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Hitachi drive
« on: January 07, 2010, 08:28:04 PM »
OK so I have no idea how I did this, but I did...

my current 360 project had some drive problems when I got it. the idiot I got it from wanted the silver tray front so he tried to just pry it off and in doing so broke it, the eject button and the tray... so I bought a new tray and tray front and eject button.

tonight I opened the drive, and in the process of removing the tray somehow I disconnected the ribbon cable from the laser (again idk how the hell it happened but it did). so I inspected the cable before reattaching it and one of the traces is severed (pic to follow)... any ideas?

should I just buy a new drive and swap the board out (so as to not need to flash it, I hate flashing stuff), or buy a broken one for parts? all I really need is a new ribbon cable but I can't seem to find them for sale anywhere...
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Re: Hitachi drive
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2010, 08:49:18 PM »
Try resoldering the trace
« Last Edit: January 07, 2010, 08:49:43 PM by SN!P3R »
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Re: Hitachi drive
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 09:25:55 PM »
don't know if it's resolderable or not...

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Re: Hitachi drive
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2010, 11:33:35 PM »
wouldn't any laser cable work arn't they all the same kinda like sata cords and that makes it easier for cable manufacters try the cable from a diffrent drive see if it works i'm looking at the one from a sammy drive and it looks the same as yours in your pic
« Last Edit: January 07, 2010, 11:35:29 PM by krazyone2006 »

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Re: Hitachi drive
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 11:40:31 PM »
I don't have a different drive to use...

tried to pop a little piece of solder on to reconnect the trace... yeah, that didn't work, now the cable is just straight screwed...

guess I'll just buy a new Hitachi drive and swap the boards... will be good for when I finally do my slot loader, I'll have spare parts at least...
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Re: Hitachi drive
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2010, 07:04:11 AM »
I have lot of  bad hitachi drive here i can give you one of the cables ..

just pay for shipping or just buy a hitachi drive

« Last Edit: January 08, 2010, 07:24:57 AM by KingMike_OS »

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Re: Hitachi drive
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2010, 10:21:07 AM »
I would greatly appreciate that mike. let me know how much to ship and what method to pay you with (paypal?), I'm in west Houston near Katy, 77082...
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Re: Hitachi drive
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2010, 09:51:12 PM »
i wanna just say hatachis are horrible
they scratch your game up, they are loud and take longer to load. THe only thing good right know is that it dosnt need a boot disk for games
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« Last Edit: January 25, 2010, 09:48:19 PM by N.W.A4LIFE »

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Re: Hitachi drive
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2010, 11:34:29 PM »
I have never once had an issue with that hitachi drive and until now it's been used on a near daily basis for multi-hour gaming sessions ans never once scratched a disc. sure it's a bit loud, but I don't even hear it the second I put my headphones on.
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Re: Hitachi drive
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2010, 02:47:58 PM »
i think mines hitachi aswell but ive never had probs and yh ur rite it is load

 

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