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   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   >> Um, yeah, I don't know that you can just put any old DVD Rom in to the   
   >> Xbox, I think it has to be an actual drive from an actual Xbox unit. :(   
   >>   I could be wrong on that, but I'd check around and verify it. If   
   >> nothing else, I could send you the Philips drive out of my old, dead   
   >> Xbox if you wanted...   
   >   
   > While you can put in a regular drive, the problem is that apparently   
   > only a genuine Xbox drive (and a very few consumer drives with the   
   > official Xbox drive firmware installed) can read a genuine Xbox disc.   
   >   
   > So you're stuck with using downloads and "silvers".   
      
   Yeah, that's pretty much what I remembered. I remembered people trying   
   it because they wanted to see if a 40X DVD rom would speed up loading or   
   some shit, and it never worked out.   
      
   Speaking of mods and whatnot, you seem pretty knowledgeable on the   
   subject. Let me ask you one question here, if I could: The HDD is my   
   original Xbox just up and died one day. After that I tried a few things   
   and eventually just gave up. Removing the original HDD, is there any way   
   to mod the system? Would even a hardware mod work at this point, if I   
   can't use the original HDD?   
      
   Bel   
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