My DVD reader is a bit fussy on backups. Anybody fitted an alternative reader ?

I thought of installing a PC DVD but aint to sure what make would fit or how to connect it.

i have a liteon which works well for me, to fit www.xbox-scene.com has tutorials!

Is your liteon fitted in the case of the x box or dose it sit on top?
Also do you find it reads backups that the original reader wont?

hi, i got a crappy thomspon drive that is quite fussy too, replaced it with a pioneer 106 (outside the box, simplicity itself too install!!)..and everthing is hunky dory now!..so to answer ur question, yes, a replacment dvd drive is better able to read discs that ur original drive wont!

hth
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arthur_p_huxake

Go to Walmart and buy a new system, take it apart and swap the DVD-Rom drive and return to the store the same day. Had a couple of buddies do that and works great now.

Got to say, I like Walmart. However, they don't have a store in Scotland and I aint that lucky to get away with it. A new pioneer drive is about $60 here, about the price of a legit game, I'l give it a try and let you know how it goes.

Well! the pioneer drive is connected up & runs all the backups. Crazy Taxi is a bit slow to load but it may just be the game.

Anybody got any idea what percentage of boxes have fussy readers?

i was thinking about getting a replacement dvd rom(creative 12x) but i dont know what brands work. is anyone using any other drives besides the pioneer or the liteon?

From what I'v read in the groups any PC DVD will work as long as you leave the original drive in the X-box. This means you will always have your PC DVD sitting outside the the case of the X-box and you wont be able to play original games unless you reconect the original drive.

I would like to replace my original drive in the box with a more reliable one, hopefully someone will source a good replacement that slots straight in.

Anybody got any idears who sells the replacement dvd drives? (And has them in stock)

i'm not saying this is true of all xboxs, but i don't need to have the original drive connected! that is, i can disconnect the yellow plug from the drive and it'll still boot games...but not dvds films!?!...weird i know, but my xtender v1.1 chipped xbox will boot any backup i got (except i copy of doa 3, which did work prior to having a label put on it but doesn't now!...yet works in 4 other box's i've tried...spooky!) but it won't play a dvd unless i connect up the original drive and put a dvd in that too!?!...it aint a problem, just a puzzler...i do leave the yellow plug connected tho cos i'm continually swapping the original drive back in to rip original games, it doesn't take long to switch the ide cable over :-)

u can swap the drive for a pc dvd drive so that it's not sat on top looking ugly tho, but i haven't tried it...here's a few links:

http://www.coverx.org/tut/DVD-replace.php

http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/lg-dvd2.php

hth
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arthur_p_huxake

cdrws work pretty well in my thompson box.....silver bottom cds only.

I agree, it dosent take long to change the cables over but it would be nice to have a switch which would mean you could have the best of both drives at the flick of the switch.

Any thoughts!