dvd drive not reading original games

drsomewhat

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Dec 25, 2004
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hey all, ive got a thompson drive in my 1.0 xbox

the drive just stopped reading discs after i was trying to fix the xbox so that i would stop getting frags...

in evox, it says my drive is in/out/opening etc, but it always prints "no disc" after i put a disc in.

when i try to access the dvd thru ftp, no files are visible...

any ideas?
 

Bad2bones

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Jun 12, 2004
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I had a Thompson and that happed so i installed a new laser. i got one off ebay for like 8 bucks, then like 8 months later it did it again so i just got a samsung 616T

You could also try cleaning the laser see if that works
http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/cleaning_your_dvd_drive.htm

Install guide:
http://llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/thomson_xbox_laser_installation.htm

or you can try adust the POT (this didnt work for me and took like half an hour)
http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/thompson_potentiometer.htm
 

drsomewhat

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Dec 25, 2004
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fixed the frag by placing the insulating pad on top of the x3 and by shaving some of the plastic off the bottom of the xapt3r so that it sits flat

the frag is totally gone, now the dvd drive seems to have crapped out

edit: i also tried cleaning the drive, still no good
 

drsomewhat

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Dec 25, 2004
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well, which drive should i get, one of the new samsungs on ebay?

edit: found a 616t on xbox-scene forums
 

NeOnRaBbIt

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umpa said:
I hear the new Samsung is no better at reading discs than the Thompson.
you hear wrong. i have a thompson and has been good for me for about 3 years or so. Though now im having trouble loading maps in halo2 on xbl so ill have to reset my console so i'd like to get a new drive but it just seems like to much money. And if i do get a new one ima just get a modified samsung 616t.
 

umpa

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Not sure what your saying dude -

Are you saying that the New Samsung drives are as good as the Old Samsung drives ?

Or that the Thompson drive is a good drive ?

Personally I always liked the Old Samsung.

Then Thompson (as second best)

Then Philips (as third)

I have not had a New Samsung drive yet. I just heard they are not as good.
 

NeOnRaBbIt

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im saying that samsungs are better than thompson. Also that samsung 616t (i think) is better than the samsung that is stock with xbox's but im not ENTIREY sure with that. And for philips vs. thompson, i think they're about even in performance.
 

Yoder01684

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If you like I have a brand new thomson, a brand new samsung 605 and the samsung 615 hack that I am planning on selling. I can list it on ebay for you or you can pay me through paypal. That is if your even interested.
Let me know at [email protected]
 

cadet69

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Jan 12, 2004
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2 Problems with Xbox 360

Hello. I have 2 problems with my Xbox. I have installed/uninstalled everything that needed to be installed like drivers and such. I am using a compatible VIA driver that I used to flash 2 previous Liteon drives. The drive that I am trying to flash is one that already has ixtreme 1.6 on it. I am trying to update it to LT+. Now in jungleflasher, I have read that I only need to push the button that says to get dummy from ixtreme. I don't have the keys because I lost them, other wise I wouldn't have to go through that. Now everytime I try to pull those keys, I get the error that tells me to power drive and open tray half way. I am not using the ck3 switch, I am using the 360 as the power supply. Yes I read the JF tut and there was basically 2 ways I could do this, either the power up, eject, close try button, unplug real quick, set to half tray and power back on method. Or there was a manual way that you could do it by the switch and moving that to the left then manually pulling the drive open. I have searched online forever but I can't seem to get the error to go away about the half open drive. I have tried restarting computer, changing the red cable that goes from comp to xbox data cable. I made sure that I am using the right ports etc. I don't know what to do from here. I used the most current version of JF as well. I get no other errors than that one. Any Ideas? I know this system, in fact, has ixtreme 1.6 on it.

The other problem stemmed from the previous problem. Now the tray wont stay closed. You try to close the tray, then 1 second after it closes it opens automatically. Even when I go to power down the system, it opens the tray then shuts off. I must have done something wrong to the tray when I was trying to flash it with the half tray error message for hours. Any Ideas on how to fix this?