Fixing Original Xbox Disk Drive That Wont Open!

[@eddielegs344]

Just a good way to fix the drive when it won't open. Cleaning is always a good idea, but it is not necessary to replace the drive belt, it is best to boil it out in water. Then he regains his original form and costs nothing. I always replace them, but I don't have to. I think the Philips drive is the best drive, but that is personal.

[@matcarfer]

for how long? have a lot of problematic ogxbox dvd drives with this problem

[@RealziesCuts]

I always heard the Samsung drive was the best one

[@JM-io2uv]

For real? Every Philips I’ve had has failed me eventually lol

[@sithounetsith9877]

I fixed a stuck tray by using silicone Vaselin on the tray gears, I changed and cleaned a rubber band with rubbing alcohol from an old PC DVD Rom. Furthermore you can clean the laser with rubbing alcohol. Once done, don't forget to remove the clock capacitor , and if you the XBOX versions between 1.0 and 1.5, you can flash the TSOP with a new bios.

[@kylemccormick3450]

Thanks so much for making this video! I have the same DVD drive, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to open it! Very helpful!

[@thesummergamer7245]

Idk why but I really like the music in the intro

[@MasterTechPaul]

Same

[@MasterTechPaul]

I like the beats of the music.

[@yoshifoshowify]

name of song?

[@phifediggy9659]

Sounds like Xplosive by Dre

[@gthoorens]

@@phifediggy9659 Yes, sampling Bumpy's Lament - Mack Browne & The Brothers.

[@_-X-_]

Check the laser eye for scratches, or if it's aligned properly, if the disc is fine then the laser is probably the culprit

[@jimothyburns]

Make sure the long screws in the bottom of the xbox aren’t too tight or they will stop the tray from extending.

[@bombjack1984]

It wasn't a faulty connection, because the Xbox would report an error. Maybe just the spit and polish was enough, stuck DVD tray is a common error.

[@CasualInsanity]

Gonna chime in here, I'm about to try this with mine, But I wanted to mention that Halo CE also acted funky for me, I got a copy from Game XChange here in the US, and multiplayer worked fine, but campaign gave an error like this. Not sure why only the campaign doesn't work, but all other games work fine :P

[@seth8629]

This was really helpful. Thanks for the video. It took a couple of tries but I got the drive working again. Then I heard some crackling and popping and I think the power supply blew. lol onto the next thing!

[@Steves-Gaming]

tHANKS FOR THE Video, i got one of these Xbox OGs today at my local Carboot fair. I had been opened as the stickers had holes in where the screws are. I did not have a Video Cable or Controller, when i powered it on i had a green/Orange flashing light, i had heard you need a video cable to sort that out. The Disk Tray was Stuck, so i left it for a few hours while i went up to my local Computer Store C.E.X to get a Controller and & Video cable which i was able to get. Video Cable was £6, Controller was £12 I got home and stuck the video cable in to the Console and TV Via HDMI convertor. I had a black screen, but the Power light was a steady Green light, i messed around changing the HDMI to other Slots onthe TV, and it suddenly started to show the Xbox Screen on the TV. The Drive was still stuck, so i took it apart, took out the CD drive from the Console. I took of the Rubber Band and stuck it in hot water for 2 minutes, replace it back in the Drive, and powered up the Console, and Guess what the Drive started working right away. I got the Console for just £5 at my local Car Boot fair. the cost of the Video Cable & Controller cost me £18 in total, so not bad for £23 in total, i did also buy some medal of Honor games for the Xbox and the first game worked like a Gen.

[@fallingjustice29]

The disk tray just won't open, I did everything but it just won't, do you think some of the plastic melted and molded the tray shut? (This is at least a third hand og xbox that I recently got, experiencing the same problems as the one in the video but the tray won't open)

[@CertifiedAsher]

Thx for this tutorial, it helped me how to fix the xbox crystal edition

[@MattC12]

Thank you saved my day i just bought an Xbox and it randomly stoped working

[@fredhunter]

Thanks just took it apart cleaned it now it works great

[@joeybazooka8313]

thats what my box is doing got trey to open close again got everything cleaned well. then i put a disk in and it popped up a message saying disk doesn't work scratch/dirty but its not that the game is almost perfect clean so idk??

