Topic: Okay Guys, I Have 2 Brand New Samsung! (Read 105 times)

[-console-crazy-] · « **on:** April 02, 2003, 11:29:00 PM »

Why are Samsung drives so valued? I used to have one and traded it for a Philips. I don't understand why anybody would be willing to trade a 120 gb drive for a Samsung drive, does it play and burn games for you, is that it ?

mario_ps2 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2003, 05:50:00 AM »

Well it reads almost any cheap cd -/+r, dvd-/+r, dvd-/+rw, and the phillips does not read every single cd-r. Only the well known or quality brands.

gainpresence · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2003, 05:56:00 AM »

It does read CD-Rs and CD-RWs, as well as some DVD-r(w)s, but not DVD+R(W)s...

If you only have a cd burner then it's worth it.

Xeero · « **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2003, 05:58:00 AM »

Although, in all honesty, whatever money you spent on a 120 GB drive and a CD-RW, you can pick up a nice DVD-RW

jamal · « **Reply #4 on:** April 03, 2003, 06:05:00 AM »

I hate to tell you but those Samsung drives are pretty much worthless now.

You do know someone figured out a way to flash the computer Samsung 16x model 616T or 616F with the firmware from the Xbox Samsung drive right?

You can buy a Samsung PC DVDROM, flash it, put it in your Xbox for like $39.95....

Why would anyone spend $100+ dollars on a Samsung Xbox DVDROM or give up a 120 GB HDD for one?

msnyder · « **Reply #5 on:** April 03, 2003, 06:12:00 AM »

How much you want? You in the US?

MartialXboxArtist · « **Reply #6 on:** April 03, 2003, 04:33:00 PM »

Can you simply replace your old DVD drive with a samsung and it will work without doing any other altrerations to it? If so, cool!

CaliSurfer008 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 03, 2003, 04:40:00 PM »

QUOTE (MartialXboxArtist @ Apr 3 2003, 05:33 PM)

Can you simply replace your old DVD drive with a samsung and it will work without doing any other altrerations to it? If so, cool!

LMAO...then u cant play originals

nazis X. · « **Reply #8 on:** April 03, 2003, 04:45:00 PM »

QUOTE (mario_ps2 @ Apr 3 2003, 09:47 PM)

I understand, but I don't sell them for 150 or for a brand new 120 gig drive, I meant a broken one.

Although my offers have been pretty good and I'm selling each of them for 80 bucks.

About the dvd samsung hacked drive , I think it's awesome but if you don't have the talents to do it or if you are going to pay around 40 bucks to buy it and 30 to install it, it's the same if you were to buy a Samsung drive from me.

Well there are some other guys who totally blow out of proportion, trying to sell them for 180, that is surely a rip out.

I'm open to offers,

$30 to install the flashed replacement drive? Since when? The parts (what, black paint, solder, and some wire, maybe?) cost maybe $5, a little patience, and a steady hand. Granted, the XBox Samsung drives have the advantage that you can just plug it in, hook it up, and it works, but I, for one, would rather sacrifice $40 (that's with shipping and all the 'parts' I need) and some of my time than $100. Charging $50-$60 for mere convienience only is a bit much.

sorienor · « **Reply #9 on:** April 03, 2003, 05:14:00 PM »

Do people not read the news here?

kard63 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 03, 2003, 06:59:00 PM »

QUOTE (sorienor @ Apr 4 2003, 01:14 AM)

Do people not read the news here?

Lol, yea, you had a lot of decaluation today

read

nazis X. · « **Reply #11 on:** April 03, 2003, 07:13:00 PM »

QUOTE (PM5K @ Apr 4 2003, 04:11 AM)

QUOTE

BE ADVISED - THIS IS PRELIMINARY INFO SUBJECT TO CHANGE
I am releasing this so others can get started experimenting. I have no digital camera or scannner so someone else must make the tutorial and determine the easiest way. (come on now, i did the hard part . I used the 616T, I have no other drives to work on and do not support any but 616T. THE 616Q WILL NOT WORK DO NOT ASK AGIN! I will not repond to posts about other drives.

This is what I know SO FAR:

There is a white ribbon cable that connects the front panel PCB to the rear main PCB. The connections on this cable are:

W1-GND
W2-OPEN SWITCH uP#164
W3-LED via transistor @ uP#168
W4-AVCC (+12)
W5-CLOSE SWITCH up#163
W6-PLAY SWITCH (unused in 605) @uP#167
W7-EJECT SWITCH uP#166
W8-Motor+
W9-Motor-
W10-
W11-
W12-GND
W13-MUTE up#???

The Up seems to have I/O port on pins 162...169
162-??
163-Trin
164-??Mute
165-???
166-EJECT
167-PLAY
168-LED
169-TP

STEP 1 FLASH:

FLASH THE 616T with the SDG-605 Firmware. Read the other thread ("has anybody looked at this in a while") to find links to MTKFLASH and find the 605 bios in the "usual places". Please don't bug me for the firmware.

