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DaddyLongLegs
08-28-2006, 05:22 PM
A friend of mine who works at EB Games is going to check out which drives are in the 360's before I buy them (I am buying a 360 used). However I can't figure out if the Sammy, Philips, Hitatchi, or whatever are better than others. Which one should I tell him to hold for me?

Thanks guys. I read the stickied thread but nothing seemed clear cut.
saleem
08-28-2006, 06:25 PM
samsung.cos you got the most uptodate flash's/stealth

and you dont need to buy a specific dl burner to burn your backups.also you can use most media and they boot most of the time.

but i got hitachi,so i had to get a new burner but,it was easy to flash.

the samsung is three steps,extract/modify/flash.

the hitachi a simple flash.

so you saw the pics?look at the samsung drive and memories it!
:)
DaddyLongLegs
08-28-2006, 07:04 PM
Thanks man! I hope I get a Samsung!!

I have an NEC 3520 DVD burner. Will that work with Hitachi?

Is there a way to tell which you will get outside the box? Is there a better chance to get one if you buy a Core or Premium or something?
AlphaTrion
08-29-2006, 09:13 AM
i have a nec 3540 and benq ext. both are DL drives

should i expect any problems with any x360 drives? :confused: :confused:
hjvp
08-29-2006, 10:20 PM
after my nightmare experience... many trys... many (12) Verbatin DVD's DL wasted... :mad:
I recomend the Pioneer 111D - I used 4 different burnes! (LG..., Nec 3250, Pionner 109 and finally the Pioneer 111D) and just got good results (sucessful results) with the Pioneer 111D - My X360 drive is a Hitachi 47DJ
captiveball
08-31-2006, 01:29 PM
id agree w/ buying the Pioneer 111d Drive. Not only did i get mine for $40 shipped, I have burnt about 10 backup with a 100% success rate. A very wise investment.
DaddyLongLegs
09-01-2006, 05:25 PM
id agree w/ buying the Pioneer 111d Drive. Not only did i get mine for $40 shipped, I have burnt about 10 backup with a 100% success rate. A very wise investment.

Is any hacked firmware on the Pioneer necessary? I wonder why one burner would work and another would not.
ricflairandy
09-03-2006, 02:10 PM
is there anyway to burn games so that they work on all drives?
ricflairandy
09-03-2006, 05:00 PM
will a 109 not burn them?
ricflairandy
09-03-2006, 05:43 PM
cool, thanks. That just happens to be my burner :D