XboX Factory defect

[djscotty]

My brother in law has a factory XboX that constantly gives a disk read error loading a game or even in the middle of a game. I've been shopping on ebay and noticed alot of machines being sold with the same problem.

Would a modchip fix this or do you need to replace the drive?

 

[NeOnRaBbIt]

its not a "defect" as you call it. It's just that 75% of xbox dvd drives suck A$S. Or maybe all your discs are just messed up but its more likely the dvd drive its self.

 

[Floppy Mohawk]

His Xbox should be under warranty, Which a mod chip would void I may add. Why doesn't he take it back and get a new one?

Anyway to answer the question, How could a mod chip possibly fix a defective dvd drive?

Floppy

 

[djscotty]

How could a mod chip possibly fix a defective dvd drive?

Tough crowd. :|

He's thinking about modding it anyway, I guess since the chip allows backups to be recognized I thought maybe the problem could go away by modding it.

 

[NeOnRaBbIt]

How could a mod chip possibly fix a defective dvd drive?

Tough crowd. :|

He's thinking about modding it anyway, I guess since the chip allows backups to be recognized I thought maybe the problem could go away by modding it.

only reason it can "recognize" backups is because of the bios hacks. It's not that the dvd drive cant read a backup. its programmed to ignor it, if you will. And you cannot make a hack in a bios to make a dvd drive better at reading discs.

 

[djscotty]

OK, I understand this, however I don't know that the drive is defective. For all I know the problem could be in the "programming" that ignores disks. The machine rejects original games sometimes as it would a backup without the mod.

 

[lightning10101]

I agree with what floppy said about getting a better drive by taking it back if the warrenty is not voided. The mod chip also means that you have had the xbox open so could change a drive easily. I surpose. Just trying to help

 

[djscotty]

I think he lost his receipt

 

[lightning10101]

Well then u could by a cheap drive and that might help. Ebay have loads llamma do baisicly most xbox sites do.

 

[halo24uk04]

hey,

i gunna be buying another xbox soon, so:

WHICH XBOX VERSION IS THE BEST?

e.g best dvd drives to have in box

 

[halomaster7777]

Or if you wanna try, you can adjust the laser, theres some tuts on Xbox-Scene.com

 

[lightning10101]

yes that not a bad idea lazers are normaly cheaper and if packaged right work well. nice idea

 

[Xecuter]

hey,

i gunna be buying another xbox soon, so:

WHICH XBOX VERSION IS THE BEST?

e.g best dvd drives to have in box

any xbox with a samsung drive

 

[K-LO]

There really is no definate way to tell which one you are going to get either. If you can, buy the latest version possible of the Xbox, because it will most likely include the Samsung. Sometimes you can get lucky and recieve one in an older box.