ems2g said:
I'm interested in learning a bit more about why your old drive stopped working. What exactly got screwed up? Do discs that you put in it even spin up? Did you leave it untouched, or did it only stop working after trying to hack it to play backups?
The fact is the 360 has a code built into the firmware which must match the code of the DVD drive in order for it to play games. If you swap in a new DVD drive, it will have another code, hence it will not work. You must take the code off your old broken drive, and patch it into the new drive.
Therefore, if you "could care less about editing the code", then you better not care about playing games on your 360! 'Nexxusty' was a little blunt, but he was just trying to let you know that by being uninformed you screwed yourself.
The lesson being that if you want to play the role of xbox360 technician, you should probably at least know the basics of what you should and shouldn't do! Here's a hint: Start caring about 'editing the code' then pick up a Samsung or Hitachi instead of a Philips. Finally, hope you are able to extract the security code from your busted drive and successfully patch it to the replacement.
Regardless of the code. the company stated that this is a replacement xbox 360 drive. It did not note anything about editing codes, etc. So they misinformed me. Now if you order a replacement drvie from m$, (as a friend of mine found out) it works, and yes it was a different make. but i didnt see the need to pay $150 from M$
Also, i didnt screw my self... as the option of having my money returned back to me. The company i got the drive back wants it back asap so they can send me a working replacement drive. as they dont understand why it wont work.
Now the orginal drive... it wont read. Im assuming that it was played to death. It will not read any format you put in their. (got this from a friend) Needless to say, for free, as he just went out and got another unit. He bought this one the day they were released and he played the hell out of it.
And as we all know that M$ used cheap readers anyways. ive had to replace my orginal xbox as well as some friends drives also.
Now im not using any hacked games. Im just trying to get this to read orginal games (both xbox and 360) and then i will go to "testing the code" on the 360.
So my next option is, if this replacement drive doesnt work, ill just return it and purchase a replacement lens for the toshiba drive.
The comment on being a xbox360 technician. DVD drive doesnt read games - logical explanation...the drive lens is worn out. What to do? Replace the drive. Seems i diagnosed that problem! And yes i know what drives you can edit the code on.
Good stuff!
