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What's the deal with Microsoft's game consoles and the junky disc drives? Don't get me started on the one for the original Xbox. The drive in the Xbox 360 is an improvement, but it still has issues, the worst being how vibrations to your console can scratch your discs.

Apparently RDC from the benheck.com forum also hates the Xbox 360 disc drive. He went through the trouble of gutting the original DVD-ROM drive, taking all of the parts and putting them into the casing of an old iMac's slot loader. The result is a Xbox 360 that has a slot-loading DVD drive. I don't know if it fixes the vibration problem or not, and I'd hope that this new drive is a bit less noisy, but this is still a cool mod.

[Via Engadget] 


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mix's Avatar
mix at 11/24/2008 16:58
That is a really cool mod!

I like the PS3 and Wii for their slot loading drives.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 11/24/2008 17:05
Good mod
Mushman's Avatar
Mushman at 11/24/2008 17:11
Hey, its a PS360!!

But without blu-ray!!

LOL, jk



In all seriousness, that's pretty cool.
Redzie's Avatar
Redzie at 11/24/2008 17:30
Leave it to a modders to perfect the 360
s hardware flaws like cooling and now something like this.
John B's Avatar
John B at 11/24/2008 17:47
I really wouldn't mind and XB360 to compliment my PS3 and Wii, but -- damn it -- all of these stupid hardware issues that are plaguing the 360 really don't give me an air of confidence.
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aaronf at 11/24/2008 18:42
@John B:

That's exactly the same reason I don't have one. Well, that and the yearly XBL fee. I know everyone likes to say how the problem has been fixed, but I haven't seen anything that definitively puts my mind at ease. There are some 360 exclusives I would like to check out, but I just can't justify the added expenses right now.
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RonBurgandy2010 at 11/24/2008 18:51
This needs to become standard. Like right fucking now.
Jungle Mullet's Avatar
Jungle Mullet at 11/24/2008 20:34
I had an idea for this a while ago, too bad I never did it
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TurboHyperFighting at 11/24/2008 20:45
I wonder if he hax0rd the firmware to be compliant. If not, its offline only for that console. Still a cool idea.
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Ronsauce at 11/25/2008 06:53
I've actually been enjoying my 360 since launch with no problems. I've got no beef with the disk tray.
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TrailerParkJesus at 11/25/2008 07:47
Cool I guess. But kinda a waste unless MS gets a hold of this.
GohanGVO's Avatar
GohanGVO at 11/27/2008 17:09
Slick work there, Senor RDC.
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