Original Xbox Samsung SDG605 Laser Pot Tweak

[@2smoker311]

Thanks man fixed my drive with this video

[@realgroovy24]

Keep in mind, if you're doing this mod I'd *highly* recommend this as a temporary measure so you can use the burned disc tools for TSOP flashing or modchipping so you can upgrade the hard drive and FTP games to your console and bypass the disc drive altogether as it's not going to last much longer. Every game is available online under the HDD ready pack.

[@zacfreeman4206]

I've the same question as Joe....."not able to see the prongs that you tested can you show it up close or explain where to test"

[@jacobtosh1077]

You ever find out ?

[@ronaldhenson3379]

All the screws in the Xbox is a torx 10 and the case screws are torx 20

[@ronaldhenson3379]

The Xbox had four dvd drives the worst is those crappy Thomson drives the best drives are the Philips Samsung and Hitachi

[@fastalon2932]

mines a 1.6 version with the Samsung sdg-605 too but it has a small green board instead of brown..

[@jacobtosh1077]

Ever find out?

[@realgroovy24]

Mine is that too. It's got one potentiometer on the back of the laser mechanism, so you do it from the bottom with the disc drive flipped upside down and the main PCB pulled out (the ribbon cable removed from the laser mechanism is easy) Mine read about 1k ohm. I reduced it to 830 but that's only temporary for the softmod which then it won't be necessary as I'll have a large HDD installed for FTPing games.

[@Dikwili]

It’s impossible to tell where the connections are being tested. Great information, but terrible tutorial

[@haydentallon9730]

Hey where can I find the pot specs for Samsung drives ? I'm restoring a modded Xbox and my drive is giving me an impossible time not reading my final step is adjusting the pot. I've only ever worked with Philips myself and I can't find the specs for Samsung anywhere

[@Contodoparatodos]

Te agradezco mucho por tu información 7 años después me sirvio

[@soileddungarees]

Thanks for making this video honestly man

[@Lemonatic]

so.. what i get is that the normal specs need at least 3000 ohms? i had 2500 on the left and around 880 on the right.. now it should be at least 3000 ohm on every ?

[@jacobtosh1077]

Hey where are the pods? Any idea??? Thamk you lots for the video

[@ronaldhenson3379]

Only the Thomson drives had 2 torx 10 screws on the back

[@makedaevilmage]

Never seen a Thomson driver here in Europe, just Philips and Samsung I think. Worked on about 7 xboxes recently.

[@davidpallres68]

Your video is very good but can you tell me the correct values to be placed on dvd and cd please and if you can write it to me in Spanish xd

[@ronaldhenson9170]

I have that same Samsung drive I found it in a dead xboc

[@H4CkGAMiNG712]

How is the Xbox dead? It's probably fixable to be honest. Lol. It takes a lot to permanently kill one of them.

[@bj0urne]

I have trouble reading the Halo games on my second hand Xbox. Halo CE reads about 50% of the time, Halo 2 about 20%. So i cleaned the laser, didn't help. When i checked with a multimeter, the pot had a value of 1,231 Ohms. So i lowered it to about 1,090 (0.141 Ohms less than before). Pretty much same result as before. BUT i ordered a copy of Doom 3 (great game btw), and it reads EVERY SINGLE TIME. What should i do? All 3 games have a pretty much scratch-free disc. If Doom reads all the time, is there something wrong with the Halos?

[@abominalchicken976]

Maybe disk rot?

[@johnross4095]

What is that tool you're using to check and change the laser called?

[@collincampbell1888]

It's called a multimeter

[@perryblanchard8353]

I could not see where to probe or which way to turn it would be nice to see if it actually worked or not.

