Xbox Repairs

Raiden1803 · March 20th, 2004

To those who actualy know something about these drives..

i have the old thompson drive in my xbox. its vibrating a hell of alot more than it should. and i can hear the damn thing spinning too. (Im not exactly sure what model number the drive is) but these are the drives that first came with the xbox. anyone know whats wrong with it? im starting to think the hard spinning is scratching up my discs cuz after i take one out its scratched up rather well too..

help?

**Katsuya** · March 20th, 2004

The first Japanese Xboxs had the same problems. most had to be replaced.

Raiden1803 · March 21st, 2004

Yeah microsoft said mine had to be replaced. i dont want to send it to them though because of a previous problem i had then fixed myself cuz im impatient.

i ripped up the labels under the box. and lost em, so i just wanna order the drive from somewhere else and put it in their myself

RZetlin · March 21st, 2004

Can't you install a new hard drive inside the Xbox?

The Xbox IDE cable looks the same as a PC one.

**n_w95482** · March 21st, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by RZetlin

Can't you install a new hard drive inside the Xbox?

The Xbox IDE cable looks the same as a PC one.

I believe he's talking about the DVD-ROM drive.

March 20th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	Xbox Repairs To those who actualy know something about these drives.. i have the old thompson drive in my xbox. its vibrating a hell of alot more than it should. and i can hear the damn thing spinning too. (Im not exactly sure what model number the drive is) but these are the drives that first came with the xbox. anyone know whats wrong with it? im starting to think the hard spinning is scratching up my discs cuz after i take one out its scratched up rather well too.. help? __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

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Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	Yeah microsoft said mine had to be replaced. i dont want to send it to them though because of a previous problem i had then fixed myself cuz im impatient. i ripped up the labels under the box. and lost em, so i just wanna order the drive from somewhere else and put it in their myself __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

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RZetlin General of Tangerines Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Defending the Sea Posts: 3,885	Can't you install a new hard drive inside the Xbox? The Xbox IDE cable looks the same as a PC one. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3700+ \| 2 GB RAM \| XFX Nvidia 6800 GS 256 MB XXX Edition \| Win XP Pro SP2

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March 20th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Katsuya - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: - Posts: 1,936	The first Japanese Xboxs had the same problems. most had to be replaced.