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Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: thakerm on August 25, 2004, 07:22:00 PM

hey guys,

i got a v1.0 box and it has a thompson drive. no problems until now. it has been working great. however, now it reads movies and games fine intially and then after 30 mins or so it dies out and i get a dirty disc error. the discs are new and not scratched or anything like that. even the movies which end up as dirty disc error can be read on my cheap0 Apex dvd players i got. i have tested many games and movies. i get no dirty disc errors on the start of a game or anything usually. KOTOR is the worst and usually never works too well.

thanks

help please

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: FreewayX327 on August 25, 2004, 09:38:00 PM

looks like its time to get a new drive. i have...well had a thomson drive n it died on me. im getting a new samsung drive from tt ownage. find someone selling a samsung drive n buy it.

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: doriftu on August 25, 2004, 10:00:00 PM

Step one:  Take it out

Step two: Throw it in the front or back yard

Step three: Load your favorite weapon

Step four: Take steady aim and... FIRE....

OK, well you can try cleaning the lense and mirror on the dvd, but more than likely its not going to remedy the situation much, these drives suck and they go bad, its just a matter of a fact.  If that doesnt work you can try pot tweaking it, and if that doesnt work and you want to go through the hassle of buying a new laser for it, and installing it, you can do that or you can follow my instructions above and hunt down a new dvd drive.

If you need tuturials on how to do any of this, let me know and i will point  you in the right direction.

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: thakerm on August 26, 2004, 10:47:00 AM

thanks guys

um...i dont really want to go through the hastle of using a pc samsung drive for my box. ive seen the tuts and they seem to be clear and precise but still it takes time. i can do it but i want to have this all done before college starts...which is sept 7 for me. where is the cheapest i can find a Samsung XBOX dvd drive?

thanks

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: Xboxmodder3690 on August 26, 2004, 10:58:00 AM

QUOTE (doriftu @ Aug 25 2004, 09:03 PM)

Step one:  Take it out Step two: Throw it in the front or back yard Step three: Load your favorite weapon Step four: Take steady aim and... FIRE.... OK, well you can try cleaning the lense and mirror on the dvd, but more than likely its not going to remedy the situation much, these drives suck and they go bad, its just a matter of a fact.  If that doesnt work you can try pot tweaking it, and if that doesnt work and you want to go through the hassle of buying a new laser for it, and installing it, you can do that or you can follow my instructions above and hunt down a new dvd drive. If you need tuturials on how to do any of this, let me know and i will point  you in the right direction.

 

I would just call 18004MYXBOX. That's what I'm doing right now because my Thompson drive sucks also

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: thakerm on August 26, 2004, 11:01:00 AM

how much do they charge you to replacce it at 18004myxbox?

thanks

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: Xboxmodder3690 on August 26, 2004, 11:21:00 AM

I just found out that my box's warrenty had expired    They'll fix it, but for $75.00 plus $10-$15 for shipping. I'm thinking of just returning mine at Gamestop for one with a better drive.

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: thakerm on August 26, 2004, 12:57:00 PM

good question...im not sure. that sounds little pricey because on ebay u can get a drive, thompson, but new for like 25 bucks...if it lasts long enough thats fine for me. how long does it take them to return your xbox? My drive still reads games and movies, just bugs out over some period of time, usually half an hour. they should do this for free, like Sony.

thanks

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: Xboxmodder3690 on August 26, 2004, 01:42:00 PM

QUOTE (thakerm @ Aug 26 2004, 12:00 PM)

They should do this for free, like Sony.

Good Point. Yes they should

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: beergutt on August 26, 2004, 04:33:00 PM

are you using a different type of media than you use to? certain types of discs will boot in mine but then show the dirty or damaged screen. if i copy one of those discs on my pc to a different type of dvd-r they boot fine

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: bspot on August 26, 2004, 05:01:00 PM

personally, I am trying to use the exact discs that have worked perfectly before this week.  Now this week, none of my discs work.

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: thakerm on August 26, 2004, 11:06:00 PM

do u think this would work for me?

go to walmart, buy an xbox. open it up and swap my dvd drive with the one i just bought and then close it all up and return it?

or is that TOO risky?

thanks

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: thakerm on August 27, 2004, 11:54:00 AM

yeh it might be a good idea. but the thing is u have to be careful when u swap because you want to insure that you dont mess up the other xbox while ure swapping, because you have to return it. they might not even take back an opened xbox, they might just give u an exchange for another one.

ill call xbox today and find out some more information

thanks

Title: Thompson Drive - Reads Games But Then Dirty Disc..
Post by: Combat Elite on January 06, 2005, 01:22:00 PM

anyone know the thread i'm trying to find which is one massife list of all the disks that do work and dont work with the thompson drive. I saw it once but cant find it again. Supposedly thats why some disks come up with the dirty sisk error on a game back up because of the type of disk e.g datawrite