[@H4CkGAMiNG712]

It's pretty hard to show on camera due to the size of the legs for the potentiometer. You just measure across from one side to the other. Google a picture of a potentiometer and you'll see the legs up a little closer. After you see the legs in the picture and then look at the Xbox drive, you should be all squared away. From that point you're just going to slightly turn the potentiometer until you see the resistance values on it start to drop. Without having one in front of me I'm unsure which way you turn it off the top of my head. But your meter will tell you. If the resistance values go up, you're going the wrong way. You want to bring them down an ohm or 2.

[@PyhisPahis]

interestingly I've always had to work on samsung drives

[@1jimmyblack]

Hey man quick question what did you have your meter set on when you checked yours if you can get back with me as soon as possible that would be great thanks

[@H4CkGAMiNG712]

Just now seeing this. I stepped away from KZbin for a while. I had mine set to ohms but my meter is a fluke116 so it auto adjusts certain levels for me. So it is technically measuring in kiloohms.

[@95Rafao]

On my Samsung drive, the original pots values are 820 and 1920. What values should I put? I didn´t understand very well... I´m not english. I put 900 and 2000 values, but it is not working. Should I put more or less?

[@mikeboon55]

Did you manage to find your answer?

[@davidpallres68]

Bro lo solucionaste tampoco se ablar taka taka

[@joetellez8646]

I was not able to see the prongs that you tested can you show it up close or explain where to test

[@jacobtosh1077]

You ever find out?

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

@@jacobtosh1077 did you?

[@penisboy97]

what disc can i use for this drive, i need bigger than 4.7 gig

[@ronaldhenson3379]

I have that same original Microsoft Xbox Samsung DVD drive sgd605 version a

[@earlspencer7863]

Waste of time. These drives are very inconsistent. Had 2 or 3 and never could get them to work with replacement lasers. Could possibly be done with an oscilloscope and special test cd.

[@SegaStation]

Did this fix the problem mate? Pulling my hair out with a Samsung atm - hate buying another Xbox just for the drive only to find that's also a Samsung and that's faulty too lulz

[@H4CkGAMiNG712]

Yep it did. It's still working to this day. Lol. Definitely worth trying. Worst come to worse you'll waste a few minutes and it still won't work. Nothing really to lose. :)

[@SegaStation]

H4Ck GAMiNG multimeter at the ready, I'm stripping this thing tomorrow in work and following this video, I'll let you know how I go cheers!

[@fastalon2932]

my Samsung drive is different..I think its a adg-605 as well..weird

[@GrimReaper-q2k]

So 1.86 pot tweak is right for a samsung drive? I just want to get this right because im going to try it in a few days

[@hectorpadilla8354]

Se agradece tu video, pero no se visualiza los valores de la pantalla del voltimetro y tu mano interfiere con lo que haces, podras decirme que valores son los los del dvd y cd porfavor. Saludos

[@chicharincervant7368]

si detienes el video en esa parte veras que lo dejo en 1.940 yo igual estoy tratando de calibrar el mio pues dejo de leer los discos y vere si funciona

[@victorhugopdrums618]

@@chicharincervant7368 Hola, sí sirvio?

[@chicharincervant7368]

@@victorhugopdrums618 pues no jalo. La verdad ya me desespere y mejor lo deje por la paz, y ya me compré el 360

[@JorgeVictoria]

VictorHugoPDrums hola describe como lo arreglastes me encontré el halo edition prende pero no lee el disco es un Samsung pero no tengo multimetro y el ventilador hace mucho ruido es normal

[@victorhugopdrums618]

@@JorgeVictoria No lo sé, viejo :c En realidad preguntaba para saber porque quiero hacerle el Pot Tweak, pero me da miedo cagarla y quiero saber si realmente funciona.

[@FlyingV555]

How big is that screwdriver and what type? Is like a #00 or #000 philips screwdriver?

[@rosfer7208]

Bro, could you tell me the standard value of the potentiometer of the samsung reader since there is not much information on the internet about that, greetings bro

[@H4CkGAMiNG712]

It ranges anywhere from 8 or so down to 1 kilo ohm. So in the video when I say it's down to 2, it means 2 kilo ohms which is equal to 2000 ohms. You always want to try to stay above 3, but sometimes you just have to go down that low.

