What DVD Drive Do I Have?

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xman
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What DVD Drive Do I Have?

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Open your DVD Drive and look at the cutouts in the tray to tell what brand DVD Drive is fitted to your machine. Note, any brand DVD drive can be exchanged with any machine version. They are all interchangeable. It is an unplug and plug in operation with no modding involved.
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If you cannot open your DVD drive for any reason, look at the front face of the Xbox and beside the angled edge that goes to the switch panel, you will see a small hole. This is the emergency DVD eject. Insert a stiff wire and push it in this hole to manually eject the DVD tray partially where it can then be pulled fully open with your fingers.
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Re: What DVD Drive Do I Have?

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There's also the Hitachi HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8050L. It was used late on in the life of the Xbox, on the 1.6. I have one that I use just for ripping badly scratched discs - it's the most reliable of all of my Xbox DVD drives.

I'll see if I can find a picture.

Edit: Here it is.
Xbox 1 Drives.jpg
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