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Xbox 360 Drive Repair. Help needed please.
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Seewolf78
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22. August 2009 @ 14:55 |
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OK, I'm in the process of fixing a 360. It had the RROD, I did the xclamp fix and it no longer had the RROD. Then I found that the DVD tray stuck, I replaced the band, it now opens and closes freely. Unfortunately on inserting a game it registers it as a DVD on the dashboard, and upon trying to load it the 360 tells me to place the disk into an Xbox 360?? I know this answer is out there, but if someone could direct me to a thread/guide/video, I'd be very grateful! I've been working on this since dinnertime last night and my nerves are a bit frazzled. Thanks for any help you could give,
~Wolfe
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22. August 2009 @ 17:08 |
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Did you get that unit rroded? Was it already opened when you got it? What band did you replace?
I think that in this case the drive and the motherboard are from different consoles, meaning the drive key doesn't match that one from the motherboard.
But it could also be the laser dying, you could try a pot tweak.
Xbox 360: Slim untouched with a faked 320 GB harddrive for XBL, phat with LT 3.0, played Halo early, so going on live would be an instand ban, also with a faked 320 GB harddrive
PS3: Untouched 160 GB Slim, 60 GB Fat with latest Rogero and 160 GB internal harddrive.
PSVita: hardly ever play it
GameCube: Black with a Viper chip installed. With gameboy player. Trying to get a Wavebird controller.
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Seewolf78
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22. August 2009 @ 18:09 |
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OK, I didn't buy it ...I'm fixing it for a friend. Thanks for the quick reply though. I'll go through your questions one at a time...
1. "Did you get that unit rroded?"
yes. this was why he gave it to me to fix, and upon him asking me to fix it it was the only complaint he gave. Since doing the X-Clamps yesterday afternoon I've had it running most of last night and today trying to get the rest of these problems sorted out and have not had another RROD incident.
2. "Was it already opened when you got it?"
again, yes, though he said he only opened it when he got it to do a custom paint job. (he did do a really nice job btw, metallic silver!)
3. "What band did you replace?"
The little drive belt in the DVD drive that moves the gears that open/close the DVD tray was worn too loose, keeping the drive tray from moving. I was able to take the drive apart and replace the belt with a newer tighter one and the tray now opens and closes quite nicely.
4. "I think that in this case the drive and the motherboard are from different consoles, meaning the drive key doesn't match that one from the motherboard."
These are definately from the same unit. I've known the guy since before he got it, and he would've come to me before doing silly things like that on his own.
5. "But it could also be the laser dying, you could try a pot tweak."
This is my guess as well. Unfortunately I don't have a working multimeter at the moment to try it out.
I did however get it mostly working, and I think that mainly it was dirty, but on its way to dead. For those having similar problems, here's what I did.
1. I took everything back apart, and opened the DVD drive again.
2. I cleaned the dust/dirt from inside the drive, while being careful to leave the weird oily lubricant for the drive tray mostly intact.
2. once this was done I lightly brew out the drive. (Just lung-power, not compressed air, I heard compressed air is bad idea)
3. I then ever so gently wiped the laser with a microfiber cloth (like you'd use for glasses lenses).
4. I reassembled everything and booted it up.
To my surprise it read the first game I put in on the first try. The second game also registered on the first try. Unfortunately my RE5 disc has issues, but after trying each disc a few times it seems to only take 2 tries to get the drive to read it. All things considered 2 out of 3 working on first try and the last only needing a second try not too bad. Thanks for the help and I hope this can be of some help to someone else!
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22. August 2009 @ 18:49 |
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Seewolf78
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22. August 2009 @ 18:51 |
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Originally posted by leerage:
What type of drive is it?
Hitachi?
Samsung-Toshiba
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chris4160
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23. August 2009 @ 01:34 |
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Originally posted by Seewolf78:
OK, I didn't buy it ...I'm fixing it for a friend. Thanks for the quick reply though. I'll go through your questions one at a time...
1. "Did you get that unit rroded?"
yes. this was why he gave it to me to fix, and upon him asking me to fix it it was the only complaint he gave. Since doing the X-Clamps yesterday afternoon I've had it running most of last night and today trying to get the rest of these problems sorted out and have not had another RROD incident.
2. "Was it already opened when you got it?"
again, yes, though he said he only opened it when he got it to do a custom paint job. (he did do a really nice job btw, metallic silver!)
3. "What band did you replace?"
The little drive belt in the DVD drive that moves the gears that open/close the DVD tray was worn too loose, keeping the drive tray from moving. I was able to take the drive apart and replace the belt with a newer tighter one and the tray now opens and closes quite nicely.
4. "I think that in this case the drive and the motherboard are from different consoles, meaning the drive key doesn't match that one from the motherboard."
These are definately from the same unit. I've known the guy since before he got it, and he would've come to me before doing silly things like that on his own.
5. "But it could also be the laser dying, you could try a pot tweak."
This is my guess as well. Unfortunately I don't have a working multimeter at the moment to try it out.
I did however get it mostly working, and I think that mainly it was dirty, but on its way to dead. For those having similar problems, here's what I did.
1. I took everything back apart, and opened the DVD drive again.
2. I cleaned the dust/dirt from inside the drive, while being careful to leave the weird oily lubricant for the drive tray mostly intact.
2. once this was done I lightly brew out the drive. (Just lung-power, not compressed air, I heard compressed air is bad idea)
3. I then ever so gently wiped the laser with a microfiber cloth (like you'd use for glasses lenses).
4. I reassembled everything and booted it up.
To my surprise it read the first game I put in on the first try. The second game also registered on the first try. Unfortunately my RE5 disc has issues, but after trying each disc a few times it seems to only take 2 tries to get the drive to read it. All things considered 2 out of 3 working on first try and the last only needing a second try not too bad. Thanks for the help and I hope this can be of some help to someone else!
Most likely it is a weak laser... you have two options, either replace the laser or do the pot callibration.
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23. August 2009 @ 06:51 |
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Xbox 360: Slim untouched with a faked 320 GB harddrive for XBL, phat with LT 3.0, played Halo early, so going on live would be an instand ban, also with a faked 320 GB harddrive
PS3: Untouched 160 GB Slim, 60 GB Fat with latest Rogero and 160 GB internal harddrive.
PSVita: hardly ever play it
GameCube: Black with a Viper chip installed. With gameboy player. Trying to get a Wavebird controller.
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chris4160
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24. August 2009 @ 06:41 |
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Originally posted by Eisherz:
Or go to dealextreme and buy a new drive, it's under 30 US$ shipped worldwide:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16995
yeah, but if it's a good drive like a benq that is sort of a waste, but you would have a spare dvd drive for 0800 rips... On second thought that is probably the best option.
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