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> A Couple Questions About Replacing My Samsung Ts-h943a Drive.
klokwyze
post Apr 23 2011, 03:40 AM
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1st off. I've searched A LOT for relevant threads and info. Couldn't really find an answer to these questions.

This Xenon refurb xbox 360 is NOT modded and the drive is making really strange winding/clicking noises and not reading any disks. Sounds like the track/motor is struggling. I'm guessing I just need to swap the PCB from this drive with a new/used working drive.

How do I tell if this is a MS25 or MS28? Does it matter or can I replace with either?

I was looking at these stores:
PC Direct
Aztec Computers
TekGems

Or I'll just buy from someone in the forums here. Or if someone is interesting in purchasing it let me know.

If there is something else I could check out as possible fixes please let me know. I don't think the pot tweak or lens cleaning would help any....
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post Apr 23 2011, 03:58 AM
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I think the samsung drive is like the lite-on and either drive can be flashed with either firmware, not positive though
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post Apr 23 2011, 04:53 AM
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QUOTE(snake3 @ Apr 22 2011, 10:58 PM) *

I think the samsung drive is like the lite-on and either drive can be flashed with either firmware, not positive though


This 360 is not modded or flashed in any way. I'll need to flash a replacement drive if I get one? I thought I could just swap a few internal components so the new drive would appear to be the same to the motherboard..... any tutorials or FAQs on this?
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post Apr 23 2011, 06:12 PM
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Is this an uncommon problem? There is no info on this? huh.gif
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post Apr 23 2011, 06:43 PM
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if the drive is not flashed and you do not want to flash then you should be able to buy a drive and swap the PCB again I believe the hardware is the same only difference is the firmware
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post Apr 25 2011, 07:40 PM
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Anyone here that can answer with a little more expertise? Does it matter if the replacement drive I get is M25 or M28? How do I tell which drive I have?

I'm probably just going to get This drive.
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On top of the drive there should be a sticker with a bar-code, at the end of the first line it might say F/W=ms28, which obviously is a MS28 drive, better yet, a TS-H943 drive with a newer FW than the MS25 drive.

As far as I know the MS25 and MS28 drives are pretty much identical, at least the CFW is the same for both drives, and a MS25 drive will show up as a MS28 drive in JF after you flashed it with CFW.
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post Apr 30 2011, 11:00 PM
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Just an update. I bought a used MS28 from someone on here, got it today and successfully fixed the drive by just swapping the PCB controller board between the units. BTW, the broken/old optical drive was actually a MS25, but this still worked regardless.
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