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OG Xbox Forums => Hardware Forums => General Hardware/Technical Chat => Topic started by: gamarsedge on February 25, 2004, 05:31:00 PM

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: gamarsedge on February 25, 2004, 05:31:00 PM

you cant open your xbox?

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: j0sh on February 25, 2004, 05:42:00 PM

of course i can open my box, but i don't want to have it open all the time. I want to put the new dvd in and close it again. Replace the original one...

J0sh

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: lordvader129 on February 25, 2004, 05:54:00 PM

just get a Y-splitter for the molex power to get power from the HD plug, and use a bios that skips the dvd check, like x2 4981, also, forget abou tplaying originals

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: dangpride on February 25, 2004, 07:02:00 PM

but then of course you can't upload any games on your xbox hdd with the dvd drive ...

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: j0sh on February 25, 2004, 08:10:00 PM

QUOTE (lordvader129)

just get a Y-splitter for the molex power to get power from the HD plug, and use a bios that skips the dvd check, like x2 4981, also, forget abou tplaying originals

I am just wondering why you can't play originals if you insert a new dvd player?
If the xbox detects it why is that? and should'nt it be possible to use a bios flash that avoids it?

Edit: Anyone got some info about this? web pages?

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: gabezilla on February 25, 2004, 08:18:00 PM

Heres some links (to this page's tutorials) on how to do it...
http://xbox-scene.co...es/dvddrive.php
http://xbox-scene.co...es/swap-dvd.php
http://xbox-scene.co...cdvd-switch.php

g.p.

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: j0sh on February 25, 2004, 09:15:00 PM

thanks for that gabezilla, but I was thinking about a tutorial/info on why a PC DVD player won't read original games.

I just can't understand that when you replace the original DVD with another DVD, use a mod-chip it should work. You can even flash the DVD rom as well, can't you?

confused..

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: lordvader129 on February 25, 2004, 09:53:00 PM

the xbox stock dvd drives has firmware that knows how to read xbox games, a PC drive has no idea how to read the xbox games

2 PC drive (samsung 616T and 616F) can be flashwed with the samsung 605 firmware to read originals

an other PC drive cant operate with that firmware, it would be liek flashing an xbox bios to a ps2, it would have no clue what to do with the hardware

a PC drive will still read backups from dvd-r, cd-r and so forth, as well as auio cds and dvd movies

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: TeBear77 on February 26, 2004, 02:49:00 AM

yea ya need to flash it then mod the insides of the drive itself

unless your doing custom stuff.

speaking of ... just might do the dvd selctor switch inside an acrillic case and make some sweet a$$ moded box .... gears are turning can only mean trouble :-p

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: gabezilla on February 26, 2004, 08:54:00 AM

Is it possible for me to take a dvd drive from one xbox and put it in another?

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: Lugnut on February 26, 2004, 11:24:00 AM

yes all xbox dvd drives are interchangeable

thompson,phillips, samsung sdg-605

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: Noxic on February 26, 2004, 11:34:00 AM

QUOTE (lordvader129 @ Feb 26 2004, 07:53 AM)

Lil' question, and a sd605 (original) can also read xbox games?

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: Noxic on February 26, 2004, 11:43:00 AM

QUOTE (Lugnut @ Feb 26 2004, 09:37 PM)

I sure hope so since alot of xbox's out there come with samsung sdg-605's!!!

Well my next question is, I have a sd 606F in my pc, is it possible to flash that to 605? (if so, how?) Or am I just being stupid?

Title: Xbox Dvd
Post by: justtaint on February 26, 2004, 12:06:00 PM

There are only two drives that can be flashed to be equivalent to a SD-605, those are the SD-616F and SD-616T.

606 will not work.

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OG Xbox Forums => Hardware Forums => General Hardware/Technical Chat => Topic started by: gamarsedge on February 25, 2004, 05:31:00 PM