Still getting DREs, but...

[Reality's Fringe]

I opened my Xbox and the Thomson drive has a manufacture date of 2003, so it's not a launch model. Are the thomson drives just faulty all around? I thought they were made more reliable? I must stop my Xbox from getting DREs, but what's the use of buying another Thomson if it'll just crap out again. Or could it be something else?

[CYRiX]

I heard thompsons are teh crappor. Buy a replacement dvd drive from somewhere like llama

[Reality's Fringe]

Yeah, I've been abttling this thig for a while now. I just played through Conker with no problems, but Hitman Contracts has been giving me a whole ass of problems. I'll tkae back the disc and get another(used at EB), but it was doing this months ago too. I might just wait for the 360 at this point.

[kill3r7]

It's not really worth it to just buy the dvd drive when you can get a used xbox from ebgames with the samsung drive for about $100. There might be a price drop coming your way after the 360 launch.

Plus you can sell your broken system on ebay for about $50-60.

[zewone]

what's the use of buying another Thomson if it'll just crap out again. Or could it be something else?
It should last you another 2-3 years for only $27. I would get if you plan on keeping your Xbox for at least that long.

[Puffa469]

Thomson drives are the worst of the worst. Do NOT buy another Thomson drive. Get yourself a Samsung drive and your Xbox will be happy.

I also bought my Xbox after it had beeen out for a couple years and still got a horrible Thomson in it. I had to spend $75 to replace it with the Samsung eventually, GTA San Andreas was the last straw! but in the end it was worth it cos I can play all Xbox gamea and use custom soundtracks in them too!



I opened my Xbox and the Thomson drive has a manufacture date of 2003, so it's not a launch model. Are the thomson drives just faulty all around? I thought they were made more reliable? I must stop my Xbox from getting DREs, but what's the use of buying another Thomson if it'll just crap out again. Or could it be something else?

[Reality's Fringe]

I might just wait for a 360 then. I wish I could replace the drive with any ol' DVD ROM rather than a specially made one, but alas.