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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tidla on 05 October 2012, 19:37:17

Title: xbox mechanics
Post by: tidla on 05 October 2012, 19:37:17
Nipper been complaining about the xbox not opening the cd draw and not reading the disc. Dug out an unused chipped unit with the intention of swiping the disc drive.
Swapped over .
The unit now opens and closes but has a strange message on the screen saying something like "connect to console"

Are the items coded together?
And where is the "chip" fitted . In the board or elsewhere or is it a software bodge that they receive?
Title: Re: xbox mechanics
Post by: Martian on 05 October 2012, 21:01:16
The DVD drive is coded to the motherboard
Title: Re: xbox mechanics
Post by: martin42 on 05 October 2012, 21:54:18
As above,can't swap DVD drives from 1 to another,but if you know how and there are some guides on the net it can be reprogrammed
Title: Re: xbox mechanics
Post by: ozzycat on 06 October 2012, 20:35:40
a big ammer usualy fixes them :D :D :D
Title: Re: xbox mechanics
Post by: TheBoy on 06 October 2012, 20:49:51
Basically, you can'y swap DVD drives.  Any faking of the pairing can normally be detected by MS, and will result in a Live ban (not straight away - MS do the bans in waves, usually once or twice a year)