[@kimsoo16]

You need to change the plastic belt on the dvd tray

[@wicketandfriendsparody8068]

Paper clip hits some kind of wheel spins it but don’t open tray

[@bushcry1]

Did it work eventually with no message errors? Maybe with Halo 2 disk?

[@joshuaallen1340]

I replaced mine years ago with a new one. Didn't use it for years. Then I tried it the other day and didn't open immediately. I had to push eject a few times and tinker with it. Finally worked. But I don't get what was wrong. Is it because it was idle for awhile?

[@alvinsunny6659]

Same thing happened. I hit it hard on top of the disc drive and it actually opened but I need a permanent fix...

[@travisrassel9978]

the disc drive ob my xbox won't stay closed wen a game is in it. Very weird. And there is a lot of dust inside my xbox.

[@ranjanfernando3261]

Hey tech jame, I’m here to talk about your Xbox 360 controller video we’re you connect your controller to an windows 10 PC. Could you please do an update video. Thanks!

[@izanhoward7742]

is this the same for the x360? i have 3 and none of them open...

[@anthonypeterson42]

I have a disc that stuck in my original Xbox but the tray opens and closes but the disc won’t be in the tray

[@אדריאןבת]

Mine makes a lot of noise, like a roary noise which I'm not sure if its the fan or something else :/

[@BrianBorkowski]

I smack the top 😏🔥

[@memenazi7078]

U right

[@jmac79ers]

I've got a samsung drive that won't open with the metal housing on the top, if I lift the metal a bit, it will open....I dunno

[@Dikwili]

Sometimes the magnets are too strong. I’ve put a couple small pieces of electrical tape on it and it worked fine. Worth a try. Add/remove pieces of tape as needed.

[@batteryacid579]

its usually the elastic band in there that messes up from the dust over time

[@xxy7091]

Can you please do a video for the ps3 disk drive bcs it doesn't read discs at all?

[@DarkfuryGaming]

My guess is that hair and dust did the trick lol.

[@churrascovoltorbgaming9453]

My Philips disc drive won't read DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball. The only game it refuses to read, what gives?

[@Paprike]

Me casually waiting for his next video.

[@ronaldhenson3379]

That's the version b philips original microsoft xbox dvd drive it has a black cover over the lens

[@stevenyarnell9317]

I have 2 that look great inside and the disc drives don't work for some reason

[@jojo0753]

I need you to answer a question on your newer super mario bros DS video

[@TechJames]

I have no idea what video that is lol

[@RDJ134]

It opens that is a start. my guess: The laser is broken/scratched or need a little recalibration. time to chip it and upgrade it with a new SATA drive or SSD ;P

[@maxxdhaliwal]

pls help me my tray doesnt go back it goes a bit in but not fully

[@enragedgecko]

SSD mod next?

[@leso204]

Rule of thumb' a good drive belt is the exact size of a 2 pence piece if it's bigger it's worn out : - )

[@JohnGarcia-ud1lu]

When I turn on my hacked vita the next day it has a black screen and the green light stays solid the flashes and repeats is there a way I can fix it

[@DoubbleDdragon]

Sd2vita ?

[@JohnGarcia-ud1lu]

@@DoubbleDdragon yeah

[@DoubbleDdragon]

@@JohnGarcia-ud1lu turn it on whitout sd2vita

[@JohnGarcia-ud1lu]

@@DoubbleDdragon I accidentally removed my id.dat from the henkaku settings is that why this is happening

[@DoubbleDdragon]

@@JohnGarcia-ud1lu please start your vita whitout sd2vita

[@HCasas25]

Where can I order a cd drive for the xbox

[@Alex-dn7vd]

my first step to refurbing my xbox, it needs to fix the eject issue and I want to replace with a new hdd and hopefully update the software do you have any tutorials or recommended videos for installing a new hdd and updating the software on a chipped xbox?

