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Outlive
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_ 		19. November 2007 @ 16:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So i get home today and pop in Assassins creed and what do you know, my dvd drive is jacked.
when i insert a game it makes this horrible noise like its just destroying the game, then it just ejects it. When i push it back in it keeps ejecting it.
i opened up my 360 and popped open the dvd drive.
im really not sure what to look for and was wondering if anyone has fixed this problem yet. im down for anything since i know i might just have to send in my 4th one to M$ :-(
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PS2Menace
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_ 		19. November 2007 @ 20:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The DVD drive is dead. Dump the firmware off of it and buy a new drive. Flash the old key onto the new drive and be done with it.
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tyler1993
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_ 		19. November 2007 @ 21:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
agree with ps2menace. that's what happend to me, and that's exactly what i am doing. you can buy a new dvd drive off ebay for cheap ($50) and it's easy enough to reflash with the old dvd drive key. goodluck.
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guessswho
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_ 		19. November 2007 @ 21:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
not to jump on the bandwagon, but just for more confirmation, mine did the same thing. What type of drive do you have? I had a samsung, and right when I would load a game into the drive, it would just make a horrible grinding noise, and I eventually just swapped it out for another. Good luck
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Outlive
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_ 		20. November 2007 @ 02:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
mine was a samsung as well.
so i can just get a new samsung from ebay and put my old key on the new drive?
when i put the old key on the new drive will it still be flashed or do i also have to reflash it?
and sorry if this has been asked 1 million times but is there a really good tutorial to do this?
thanks alot guys :-)
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tyler1993
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_ 		20. November 2007 @ 09:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
mine was a hitachi 78fk. died after limited play over 10 months (6-8 hours per month)

you need to "replace drive key" from the original drive to the new drive. if you had a different firmware on the original drive, then you will need to re-flash the new drive with the original drive key and new firmware.
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