Can I replace original XBOX disc drive

[Champion Of Sparta]

Hello I am wondering if I can replace the original 2001 XBOX disc drive (tray) with a regular PC disc drive, and if so I am wondering how I would go about doing that. Is it even possible?

 

[lfkfkfkffs]

You can your options would be

Buy a used replacement drive off ebay for like 10 bucks

Buy a dvd rom drive and take the PCB off your older XBOX drive and put it onto the new one.

Microsoft has firmware that is programmed onto the PCB rom chip itself that allows people to play xbox games from it, any regular drive without it won't work unless you do a pcb swap

 

[Champion Of Sparta]

How would I do a PCB swap?

 

[lfkfkfkffs]

You would need to unscrew it and detach the ribbon connector, then swap it with the ribbon connector on the other drive. Also the XBOX is IDE based

 

[Champion Of Sparta]

K thanks, won't pick you as the solution yet though till I know it actually works. Could take a couple weeks.

 

[lfkfkfkffs]

Doesn't really matter to me I only come on here for about 10mins in the morning before work, and sometimes an hour after. Also if you are putting any money into I would just get a used xbox drive online, the board swap sometimes won't always work depending on the manufacture. If go to a place where people dump off old stuff you probably could find one for free just ask first some of those places don't let people take stuff out.