Xbox Troubles.....Need some help

[EricCamper]

Hi all....I have chipped a couple of boxes and here are the problems...

The box works great and boots all games....Then every once in a while the box just will not read the discs and says it is dirty or damaged....Then it works fine....I made Splinter Cell 2 and it works great on one box and the other goes to the xbox screen....
I am using the Apple V5 and have never had problems before....Princo 1X media .....burned at 1X.....Now I just got some Riteks and I am going to try reburning a couple of those games that are giving me trouble......This has happened before and I replaced the disc drives with newer ones from a couple of broken boxes.....Where can I purchase them? Which one should I get?
Any help is appreciated..

See ya

[rms2001]

It sounds like the lens is dirty. Run a lens cleaner in it and see what happens, the same kind you would use in your CD or DVD player at home.

And the best place to get new DVD-Roms is eBay. Samsungs are the best. You mite also want to think about buying a new XBox too. The price has dropped to $150. Try and find one with a Samsung, steal the DVD-Rom out of it and sell the rest of the parts.