Opened A Xbox To Find A Hitachi-lg Dvdrom, **MERGED TOPICS** Options

[bitblaster]

Here is a pic of the new Hitachi HL Data Xbox DVD Drive.
Seems to work with DVD-/+R, DVD-RW, and CDRW. Does not read CD-R.

Thats like mine, I just got my xbox... it has that drive, works nice... I tried it with CDRW and it works fine, reads games fine too.

[miketsu]

...snap...

If the computer still recognizes it as a 605 after you flashed the firmware, something is wrong.  The computer should recognise it as a DRD-8160B, and then either work or do something like what you described.  E

The xbox, PC (in windows or freeBSD) sees DRD-8160B as samsung sdg-605B.

I flashed also samsung 616T firmware to drive.
...it wont work at all.
PC (in windows or freeBSD) sees drive now as samsung 616T.
Drive occasionally spins disc about one turn, and if eject is pressed repeatly it tryes to focus laser or something (with or without disc inserted)....

CheeRS, M.

This post has been edited by miketsu: Jan 9 2005, 01:30 PM

[Cdemon]

I think I have one of these drives (the tray looks the same). When I play a game, though, there's an odd clicking noise. Is that normal with the new drives?

[Cdemon]

I recorded a sample of it. My mic is right next to the Xbox when I recorded it, but this is how it sounds when it's loading:

http://members.fortunecity.com/cdemon24/xbox.wav

This post has been edited by Cdemon: Jan 9 2005, 03:38 PM

[LenteSubigo]

Sorry, Miketsu I read your original post incorectly. I thought you were trying to flash 8160b firmware on to a 605b.

So, 605b or 616t firmware doesn't work on the 8160b? That sucks. Can you take apart the 8160b and send me a few pics?

[miketsu]

...DRD-8160B firmware doesn't work on sdg-605b, i tryed

It does not open tray, and it tryes to close it all the time, make clicking sounds...

Anyway tryed also Asus DVD-E616 firmware to sdg-605 and 8160B. Both makes lot of errors on freeBSD (device not ready, illegal state, etc.), but 605fw on 8160B doesn't.

Asus firmware on 8160B trys to init laser (turns laser on), but doesn't move it...

LenteSubigo: check your messages

There has been some changes also in sdg-605b firmwares. The "usual places" firmware gives different md5sum than my own 605.


...and the original 605B survived on the abuse.

CheeRS, M.

This post has been edited by miketsu: Jan 9 2005, 10:48 PM

[bitblaster]

Erm... I have one of those as stated before.. it plays CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, and DVD-RW? What about DVD+RW, you did not state that yet...

[ferrari_rulz_02]

so has any of this gotten us any closer to hacking some firmware up so we can get a pc drive, flash & mod it, then run it in our xbox's?

[SpookieStylez]

look under the labels if you cant find them

just a failed attempt to be sarcastic ....

[shaggie]

Hello fellow modders!

I'm working in a local computer store and I was reading this intressting thread when I didnt got anything else to... *lazy*

I went to see what kinda LG dvd drives we had in stock. I found a couple new LG GDR-8163B drives.

I decided to open up the cover from one of them. The PCB is pretty much the same and the "SST" chip and Panasonic chip has the same model numbers/letters as the orginal XBOX drive has on the 3 images posted on page 7 in this thread!

Could this be the closest match!?

I can post pics of the PCB and whatever info you guys might need!
Let me know if you need anything!! Hope this helped someone!

Lets get this to work!? Ok?!

[ferrari_rulz_02]

great work shaggie.

if you wouldnt mind, posting some pics would be great, thanks.

[xeonburn]

So are there any issues with this drive? I had the Thomson and didn't feel like dealing with it so I sold it. I'm gonna buy a new one and I wanna know ahead of time what I'm getting myself into if I get this one.

[shaggie]

great work shaggie.

if you wouldnt mind, posting some pics would be great, thanks.

Hehe, no problem. Glad I can help!

I'll get thoes pics asap. So you, the smart people, can do your magic!

I allready have the drive in my xbox, working good, except it dont read originals ... as we all know! But thats about to change, right guys!?

Now lets all get to work!!

See ya!

[shaggie]

Hey again!

I now have thoes pics i promiced, I'll post them later today.. (after some hours). Since I just got home from work and I have some other things to do .

And I need to find a good place to host them pics... about 14MB of pics. Real close-ups allso!

See ya later today, aaaight?!

[valius]

I ordered this little chap last week,
I think it just might resemble our new xbox drive what do you lot think??