STEP 2 MODIFY 616T MAIN PCB:

What I did was unsolder the audio connector on the 616. Isolating the 4 pins from the PCB. This gives me 4 pin connector to route the yellow wire signals into the drive. I then took an audio cable (4 conducter) and plug it into the 616 audio out, the other end gets soldered to the 4 points on the bottom of the XBOX main board where the DVD yellow connector plugs in. This way the drive can be easily removed without additional soldering/unsoldering. Since these signals are unused for PC, the drive will now work in PC or Xbox with the 605 FW.

Back of drive:

DA Audio
1234
[..] [....] [IDE...............] [POWER]

I will use 1234 to refer to these audio pins

On main PCB I used 30 gauge wire wrap wire to make the connections. All work described here is on main PCB. You are going to add 4 wires to the audio connector as follows:

Pin1 - !Eject Signal
Right where the ribbon cable enters main PCB see the signal name "EJECT". The upper left corner of the signal name is the contact point.
Pin2 - !Trin
Right where the ribbon cable enters main PCB see the signal name "TRIN". The upper left corner of the signal name is the contact point.
Pin3 - !Trout
Right where the ribbon cable enters main PCB see the signal name "TROUT". The upper left corner of the signal name is the contact point.
Pin4 - Ready - THIS WAS EDITED FROM ORIGIANL POST!
Use MT1329E Pin #173. This is on the component side of main PCB. There is a little solder pad connected right to it that is waiting for you to attach the wire!

Be carefull not to resolder the audio connector to PCB when connecting wires. It's tricky but it can be done. At this point you should have 4 wires connecting the audio connector to the 4 points described above. I tacked 'em with a little hot glue.

STEP 3: FRONT PANEL PCB MODIFICATION:

If someone can patch 605 firmware, this step can eventually be eliminated.

The tray motor phase need to be reversed. On the front panel PCB you will see 2 large solder blobs where the tray moter is soldered to PCB. Carefully cut the traces going to these blobs. Connect a wire wrap wire from one blob to the point where the other blob USED to be connected. Connect another wire from the other blob to where the first one USED to be connected. Basically you are simply reversing the connections to the tray motor. Do not just unsolder the tray motor like we did the audio connector, since the motor has motion that could lead to intermittent shorts. At this point the tray motor has 2 wires connected to it that reverse the connection to the motor.

Button up the drive. Put it in the PC. Bios should detect as SDG-605. You should be able to use drive normally in PC at this point. (*Don't plug in audio connector*). If drive does not function you did something wrong (did you flash?). Check all connections and try again!

DRIVE MODIFICATION IS FINISHED!!!

STEP4: CONNECT AUDIO CABLE TO XBOX MAIN BOARD:

Now we need to provide connections from XBOX main PCB to the audio cable we will used to connect the DVD. Take out XBOX main board and solder the audio cable to the pads under the yellow wire connector as follows:

Rear view of original DVD player yellow wire connector. Follow wires from this connector to XBOX main PCB and connect to corresponding point

|1 2 3 4 5 6 |
-|7 8 9 10 11 12 |-

Audio Cable Pin1 - DVD Pin8 - !Eject - German Signal "W"
Audio Cable Pin2 - DVD Pin3 - !Trin - German Signal "X"
Audio Cable Pin3 - DVD Pin4 - !Trout - German Signal "Y"
Audio Cable Pin4 - DVD Pin9 - Ready - German Signal "Output from NAND Gate"

STEP 5: PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER AND TEST!

Use a Y cable to power the DVD and HD, Plug harness from XBOX main board to the audio connector (Make sure you don't plug in backwards!) Turn on your Xbox and ENJOY!! Notice that if you power off the XBOX with the tray open the tray closes auto if you power off the XBOX, just like original!

GOOD LUCK AND POST YOUR RESULTS

I was able to find the Samsung on PriceWatch for 49.00 and can buy it locally for 49.00 with tax... That basically means you are paying about 30.00 to NOT have to do everything in the instructions above....

That sounds like a pretty decent deal to me, and keep in mind many people don't know how to solder, case in point: Matrix Modchip...

$31 w/ shipping. Go to www.pricewatch.com and type "SD-616" into the searchbar. And the directions aren't too complicated, it's just long; hence, the patience.

TheWulf · « **Reply #12 on:** April 03, 2003, 07:27:00 PM »

seems to be its just way easier to buy the xbox samsung

nazis X. · « **Reply #13 on:** April 03, 2003, 07:29:00 PM »

Eh, I guess it's a matter of opinion. To me, the directions for the replacement is dead simple, and, therefore, worth the time and effort. However, to someone less confident or with less experience than I (not to say I have alot), I can see now why just buying a replacement is better.
Sorry for mucking up your thread, dude.

cartboyz · « **Reply #14 on:** April 03, 2003, 08:26:00 PM »

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