XBOX Surgery

About a year ago my PlayStation 2's DVD drive pooped out on me. And a few weeks ago I started noticing that my xbox's dvd drive was starting to give me problems too. Every once in a while I'd get the dreaded "This disc is damaged or dirty" message in the middle of a game.

So I went onto eBay and searched for a DVD replacement. I found a Samsung DVD drive for about $60. Installing it was pretty easy though I had to cut some plastic parts out of the inside of the XBOX. All in all it was pretty easy and the DVD is running great. The best part of it is that games load much faster with the new DVD drive.

I've also decided to hack my XBOX so that it accepts back-ups. I'm sick and tired of putting in games I've bought that don't run because of a little scratch here and there. This way I will still have a back-up.