Okay I just got my xbox from precisionmods and they already informed me my laser is picky.

I know it does NOT read Princo and Merit something or another dvd-r's

anyhow i have some compusa brand cd-rw's
80 minutes with gold top

what i am curious to know is this normal. Half the time the games boot up and work fine and other half i get that generic message saying cd is dirty, or may be scratched something or another, basically cant read CD

is it normal if my xbox is not compatible with this type of media to work during 1 boot and then next boot up not work?

Or is this what I should expect with my xbox being modded?

thanks in advance

try some better Dvdr media like (apple)Verb)Tdk)even neos and fws 2nd gen......... as for cdrws its total miss n hit with them. u just gotta find a dvdr your xbox likes and stick to em...

yeah Ive only used cd-rws so far and it boots Id say 50-75% of the time

wish that was better, but it is ok

Hey bud.... I have had the same problem with those exact media.....Memorex cdrw worked okay for me ... but I can't stress enough... get a pc dvdrom and install it...... it fixed many bugs in games and made the load times much faster... also no wear and tear on your original laser in the xbox!!

Originally posted by happydirk
Hey bud.... I have had the same problem with those exact media.....Memorex cdrw worked okay for me ... but I can't stress enough... get a pc dvdrom and install it...... it fixed many bugs in games and made the load times much faster... also no wear and tear on your original laser in the xbox!!


would it be possible to install a laptop dvd rom? isn't it the same size as the xbox rom? this way you don't have to have the dvd rom sitting on the side or on top the xbox. just a thought.

yeah i dont have any dvd-r's yet
i am going to try and find some media my xbox likes and stick with it
i heard apple dvd-rs are good
i do have some memorex ones at work that I will try tomorrow

thanks for the help fellas, just wasnt sure what to expect

i do have a pc dvd rom, inside my pc, maybe I will experiment with that down the road or get a laptop dvd rom

just curious

anyone know how much those sale for

Originally posted by freakit



would it be possible to install a laptop dvd rom? isn't it the same size as the xbox rom? this way you don't have to have the dvd rom sitting on the side or on top the xbox. just a thought.

I imagine you could wing something like that.... but my dvdrom just sits nicely on top of my xbox with the casing closed and everything...... try it out... I'm sure it wouldn't hurt!!

Yeah I should put in a dvd-rom, but Im not messing with my xbox anymore then I have to heh.

I will only use cd-rws once in a while and I doubt it will ruin the xbox lens anytime soon.....

I plan on buying many games in dvd anyways.

I noticed that with the cheap DVD-Rs that the guy I order from I tend to have problem when the system is warm. By this I mean If I have been playing a game for a while and I try to switch to another game, sometimes I get the dirty lens message, however other times it works fine.

Once in a while I will press the power button, not the reset button and play the game that is already in the drive and I will get the dirty disk message, all I have to do is press eject, and then press it a again and it will load up with no problems.

The games I have on verbatim media work perfectly everytime, it is only the games on the cheap white topped disks that I sometimes have problems with.

I just got some Hi-Val cdrw's and of course memorex
anyone have experience with the HI-Val ones
are they considered lower end(cheap ones)

thanks in advance


what about the imations cd-rw's or tdk, are those okay for xbox as well

I guess what is best is to keep trying to find out what xbox likes best

I have been very successful on cdrw`s & cdr`s

PC Line & Traxdata cdrw`s work great

Vivastar cdr`s work great also


:tup:

Format cdrws before use.

Why should you format cdrws

would this be the same as clicking on the erase icon in clone cd
full erase, not quick
or do i need to actually go into windows and choose that drive and say format?

thanks in advance

would this be the same as clicking on the erase icon in clone cd
full erase, not quick


yes