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

[ferrari_rulz_02]

theres anotehr topic going on about this. have a look in there.

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This post has been edited by ferrari_rulz_02: Dec 20 2004, 06:50 AM

[Dasgooch]

I haven't seen anyone post on this yet, but last night I was modding a box for a customer and I opened it up and found a new brand of DVD-ROM. It is a Hitachi-LG unit. Here are the specs from the label:

DVD-ROM Drive
Model: GDR-8050L
Rom Ver 0012AD
Manufactured: October 2004

This came out of an Xbox with a date of 2004-11-02
Here is a pic I snapped with my crappy webcam



This is not a 1.6b xbox because it is using Samsung ram.

[otherguy]

I can verify this as being true. I modded a machine i got last night - straight from my local FYE store - mfg date was 2004-11-20 I believe. It was also a 1.6 machine with samsung ram.. it had a white dvd cable instead of the normal yellow or brown one.

Everything seemed to go smoothly with it though.

here's some pics i got.




sorry for the huge-ness - i dont have photoshop on this machine

[Silentscream__]

well, you know what we're all gonna want to know... Does it read cd-r?

[otherguy]

i didn't have time to check mine last night - as it needed to be mailed this morning. Plus i only had cromwell on it - so that didn't really help things. I was seriously thinking of swapping another drive out w/ it and saving it for testing - but just didn't have enough time

[Silentscream__]

Oh well. Im sure these new drives will be appearing everywhere and we will know soon enough.

[LBoogie]

Here are some other models:

http://www.lge.com/catalog/prodlist?catego...ntId=CTG1000439

I'm assuming this drive works in all of the XBOX's like all the others, right?

[Cthulhu32]

How are you guys modding these systems? Not only did this 10-05-2004 xbox have a hitachi DVD-rom, the motherboard has been completely redesigned.
I think these things qualify as xbox 1.7 motherboards, because they are completely incompatible w/ the lpc rebuild kit, and I do not have the experience to track down the d0 point myself. I took pictures of my bro's motherboard, if you want hi-res pics PM or email me, otherwise here's the pictures I posted on photobucket that are limited to 250kb. It's cool to find something new sometimes, but this time I really need directions on where the heck to solder the d0 point and lpc rebuild points since my bro is going back to japan in 2 weeks.
Xbox 1.7 Pictures
easy identification of the new boxs, the feet now have grooves on them, and are made of a different, shiny material. Torx screws are still silver like the 1.6b's

[lordvader129]

the pads are nothing new, ive seen thos on every version ehre and there (same withthe silver screws)

and maybe im missing somehting but the pics just look like a 1.6 to me

[Cthulhu32]

the pads are nothing new, ive seen thos on every version ehre and there (same withthe silver screws)

and maybe im missing somehting but the pics just look like a 1.6 to me

Oh crap, you're right. Haha, it is a 1.6b, the lpc rebuild kit works fine I was just having a retard moment and I flipped it the wrong way. Anyways, so no 1.7 yet thank god, I'm out to mod this thing, thanks again.

This post has been edited by Cthulhu32: Dec 22 2004, 03:37 AM

[otherguy]

umm yea - it's just a 1.6 with the new drives we're talking about... apparently you've never done a 1.6 machine before - cause you have the lpc rebuild on the wrong way... turn it around and you wont have a 1.7 anymore... then hit yourself on the head a few times

[Cthulhu32]

umm yea - it's just a 1.6 with the new drives we're talking about... apparently you've never done a 1.6 machine before - cause you have the lpc rebuild on the wrong way...  turn it around and you wont have a 1.7 anymore...  then hit yourself on the head a few times

.... you read my post that I realized it was a 1.6 and it was a dumb mistake right?
anyways, its fully working, everything is going good. here it is booting w/ the cromwell and everything:




Compatibility for the Hitachi DVD drive so far:

Memorex DVD+R 4x [works]
FujiFilm DVD+R 8x [works]
generic no label CD-r [doesn't work]

if I get some DVD-R's this christmas I'll test those, this is all the media I had to throw at it right now.

This post has been edited by Cthulhu32: Dec 22 2004, 07:14 AM

[ferrari_rulz_02]

ok, this isnt making any sense to me. ms changed over to dodgey ram a while back, and yet were getting new xbox's with samsung ram and teh lg-hitachi drive in them.

that doesnt figure

[RoboChicken]

I just got my first one

October 04 drive in a 11/04 Xbox

Has a white connector cable instead of yellow

[FallsInc]

maybe they switched back to samsung ram... maybe the hynix had problems...

then again, there are what, 5 different xbox plants across the globe... maybe one got the lg drives, and hasnt ran out of samsung ram yet...

This post has been edited by FallsInc: Dec 23 2004, 01:41 AM