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If you do not feel confident doing any of these steps, then please just make contact with Microsoft. Their repair service is usually pretty speedy and efficient. You cannot just swap the DVD drives over yourself as they have codes in the circuit boards that tell the Xbox that it is allowed to be used. No code, no go. This code is the entry system for people who want to mod their Xbox to play copied games. They use a modified DVD drive that will convince the 360 that the disc in the drive is genuine.

Xbox 360 consoles are manufactured with several brands of DVD drives inside. These brands include Hitachi, Lite-On and Samsung. All brands of Xbox 360 DVD drives can be flashed or softmodded to run backup copies of games you own. You may need to softmod the DVD drive if you want to keep your original DVD games in pristine, unscratched condition. Softmodding the Xbox 360 DVD drive will take about 20 minutes.

Since its initial release 2005, the Xbox 360 has seen a number of different DVD drives inserted into the console. Hitachi, Samsung, BenQ and Lite-On have all made DVD drives that vary in performance and ease of installation. An Xbox 360 owner can replace his DVD drive, but because of the complications of configuring, or flashing, the drives in the system, he may want to take his console to a professional to install it.

Based on the Philips VAD6037 drive, the BenQ VAD6038 is the primary DVD drive installed in Xbox 360 Elites as of October 2010. The BenQ VAD6038 requires no modifications and runs more quietly and faster than most other DVD drives and has a simple design and supports bad flash recovery when the console does not recognize the drive. It uses a common laser than individuals can swap out when it becomes weak or malfunctions. Replacing a BenQ VAD6038 as a whole becomes more difficult as it requires removing a key from an old drive's BIOS and embedding it into the new drive's firmware. Owners can identify the VAD6038 from its plain, U-shaped tray.