[@fcx_deadwarrior_xcfx3n019]

I don’t have a rubberband on my Xbox where do I buy one or get one?

[@ollyhgzz4452]

They should be on ebay. Do you mean there was no bank in the disc drive? It is needed open the disc drive

[@rico3153]

Pls tech James show a proper way to clean an xbox OG i found one and man is it dirty

[@rico3153]

Also just try to clean the rubber band inside of it thats what won’t let it open for now try to safely forcefully open it what i would do is just smack the top and then i just cleaned the band

[@hectorlopez-nk2yt]

You can do a pot tweak at that láser bro

[@ronaldhenson9170]

Just clean the laser and replace the DVD drive belt

[@demitrim8059]

I wish for console clone that can play ps2 games and original xbox games, because of disc errors.

[@zackholder1095]

I watched PennPC do it and I was like what the f*** I did exactly what he did but then I saw the part where you said if the rubber band is even slightly twisted and mine was so that was the problem.

[@johncameron4194]

Thank you so much

[@stardustman420]

Man, you really are lucky.

[@djklink20009]

wish someone would fix my bricked xbox original, i messed around with a soft mod and tried switching hard drives now it's knackered, i was told if i flash mod it that will fix it, but i can't solder for $h*t

[@TechJames]

Wouldn't just putting the original hard drive back work?

[@djklink20009]

@@TechJames no because i switched the HDD and messed up the EEPROM and HDD serial keys

[@RDJ134]

You can check Mr Mario2011 his channel he did a video on upgrading his Xbox and had some tools to clone and fix up his HDD, mabey you can check it and give it a try.

[@t0biascze644]

Try use normal DVD drive from PC Because the Xbox uses just regular PC drive IDE connector...

[@bombjack1984]

Not that easy.

[@skeepskeeperson]

Do a collab video with My Mate Vince.

[@antonino1691]

heat the elastic band in hot water to return to its original size

[@mutw9194]

I love you james

[@purple8798]

Wait... I remember that voice!

[@itreySnipez]

Clean laser with rubbing alcohol

[@azaan364]

How to open a wii

[@sinueeplayz2285]

U sound like sharblox

[@SleepyPopups]

Bcs he is

[@SleepyPopups]

Just look at the thumbnail art and compare it to his main channel (these 2 comments are f*cking 10 months long)

[@Indoor_0]

Disk Drive is function save game data like Memory Card in PS1 & PS2

[@seekerandroses]

Do more wii

[@TechJames]

Possibly, but I always get hate from the Wii modding community idk why

[@seekerandroses]

Tech James I want you to update the wii games on usb video

[@whitefalcon2490]

You sound like sharkbloxs

[@everythingallin4905]

It's a regular xbox. Who cares.

[@TechJames]

Not you obviously

[@shortclips6420]

Hahaha now he answers back... You should change your profile name to Technician James rather than the' tech ' thing... it suits u better.😂

[@mannysoriano]

@@shortclips6420 LOL.

[@DavidDoesYoutube]

Jay Blazer It’s not just a regular X-box it’s a beast machine if I say so my self

[@everythingallin4905]

@@DavidDoesKZbin nothing like a Ps triple. The Ps triple stresses abap. As baller as possible.

[@AngelGonzalez-pt5jk]

I have HALO 3

[@ethelmonk]

Thumbs up

[@ELISHACAEZ]

You should really study Micro Soldering and some other things, It doesn’t make alot of sense to call something a repair when you just kinda plugged the ribbon back in when it probably just got loosened and you might need it later since you are in the Retro Console and Handheld modding community. Remember nothing is unfixable unless it is incinerated or turned into a different form of matter 😂