I have some more info as well.
My Version: 74850C
Never been flashed
Grim has suggested that i just get a new drive and grab the firmware off this dead drive and put it on my new Lite-On. So i will just wait for more instructions but if anyone else still has some more info to add, feel free !! I am still hoping to get this current drive to work but i think i am screwed. Do i for sure need to buy another Lite-On though or will any older dvd drive work? Or is there a certain drive i should buy to replace this one and add the 7.0 firmware off the current dead one to the new one??
My main suspicion on this drive seems to be that the laser keeps moving toward the back of the rails and i dont think it is supposed to do that?? Each time i start up my xbox and open the drive and close it, the laser moves further back. I am wondering if my laser is not positioned right maybe or it needs height adjustment? If so i have no idea how to do that
the thing is all liteons are same you can get 7series 8series or 9 series,if you have the dimmu.bin from the original drive that was in the console you can just flash it to any liteon and you are good to go