![]() If you notice that your drive is spinning the discs, but not reading them, you can clean the lens of the laser either thoroughly by disassembling your DVD drive and swabbing the lens with 91% or higher isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab, or by using a DVD cleaning disc which has soft bristles that remove dust from the lens. The size of the drive belt varies across drive brands and are as follows: If it doesn't, you will need to replace the belt with a new one. After it is dry, loop the belt back over the gears and see if it will open and close using the Eject button. You can clean the gears using rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab. ![]() Remove the belt using tweezers and clean it with a cloth. The drive will pop open, and you can look into the drive and see a small belt and gears. ![]() With the Xbox off, insert a paperclip into the small hole beneath the drive and press it in. If your drive won't open at all, you can manually eject the drive. Repairing Cleaning/Replacing the Gear Band A workaround for this is to press the eject button, insert the disc, then reboot the Xbox at which point it will load up the disc.Ī Samsung SDG-605B, SD-616F, or SD-616T drive or an LG GDR-8163B can be flashed with custom firmware to be able to read Xbox games. ![]() Philips and Hitachi drives appear to have the lowest rate of failure, but due to their age, all drives have fairly high failure rates now, though ones that were manufactured later in the Xbox's production cycle could potentially last longer due to possibly having less wear.Īny non-Xbox IDE DVD drive can be used in the system, but it will only be able to read burned media and the Xbox will no longer be able to detect a disc inserted or eject from the dashboard. DVD drives are interchangeable, allowing you to put any drive from another Xbox into your own. Some drives, especially Thomson drives that came with the first two Xbox versions (1.0 and 1.1), may present you with a "dirty disc" error requiring the drive to be repaired or replaced. Generally, the drives appear in Xboxes as follows: You can identify your current DVD drive without opening the console by looking at the disc tray and comparing it to this image.
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