twistedfocus1647545489 Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 A friend of mine just had the drive in his XBox go bad and apparently a regular PC DVD drive won't work as a replacement. He's looking for a fried "parts-car" XBox (with a working drive) or a drive itself. I guess he found some new for 30-40 dollars, but doesn't want to put much money into an old system like this. If anyone has such a thing or knows where to find them cheap, let me know. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 A regular PC DVD drive should work just fine, you just have to use a certain brand. I forget which though, I think its some Hitachi or Toshiba model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Yep, Pat is exactly right, here are some cd drives you can count on working. Just a word of advice, if you get these new you will be spending more, so try to find some used ones if he wants to be under that thirty dollar budget. -Yamaha Professional Grade CD-RW 10x 650MB/74Min -Sony CD-RW 700MB/80Min (CDRW700HS -Sony CD-RW 650MB/74Min (CDRW650L) -Maxell DVD-R 1-4x -Memorex DVD-R 4.7GB 4x -Fujifilm mini DVD-R 1.4GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedfocus1647545489 Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Yep, Pat is exactly right That's cool, I know nothing about game consoles. Question... the specs listed above sound like blank media and not drives themselves. What am I missing? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konig_twinkies Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 you can find replacement drives on ebay for pretty cheap, repaired one and have had no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1647545493 Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Yep, Pat is exactly right, here are some cd drives you can count on working. Just a word of advice, if you get these new you will be spending more, so try to find some used ones if he wants to be under that thirty dollar budget. -Yamaha Professional Grade CD-RW 10x 650MB/74Min -Sony CD-RW 700MB/80Min (CDRW700HS -Sony CD-RW 650MB/74Min (CDRW650L) -Maxell DVD-R 1-4x -Memorex DVD-R 4.7GB 4x -Fujifilm mini DVD-R 1.4GB Your first three are not DVD drives.... Why would you want to use one of those? Also how do you get around the odd ball power molex on the original Samsung DVD drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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