Topic: Dvd Drive Causing Problems (Read 410 times)

mrright01 · « **on:** February 08, 2005, 09:04:00 PM »

hello, i have dual wd 250gig hd's internally, and i took the dvd out and have it as a detachable external dvd drive.

in the past month or two i had bios reboot problems, and had to reflash the eeprom because the dvd/video settings got changed?(i think i was told it happened with xbmp) the main change i could see in configmagic was the dvd kit zone changed from "0" to a "1"

it worked for about a week, then i started getting "12 service required. call customer support" and 7 other languages saying the same thing. i figured out that this happened when the dvd wasn't plugged in. about every 1 in 20 times i can get evox to boot when the dvd is attached. the rest of the time when the dvd is attached i get a bios reboot(even with m7 with an embeded eeprom). and every time the dvd is not attached i get the error12 in 8 languages(7 + english).
i found this on the main page faq's 12 - kernel - DVD parameters (PIO/DMA) this error is attributed to the dvd drives ability to send and recieve data either replace the dvd drives logic board or get a new one.

what to do? i'm planning on putting the dvd back inside and turning the two hd's sideways(like most are doing now) but i need to solve this problem <

mrright01 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2005, 10:00:00 PM »

oh yeah, i've got a v1.1 xecuter 2.3b pro chip

i have the original phillips dvd and i bought a "new" thompson off ebay and both have the same results. i've tried swapping every wire(ide, yellow dvd)

i'm willing to buy whatever to get this thing running. should i look into a new chip, or a new mb?

is there something i can solder and "patch" something so it will overide whatever is causing this?

This post has been edited by mrright01: Feb 9 2005, 06:00 AM <

johnodd · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2005, 10:13:00 PM »

it sound's like your cd drive has a short and a big one my samsung gave me one heck of a short about a week ago and i had to replace the cd drive and damn is it expensive for a cd drive
<

mrright01 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2005, 10:19:00 PM »

dvd drive? i bought a new one because i thought it was a dvd problem, and now both of them cause the problem. should i check the wires/motherboard at the dvd? buy another dvd? another motherboard?

This post has been edited by mrright01: Feb 9 2005, 06:19 AM <

mrright01 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2005, 05:30:00 PM »

so is my board screwed up or the dvd?

or is this not the problem? <

mrright01 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2005, 09:28:00 PM »

ok, so i searched here and google for: dvd (short, shorting out) xbox reboot "error 12"

and found nothing helpful, usually nothing. i guess i'll pull my mb out of the rats nest on top of it and check the bottom of the mb for.......something.

any ideas? even if you just have an idea of what to search for <

TWIZZLER · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2005, 10:11:00 PM »

dirty/dusty old??? <

mrright01 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2005, 10:27:00 PM »

which part is dirty/dusty/old?

edit: rats nest = wires for leds

This post has been edited by mrright01: Feb 10 2005, 06:29 AM <

mrright01 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2005, 11:07:00 PM »

ok, since i can't edit.

the bottom of the board around the dvd wires looks fine(i was hoping to see some solder points shorting out, or .......something)

<

mrright01 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2005, 08:27:00 PM »

bump <

G0t M4xx 21 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2005, 09:27:00 PM »

My friend had the same problem with a softmodded 1.6 (UDE2). With the Sammy 605f that came with it ,the xbox works fine.

But, when I plug in 2 different sammy 605b drives (I confirmed that both of them work fine on another xbox), or a 616t (I modded it myself, confirmed that it works), it boots to error 12. Put the orig 605f back in, it works fine.

This has really been stumping me; the drives work perfectly in other xboxes, and the 1.6 works fine with its original 605f. <

mrright01 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 10, 2005, 09:38:00 PM »

so it's the dvd drive? it happens with the original phillips and the new thompson i just bought. and without the dvd it gets stuck in a reboot loop.

what is the quick way i can fix this? buy another dvd drive? will it happen to the new dvd drive? would a new motherboard fix the problem permanently?

thanks <

G0t M4xx 21 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2005, 11:05:00 PM »

I really dont know, the problem has me stumped too.

If you can get a hold of another xbox, you can test the drives in another box and see if they make that xbox have error 12. If it does, then the prob. is the dvd drive. If they work, then the problem is elsewhere.

^^^ That's about how far Ive gotten with my problem, I know the drives are good, but im unsure if its the 1.6's mobo, the HDD, or a bios/eeprom thing. <

mrright01 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2005, 10:01:00 AM »

QUOTE(G0t M4xx 21 @ Feb 11 2005, 05:00 AM)

^^^ That's about how far Ive gotten with my problem, I know the drives are good, but im unsure if its the 1.6's mobo, the HDD, or a bios/eeprom thing.

do you have a thread somewhere? or did you find a tutorial to fix it somewhere? i could use a link. i think i'm just gonna turn this into a stock xbox(maybe for xbl) if i can find the original hd and get it running with that, and just get another mb/dvd <

mrright01 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 27, 2005, 06:54:00 PM »

ok, since we can't edit, i'll post my findings.

after buying a new mb/dvd/chip/hd i found the problem was my evox(slayers 2.5) something in it caused the problem, i upgraded to the new slayers and the problem went away.

so if you have this problem do not buy another xbox/chip like i did, try upgrading your evox(if you're using evox) <

Author Topic: Dvd Drive Causing Problems (Read 410 times)