[@linkmasters535]

Yeah my Xbox is the same one that you have but I have one potentiometer not two so it’s not reading disc either so I adjusted the laser to 1.768 but you said 1.860 would this work for me or do I need to tweak it to 1.860 to read the original Xbox games

[@lauralakwoski4893]

This is some bullshit, you spent half the time complaining about the camera angle without telling us what to test for, saying something is low or high doesn't tell us anything wth man. "I'm gonna put this up, I'm gonna put this down a hair lower" You didn't even tell us what hell it was you were adjusting.

[@luizfraga9339]

what pick up model is this? mine has a small green board like Fas Talon's

[@LemmeSquish]

Everyone watching...if you're gonna do this, just dont. Buy a new laser instead.

[@realgroovy24]

I'd recommend modding the Xbox and upgrading the HDD to bypass the disc drive altogether. This mod at best is temporary. Every game is free online under the HDD ready pack.

[@Paulo-py4mm]

Not gonna lie this video is dreadful. This is how you do it. 480p video that's too dark to see and for the part where he tweaks it. He screws it with his hand covering everything 🤣🤣🤣

[@rodslop]

horrible shooting, camera position, low resolution and dim lighting.

[@Maria-uk5pn]

Terrible you can't see what are you cleaning.

[@Floppauuugh]

The amount of people on the net that can't make a decent video is staggering.

[@H4CkGAMiNG712]

You do realize how hard it is to get a potentiometer to show up on video properly, right? Maybe you could do a better video and I'll just link it here....

[@MrRewdtv]

No help at all, but thanks for trying. -Cant see your values. -No mention of values for this drive -Cant see what you are adjusting No followup on this video or another to see if what you did fixed the problem. Id say delete this video and try again

[@H4CkGAMiNG712]

I'd say delete your account and try again, but I doubt it would make any sort of difference. 🤷‍♂️

[@MrRewdtv]

@@H4CkGAMiNG712 Your goal was very well put, and the attempt was great, but this video does not help in any way. You are welcome to be upset and throw insults, but generally those people that are given feedback, implement it.

[@H4CkGAMiNG712]

@MrRewdtv 302 likes vs 19 dislikes. Pretty good odds if ya ask me. Video is 8 years old back when cameras weren't the greatest. If I ever decide to redo the video for the very few people that didn't care to open their drive up and actually look at the internal components to get somewhat of an idea of what to do, I'll tag ya. This is a part time hobby when I have time away from work to actually do anything, so if the video didn't help someone or a better video was posted somewhere else I can assure you that it doesn't bother me. Have a good day dude.

[@theghastlygamer5326]

Is this a tutorial or just showing your process caus if it is a tutorial ita horrible. There is no way to watch this and be able to do this yourself. All i know is you adjusted it to 1.86. I don't know why or what that number represents or why that is the number. No way to tell where you are placing your leads, you don't mention what you have your multimeter to measure. I am guessing ohns since it is a potentiometer but dont know what setting on the multimeter to use

[@H4CkGAMiNG712]

The disc drive us unplugged so I doubt we're measuring voltage or amperage. A potentiometer is measured in ohms. There's only 3 legs on the potentiometer. Measure across any of the 2. I'm showcasing how to adjust the pot in your Xbox. Not teaching potentiometer 101. 1.86 is in kilohms. Potentiometers for lasers are set from the factory at around 1.9 to 2.1 kilohms (1900 to 2100 ohms). Basic understanding of a pot could have helped you understand a little better prior to commenting. Everyone else has been able to understand it in the years it's been posted. Go troll somewhere else.

[@theghastlygamer5326]

​@@H4CkGAMiNG712 well my multimeter has 200 2000 20k 200k 20000k settings on ohm not just ohm