QUOTE(patx @ May 26 2006, 06:51 AM)

Actually we are not modding the 8050FW but we work on adding the Xbox athentification protocol to the 8164FW.The hardware is too different between both drive to implent the 8050FW to the 8164 drive.
I know it's a late reply but I did a forum search and found this.
So if your modifying the 8164FW to read original xbox games will the drive be usable when playing xbox live or is it too soon to ask?
I'm planing on using the drive on a un-modded xbox using Xbox Live but I'm wondering if MS will ban my xbox since I'm using a drive they don't support (8164B). Does XBL check? Won't MS only allow the LG 8050L since it's a official drive?
I know the Samsung 616T/F work because they are flashed with the 605BFW so XBL still thinks it's an original Xbox drive. Since you can't flash the 8050LFW to the 8164B I'm a little concerned about XBL working.
Sorry about my post. If all else fails I'll try my best to just get a 8163B instead.