Many Xbox360 users meet the problem of read errors. You may think your Xbox360 broken, because it always return READ ERROR.

 

So you have following choices:

1)       Ask Microsoft for help, if your Xbox360 still in warranty(Cost a lot).

2)       Replace a DVD drive(cost a little higher than the third choice).

3)       Replace a laser lens of the DVD drive (lowest cost, but need patience and courage).

 

If you do not want to pay too much money, firstly you need to determine the version of the DVD drive you need.

 

This article is about the DVD drives and the laser lens they need, as well as the introduction of these DVD drives.

 

Following pictures will help you to determine the DVD drives without opening your Xbox360, just need to compare the DVD drive trays.

 

 

Look carefully about the shape of the DVD tray, Each has a unique design. So you can determine which drive you have easily, no need to open you console.

Introduction of these DVD Drives:

 

1) Hitachi/LG GDR-3120L DVD Drive for Xbox360

The Hitachi GDR-3120L has many versions, including 47DJ, 59DJ, 78FK, 79FK, 79FL, and so on.

Auto-flashers and scripted firmware tools have made firmware modding the Hitachi very easy.  But, unlike the Samsung drive, it is possible to brick your Hitachi drive if care is not taken to ensure you are following the correct procedures.

The laser lens of the Hitachi GDR-3120L DVD Drive is: SF-HD63(which is original in Xbox360, best choice), SF-HD67(also can use, a little cheaper).

Following is the prictures of these 2 laser lens.

 

(2)    Toshiba/Samsung TS-H943 Xbox360 DVD Drive

The Toshiba/Samsung TS-H943 DVD Drive just 2 versions: MS25 and MS28. The MS25 is a very popular drive due to how easily you can flash the firmware.

The MS28 requires hardware modifications and special techniques to allow flashing the firmware. Other than these extra steps it is virtually the same as a MS25. Nevertheless these steps can complicated making it considerably more difficult to work with if you are not familiar with the techniques. 

The laser lens of the Toshiba/Samsung TS-H943 DVD drive is: SF-HD63(which is original in Xbox360, best choice), SF-HD67(also can use, a little cheaper) too.

That is to say, Hitachi/LG and Toshiba/Samsung DVD drive use the same laser lens. So if your XBOX360 DVD drive has these 2 brands, you can just purchase the SF-HD63, or SF-HD67.

 

3) BENQ/Philips Xbox360 DVD Drive

BenQ/Philips DVD Drive also have 2 versions, VAD6037, and VAD6038.

A lot of people says that the BENQ is the quietest and fastest of all the current Xbox 360 DVD drives. But if your DVD drive is original one, the noise almost the same to other DVD drives.

The laser lens of this DVD drive is: HOP-141X. And resently we also find another laser lens which can use here: HOP-14XX.

 

Ragarding this article, I think you can determine which DVD drive you have, then purchase one, the replace it.

 

Enjoy it.

 

Thanks very much for your attention.