Samsung DVD Drive Mod
Let me start off with how I know PC's inside and out but I have been letting Fezzman do all my XBox mods in the past. In fact he switched my stock case out with my new CustomPS2 Clearcase the night before I did this Samsung mod. I had a wild hair and thought I'd give this mod a try and I took pics for you all just in case it worked. Well, it looks good to me....and better yet, my Xbox still worked after I was finished. Here is my attempt at a tutorial for all you Samsung owners.
Best of luck in your attempt.
Tools used after case was apart:
* small phillips head screwdriver (to dissamble the DVD case)
* hair dryer (to remove DVD cover sticker much easier)
* Dremel with cutting wheel & sanding wheel (recommend a variable speed dremel and run it at a low speed so as not to melt the plastic)
I started by removing the cover to my Xbox  |
Pull the DVD out and remove it from its cradle. This sticker needs to be removed or cut in order to get to the next step.  |
I heated up the sticker AND metal case with a hair dryer and slooooowly pealed it up and off. |
Next you have to seperate part of the cover to get to a part that needs to be added to the clear parts that came with your case.  This round insert is "stuck" on with adhesive, pop it out from the other side while cover is still hot. |
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 This is what you should have once the insert comes off. Once you get this piece out, set it aside and put your insert back into the cover and your sticker back on and get it out of the way, your done with the DVD cover |
 The small white "spindle" piece will go with the clear part like this |
Time to modify the clear piece to work with the DVD drive.  I layed the clear piece on the DVD drive, it actually looks as if it would work without any modifications but in reality it sits a li'l bit too high therefore not holding the disk in place. The ends need to be removed so that it sits on tabs that are part of the inner sides of the DVD drive. I set mine on and scored the plastic where it needed to be cut. Using my Dremel, I slowly cut along my scored lines and then cleaned my cuts up with a sanding drum once the ends were removed. |
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 I verified all worked well by triggering the DVD drive to open manually by pressing the white lever in bottom right front of DVD case. It will be a little hard to push in because your working against spring loaded stuff. |
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 Reinstall DVD into its cradle and reinsert it and hard drive back into Xbox case. Screw everything back in place and hook cables back up. Set cover on and test Xbox prior to screwing cover back on. (I left my metal top and bottom of the DVD case off, make sure circuit board on the bottom of your DVD is "clipped" in place. Mine was not) I wish you all the luck on this mod. I was able to do it so you should too. Just remember to take your time and pay attention to detail. |
