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poormanq45
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Post Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:55 pm   
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I haven't come across anything, albeit I haven't searched for it specifically, but can you change the DVD drive in the Xbox?

IIRC I saw a small comment that changing the DVD drive would speed up file transfers from Disc.

Is this true?
If so what is the maximum speed?
Should I just drop a 16x DVD drive in it?

Is there a tutorial about transfering the xbox drive tray front to another drive?

Are there any specific drives/brands recommended?

Thanks for the help


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Post Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:35 am   
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There are, but putting in a PC dvd rom isn't all that great. It can read lots of media type, but not original games. Are you having problems with your current drive?
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poormanq45
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Post Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:16 pm   
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Nope, not having a problem.

My tranfer speed for backing up games tops out at about 4MBps.

IIRC this is around 4~8x, correct?

I was just thinking that a 16x drive would speed this up a bit.

But I guess if it wo't read game disks then i shouldn't change it. LOL


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Post Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:20 pm   
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there is a neat little hack that allows an LG8164 pc dvd rom to be used in an xbox. i have already completed this project myself and its well worth doing. With a flash update the drive will read xbox game discs too.

check this link

http://www.xbox8164adapter.co.uk/


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Post Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:02 pm   
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Out of the generic 3 drives (the Thompson, Philips and Samsung) which drive is the best, giving least read errors?

Avoiding the LG drive for the mo.

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the thompson is the most tweakable but doesnt normally last as long as the others


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