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davenukem
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_ 		5. October 2004 @ 17:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I bought my xbox when it first came out and it sadly had a Thompson dvd drive. After the first six months it started giving me problems such as the dirty disk errors and your xbox needs service error. I opened up my xbox and took it apart and put it back together. It stopped giving me the messages for a few months but then started up again. I repeated the process and it kept working until about a week ago. I decided to purchase a new xbox but before that I wanted to ask some of the xbox geniuses if they knew anyway to determine which dvd drive is in the xbox before I purchase it. I am shooting for a samsung because it is supposedly the best. Please help me!!! :)
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matty8887
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_ 		6. October 2004 @ 09:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There isnt a way that that you can tell what drive is in the xbox without opening the box.

You could always buy a samsung drive off of ebay for about £60.

Most of the newer xbox's come with samsung or philips drives.
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_ 		6. October 2004 @ 10:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah you are right matty8887 the only way to know is by looking inside the Xbox.The samsung drive is pretty good,but depends on which one you get.One of my friends has the samsung drive and it will only pick up Dvd-R media though.If you can only pick up Dvd-R media,this possibility of getting Dual Layered disc to work is impossible.You might want to see if you can get the Samsung 616T drive,that will play all the formats.If you get a drive below that I don't think it is possible to get all the formats to work right.
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davenukem
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_ 		6. October 2004 @ 14:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks guys, I just wanted to make sure if there was any way I could get the best of the best. You have really helped.
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