so i let my little brother play my modded xbox, big mistake.

my dvd drive now won't read games, audio, dvds or anything. when i boot with my modchip disabled i get a message that says my xbox needs service. when i boot into dashboard it tries to init the games and cds but says No Disc eventually.

any ideas?

unplug it for a minute or more & plug back in & ask the kid what he did. cause you probably need to reinstall something.

i've unplugged, plugged back in, i took the dvd drive out entirely and booted, and i get the same results, error message saying that i need service with modchip disabled, boots into dash saying nocd modchip enabled.

he said he did nothing, which is probably a lie. :(

when it tries to read the disc, i can hear it trying, and then i get a brief grinding noise just before it says "no disc"

Originally posted by patondeez
when it tries to read the disc, i can hear it trying, and then i get a brief grinding noise just before it says "no disc"

Yeah, it's broken.

So you can get it to boot to the dash with the modchip enabled? If so then reload your hdd with a backup of the drives if you have them. Sounds like the xbox is toast but I wouldn't give up so soon, theres still a few things to try.

Also what kind of chip do you have?

Originally posted by smokafatty
So you can get it to boot to the dash with the modchip enabled? If so then reload your hdd with a backup of the drives if you have them. Sounds like the xbox is toast but I wouldn't give up so soon, theres still a few things to try.

Also what kind of chip do you have?

i can play games still, just only the ones backed up on my hdd, everythign works fine except for the dvd drive.

its an executer 2.3 lite - anyone know a good place to get a replacement dvd drive? :(

ebay, bst, or xbox-scene

you can also use a pc dvdrom drive if you don't want to use originals.