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

[rutgerius]

Old link dead, and I cannot edit my post...

Ubermod

[truBB]

@truBB

does that mean you got it working 100% or you're just saying the points were correctly traced?

I was just verifying wenid's points.

[bourke]

Old link dead, and I cannot edit my post...

Ubermod

You seem to be missing power and ground wires ;-)

[XBoXMan]

I think he's using the Y power splitter

[bourke]

I think he's using the Y power splitter

Waste of money/space :-P


Does anyone know where to buy cheap molex connector sockets?

The socket (for the DVD drive) is preferable, however the plug (the one on the ends of yellow cable) would suffice if it's cheap!


cheers,
Bourkie

This post has been edited by bourke: Apr 2 2005, 08:07 AM

[truBB]

Just go to the molex web page, and request eng'r samples...

[{{DEMON}}]

I aassume the PC Hitachi Drives are as Good a Replacement as the Samsung 616t's?

Have all the points been traced Correctly?

Don't feel like reading 38 pages of stuff...

IS there a tutorial and Firmware URL?

Thanks,
{DEMON}

PS: I got 5 Hitachi Drives here ready to mod if this is 100%.

Thanks in advance.

{{DeMON}}

[bourke]

Just go to the molex web page, and request eng'r samples...

What part number are they? (I looked but couldn't find the specific ones)

Also, would they send about 50 eng'r samples?!

[truBB]

I aassume the PC Hitachi Drives are as Good a Replacement as the Samsung 616t's?

Have all the points been traced Correctly?

IS there a tutorial and Firmware URL?

Thanks,
{DEMON}

PS: I got 5 Hitachi Drives here ready to mod if this is 100%.

Thanks in advance.

{{DeMON}}

The GDR-8163b can't read cd-Rs, AFAIK. The current mod is not 100%; if you hook it up per the french tutorial, eVox incorrectly displays its status. It does work as expected though, reading originals and backups if flashed correctly. Other proggies may have problems: such as xecuter3, smartxx, flashbios firmware, when looking for media (untested).

Walking into this thread and asking 'where we are', and 'i don't feel like reading' is showing me that you're lazy and unwilling to contribute. Read all pages, and you'll find answers to your questions.

This post has been edited by truBB: Apr 2 2005, 08:23 PM

[Brock]

Hi guys,

I've been following this thread for a while now and finally decided to try this mod. I flashed my 8163b and have been using it with the original Thompson drive still in my xbox and all was well. I pulled out the soldering iron today to complete the mod and ran into some trouble. I did the four wires like patx posted, but I couldn't get it to work. I put a 1k Ohm resistor on the ready wire. Should I have a resistor on any other wires? What I'm seeing is when I press eject on the xbox, the drive ejects, but when I put a disc in, it doesn't load the game, just sits at the dashboard. I'm guessing then that the eject wire is connected properly. That leaves cdin, cdout and ready. I tried both the HFM and HFMRDY points for ready and same thing both times. Could this be my cdin and cdout wires reversed?

Ed

[fatus]

I have done 2 drives now and i had to reverse the tray in out wires.
you can tell if they are wrong in evox eject the drive an the status will say no disc if reversed.

[XBoXMan]

If you see a static "init" or "ejecting" when the drive is ejecting/opened then it is correctly wired, game should load as soon as you close the tray.

[{{DEMON}}]

QUOTE({{DEMON}} @ Apr 2 2005, 01:34 AM)
I aassume the PC Hitachi Drives are as Good a Replacement as the Samsung 616t's?

Have all the points been traced Correctly?

IS there a tutorial and Firmware URL?

Thanks,
{DEMON}

PS: I got 5 Hitachi Drives here ready to mod if this is 100%.

Thanks in advance.

{{DeMON}}






The GDR-8163b can't read cd-Rs, AFAIK. The current mod is not 100%; if you hook it up per the french tutorial, eVox incorrectly displays its status. It does work as expected though, reading originals and backups if flashed correctly. Other proggies may have problems: such as xecuter3, smartxx, flashbios firmware, when looking for media (untested).

Walking into this thread and asking 'where we are', and 'i don't feel like reading' is showing me that you're lazy and unwilling to contribute. Read all pages, and you'll find answers to your questions.

IM just so active in other threads, I really don't have time to go through 38 pages to find out the status of this project. I read the first 3 or so pages when it hit X-S and i was just asking POLITELY for a status report to save me some time. I took the LAZY comment with a grain of salt not a lazy person just very busy and active on here theres too much to keep up with.

Thanks again,
{{DEMON}}

This post has been edited by {{DEMON}}: Apr 2 2005, 11:17 PM

[rutgerius]

I have done 2 drives now and i had to reverse the tray in out wires.
you can tell if they are wrong in evox eject the drive  an the status will say no disc if  reversed.

I had the same problem with the mix-up of the tray in and the tray out wire. But You see it directly, when evox is saying all the things the wrong way around. When I switched the two cables in the motherboardconnector it worked great.

[9alfred7]

I had the same problem with the mix-up of the tray in and the tray out wire. But You see it directly, when evox is saying all the things the wrong way around. When I switched the two cables in the motherboardconnector it worked great.

Are you sure you now get correct evox status?
(I don't) (switched and unswitched cables)

The original wire set-up appears backwards on evox, switching the wires makes evox disc status switch between 2 things (maybe tray open and tray closed -can't remember) back and fourth quickly.

Also, in the v1.0 I tried, ind-bios froze on logo screen. (drive is not flashed)