Adding different DVD drive to the OG XBOX
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:36 am
Hi guys, back in the day at XBOX-SCENE I was able to find information on how to rmeove the stock XBOX dvd drive and install in its place a random DVD drive I had lying around the house.
The idea was great and worked well, in fact I was able to install a DVD burner in the XBOX and burn data to DVD through XDSL. Ahh, those old glory days.
Alright, anyhow, I cannibalized the power line so I can connect a power lead to my third party DVD drive, but I cannot recall what to do with the yellow wires/plug from the XBOX board to the XBOX DVD drive. I DO recall that I had to cut the wires and twist them together to ground or cancel them out, but I cant recall if there was a specific arrangement of how the wires had to be tied off together.
Why do I want to change my drive now, you ask? Because the stock is junk and won't read anything anymore, and it's locked up so I have to pop it open everytime I want to swap discs.
YES, I am aware that a third party drive will not read nor execute XBOX game discs.
The idea was great and worked well, in fact I was able to install a DVD burner in the XBOX and burn data to DVD through XDSL. Ahh, those old glory days.
Alright, anyhow, I cannibalized the power line so I can connect a power lead to my third party DVD drive, but I cannot recall what to do with the yellow wires/plug from the XBOX board to the XBOX DVD drive. I DO recall that I had to cut the wires and twist them together to ground or cancel them out, but I cant recall if there was a specific arrangement of how the wires had to be tied off together.
Why do I want to change my drive now, you ask? Because the stock is junk and won't read anything anymore, and it's locked up so I have to pop it open everytime I want to swap discs.
YES, I am aware that a third party drive will not read nor execute XBOX game discs.