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Post by: dynt on September 23, 2006, 08:05:00 AM: I have one x360 with a hitachi drive latest garyopa firmware v47 i made all my backups using a pioneer 111 and verbatims, which wouldnt work i went onto datawrites which would just about read,
I then tweaked the pot down to 2.8 ohms from 3.6 but still the games would freeze more often than not in frustration i wripped out a samsung dvd drive out of one of my comps and took the laser out tweaked it to 2.9 now it will read everydisc i throw at it and never freezes.

So any one having real problems reading discs just swop the lazer out some are definately better than others.
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Post by: firestorm2yk on September 23, 2006, 09:45:00 AM: you swapped the laser with one from a normal PC samsung dvd-rom drive? Which drive was it?
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Post by: dynt on September 23, 2006, 09:53:00 AM: The samsung drive was a Samsung sd616e the beauty was i put the old hitachi lazor back in the Samsung PC DVD drive and that still works.
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Post by: darkmaster2 on September 23, 2006, 10:52:00 AM: Cool! i wonder how many other lasers are compatible?

You aren`t pulling our leg are you?
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Post by: dynt on September 23, 2006, 11:49:00 AM: QUOTE(darkmaster2 @ Sep 23 2006, 07:59 PM)

Cool! i wonder how many other lasers are compatible?

You aren`t pulling our leg are you?

Absolutely not what made me check was i have a Samsung SH-D162C The drive for kreons firmware for backing up discs and that lazer will fit also I would have used that but the drive took some finding and the other drive only cost $20 which is a lot cheaper than a replacement lens Ive tried 6 backups for about an hour a time and not one hick up.
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Post by: darkmaster2 on September 23, 2006, 12:48:00 PM: Thats excellent news. Cheers for that matey! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pop.gif)
Maybe there should be something stickied about this with a list of compatible drive lasers?
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Post by: DV8ORMODS on September 23, 2006, 01:29:00 PM: You know that most major manufactures usually use compatible parts to make cost cuts in production,most car manufacturers also do the same thing this is not unusual use google and i read this somewhere else about some guy using a alternate samsungdriveflashed kreon0-8 and was fine with no hitch
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Post by: foaley77 on September 24, 2006, 04:41:00 PM: That's pretty cool was it easy getting the laser out?
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Post by: MiahX007 on November 24, 2006, 11:54:00 AM: Has anyone else tried this? Would be great if it worked!
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Post by: thenewrich on January 20, 2007, 05:55:00 PM: Hey i'm also interested in this, I was also wondering if it would be possible to use an original xbox1 laser? I was also hoping if someone could send me a link were i can buy a Samsung sd616e because i've searched the net and i'm having some trouble finding a place to purchase them.

Thanks alot
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Post by: thenewrich on January 21, 2007, 07:16:00 AM: bump

Please anyone??
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Post by: fokia on December 05, 2007, 11:58:00 AM: BumP...

No further diggs on this?
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Post by: VanydotK on December 05, 2007, 12:02:00 PM: QUOTE(dynt @ Sep 23 2006, 05:29 PM)

The samsung drive was a Samsung sd616e the beauty was i put the old hitachi lazor back in the Samsung PC DVD drive and that still works.

haha.. the funny thing is I had that as my dvd-rom drive but took it out to install my kreon drive.. I'll open up my 616 and try the laser out when I have time and report back.
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Post by: VanydotK on December 05, 2007, 12:22:00 PM: If anybody is interested here goes a pic of the laser

(IMG:http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4301/laservk9.jpg)

And guess what? The part number is SF-HD67 so it's the exact same part number as our 360's laser. So if you guys have one of these drives lying around or if you can get it for cheap then here you go!

This post has been edited by VanydotK: Dec 5 2007, 08:30 PM
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Post by: fokia on December 05, 2007, 03:03:00 PM: COOL!

Probably U won't find one of these on the market right now... it would be cool to know if newer (samsung?) drives still have a LASER that might fit the 360 hitachi/samsung drives.

I find this very interesting as an actual DVD drive (could) cost less than a replacement LASER and is readily available at any store, so U don't have to wait for parts and save money on ordering online. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)