After some wondering and a little look and then a heads-up from Mookie, I had a go at tweaking the pots in my own 2 xboxes

Here is my initial tutorial... pics/updates to follow

1. Take drive out of xbox (if you installed a mod, you know how to do this)

2. unclip plastic bracket - the 2 plastic clips are to the rear of the drive.

3. pull off metal grounding piece - just slips off

4. remove 2 screws in the lid of the drive (there are only 2)

5. push in plastic clips to allow the lid to come off

6. take out the 2 torx screws at the back of the drive (T10)

7. Ease off the bottom of the drive being careful not to damage the connectors at the back.

8. Undo the screws in the drive PCB.

9. Unclip the 2 ribbon cables, done by sliding part of the connector away from the cct board. (It may be easier for the laser emitter end to be done.

10. Move the circuit board out of the way, it will still be connected by 2 small wires but dont worry about that, you just need the room

11. looking from underneath, on the laser unit itself, you will see a pot on the bottom left of the pcb.

12. Scratch the resin off CAREFULLY, the pot can be easily damaged.

13. Measure between the TOP LEFT and the screw of the pot.

14. Turn the pot anticlockwise until the meter measures 950ohms.

15. re asseble

16. test

17. If the drive is still not perfect, decrease the ohm value in 25 ohm steps until it is. I would suggest that you do not go much further than 850 ohms as I noticed the drive becoming noisy after this.

now reads ALL my DVD-r flawlessly and even some CD-r

NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU STUFF UP YOUR XBOX DOING THIS

comments welcome - pics to follow

cheers,

maltloaf

http://users.skynet.be/bk231905/tuto...-procedure.pdf