XBOX DVD Drive Manual - LG-8164

The 8164 adapter is a device for putting a LG-8164 (PC) drive into your Xbox as a replacement for an old broken/error prone DVD drive. This manual will guide you through the installation of the adapter.

The advantages to using this?
* The Xbox disc reading ability will greatly improve
* Full support; CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R
* Faster read speeds, which means faster load speeds
* Cheap solution
* Compatible with all Xbox versions v1.0-1.6x

First, open up the drive and remove the 3 cables connected to the PCB.

Cut out a small piece out of the drive so the narrow part of the adapter fits the drive perfectly. You can use a exacto knive, a file or a dremel.

Place the adapter and solder the wires on to the adapter.

Then pull the wires through the hole and connect them to the PCB.

Connect the wires on the DVD Drive PCB.

Now put the PCB in place. If the DVD won't close you have to shave of a little bit of the edges close to the connector.

Don't forget to connect the 3 cables to the PCB.

Congratulations! You now have a brandnew XBOX DVD drive that reads all media perfectly!

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Fitting your LG-8164 DVD Drive in the XBOX

Ok, now your drive is done. But you have to make some adjustments to your XBOX to make it fit.

Cut this part away till the drive fits.

After that we cut off this part of the top case, try to leave a bit of it so that you may use the screw further:

Now cut off the screw mounts, you don’t need them anymore, cut them off completely.

Now your drive should fit nice and neatly.