New DVD drive not reading backups..

[Quall999]

"I burn all my backups onto Verbatum DVD+R"

That is the best xbox drive, people love it because it can read cd-r's without a problem and they almost never die. They are built to last. You could probably sell it on ebay for $80 at least.

However, with all their greatness, they simply do not read dvd+r's. Some people claim that theirs reads dvd+r's, but it must be a rare occurance. Anyways, you will have to change your media . dvd+rw's may work, but you might want to buy a single disk in case it does not.

[justpancho]

Ahhh.. well at least I'm not crazy.. well.. not because of the DVD drive hehe. So should I go for another Phillips or actually go to the Thompson EEK! The thompsons are so cheap.. it's so tempting..............

I think I'm going to try to fix my friend's xbox so I'll probably put the Samsung back in it. He upgraded his hard drive without a mod chip in it. Not sure what he was thinking, but now all it does is the Christmas lights startup. I think if I put in a mod chip and unlock the drive then it might get to working again.

Thanks again for the help

[kosmiq]

For some reason I do like the Thompson. I have no idea why but my Thompson drive in my xbox 1.0 works perfect! It reads all DVD-disc (+ and -) but not CD's. That is however not a problem for me.

In my 1.6 xbox I have a LG drive and it is even better to be honest, no problems at all with anything for me.

Upgraded HDD with no chip? Then he won't even have a dashboard on the new hdd thus making it completely useless for the moment. Get a chip in there and use SlaYers or AutoInstaller Deluxe and make a complete install with MSDashboard as the HDD is completely blank ftm.