Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Saturday 23.8.2025 / 14:54
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > archived forums > xbox - general discussion > i bought a new drive for my xbox but it still does the same thing that my other drive did; i need help
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
I bought a new drive for my xbox but it still does the same thing that my other drive did; I need help
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
austinb25
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		23. July 2005 @ 08:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Okay i had a philips drive. Then one day it started say disk reads error on the same exact spot every time i tried to play forza motor sport. so then i did that pot tweak for it but when i turned the screw just a little bit and tested it. It would say please insert a xbox,dvd bla bla bla. So i figure i fried the drive. Then i went on ebay and bought a new thopsom dvd drive. I got it a week and half later. So when i got it I plug every thing in and I put in forza motorsport and i tested but then then game wouldn't load up like my other drive. So after that i tested all my games but they wouldn't play. So i need help on whats going on here and how to fix it.
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
PimpDawg
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		23. July 2005 @ 10:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, my first question is are you trying to play backup games or real games?

Did you buy the Thomson drive used or brand new?

The Thomson drive is probably worse than your philips drive. I would have gotten a Samsung or Hitachi drive. Or you could have gotten a premade Samsung 616T drive as well.

All drives are interchangeable, so the Tommy drive you got is probably defective if you can't read real games w/ it.
[ + quote]


Proud member of the Afterdawn forums!
austinb25
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		23. July 2005 @ 14:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes i am trying to play real games and yea i know the thopsom is the worse drive but i fiqure it would still play games and i was trying to buy a cheap drive for under 20 bucks and a thopsom was the cheapest i could find.
[ + quote]
PimpDawg
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		23. July 2005 @ 15:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If the drive can't read real games, then that is definitely not good. Make sure that the bottom of the discs you are using are clean. I would say try and get your money back for the drive, seeing that it is most likely defective. I have a Thomson drive myself, and it works fine. You just got some bad luck on getting a bad drive.
[ + quote]


Proud member of the Afterdawn forums!
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
austinb25
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		23. July 2005 @ 15:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Okay i will sure get a new back. Thanks for the advice.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > archived forums > xbox - general discussion > i bought a new drive for my xbox but it still does the same thing that my other drive did; i need help
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork