbere · « **Reply #395 on:** June 01, 2006, 08:16:00 PM »

Yes it will. It is the beige drive though. The link I prvided is for the black drive.

mstandlee · « **Reply #396 on:** June 01, 2006, 10:28:00 PM »

But the drive you linked to also costs 16 dollars shipping to my house..

mstandlee

edit: Thanks for verifying that my link will work..

desi01 · « **Reply #397 on:** June 07, 2006, 12:24:00 PM »

Ok well I was kind of rushing when I did this and I seem to have messed up some of the points on the back of the pcb bcuz when i useing it and i put cds into it, it does not automaticaly lauch even though that is what the dashboard is set to do and it also cannot boot cds/dvds.
So i was wondering if anyone could please post a picture of an alternate point for the 3 points on the back (tray in, tray out, and ready). I think for tray in you can use a point right next to the right of eject point? can anyone please post a picture for the other points so i can locate them. TIA

davbere · « **Reply #398 on:** July 06, 2006, 06:00:00 PM »

Big thanks to menelik ad all others who contributed to this hack.

I've done 2 drives now ad they are sweet.

deadparrot · « **Reply #399 on:** July 08, 2006, 12:54:00 AM »

I believe that's correct. But what's the point in not taking the extra few steps?

Jesper64 · « **Reply #400 on:** July 08, 2006, 06:33:00 AM »

In case anyone is interested in painting their beige drive trays I found the release tabs for the tray today.

To take out the tray:
1. Unscrew the 4 screws on the bottom of the drive
2. Remove the bottom metal shielding and then carefully flip the drive over (the circuit board shouldn't fall out if it's clipped into the tabs)
3. Remove the top metal shielding
4. Remove the fronta face plate if you haven't already done so
5. Push the white piece of plastic at the front in and this will release the drive tray and allow you to slide it out
6. Slide out the drive tray to it's limit
7. Push down the two plastic stalks circled in the picture while at the same time pulling out the drive tray
8. Go and paint it with some vinyl dye and get rid of the ugly beige drive in your Xbox

IPB Image

lenballs · « **Reply #401 on:** July 10, 2006, 10:24:00 PM »

QUOTE(Jesper64 @ Jul 8 2006, 10:40 PM)

In case anyone is interested in painting their beige drive trays I found the release tabs for the tray today.

To take out the tray:
1. Unscrew the 4 screws on the bottom of the drive
2. Remove the bottom metal shielding and then carefully flip the drive over (the circuit board shouldn't fall out if it's clipped into the tabs)
3. Remove the top metal shielding
4. Remove the fronta face plate if you haven't already done so
5. Push the white piece of plastic at the front in and this will release the drive tray and allow you to slide it out
6. Slide out the drive tray to it's limit
7. Push down the two plastic stalks circled in the picture while at the same time pulling out the drive tray
8. Go and paint it with some vinyl dye and get rid of the ugly beige drive in your Xbox

IPB Image

Hi have you made your drive fit into the Xbox case yet? I'm wondering whats the easiest way before I start hacking up the case unnecessarily, any info or pics would be much appreciated.

Jesper64 · « **Reply #402 on:** July 11, 2006, 01:16:00 AM »

QUOTE(lenballs @ Jul 11 2006, 12:31 PM)

Hi have you made your drive fit into the Xbox case yet? I'm wondering whats the easiest way before I start hacking up the case unnecessarily, any info or pics would be much appreciated.

Mine's going into an old DVD case that I'm modding, so unfortunately can't help you. But I think the way that's posted in the tutorial has been used with great sucess.

deadparrot · « **Reply #403 on:** July 11, 2006, 02:28:00 PM »

QUOTE(lenballs @ Jul 11 2006, 06:31 AM)

Hi have you made your drive fit into the Xbox case yet? I'm wondering whats the easiest way before I start hacking up the case unnecessarily, any info or pics would be much appreciated.

Mine fits pretty well if you follow the tutorial, and clip on the bezel. All I had to do was cut the shielding out in front of the drive, and move it forward. I then hotglued the drive to the tray/cage thing.

lenballs · « **Reply #404 on:** July 12, 2006, 12:23:00 AM »

QUOTE(deadparrot @ Jul 12 2006, 06:35 AM)

Mine fits pretty well if you follow the tutorial, and clip on the bezel. All I had to do was cut the shielding out in front of the drive, and move it forward. I then hotglued the drive to the tray/cage thing.

Yes I've now read the tutorial, didn't think it applied to the 8163, but its the same shape drive.

I now have a 8164 drive installed, very stealth like, roll on the working firmware.

Cheers

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