Faulty Xbox360 Value?

[Paulie]

How much would my elite be worth? it needs a new dvd drive, other than not reading any games it works fine. Also is there anywhere to trade it faulty consoles?

 

[Skinny]

Just fix it yourself. Not hard.

 

[Dink]

send it off as a red ring fault?

they replaced my dvd drive that seemed to be working fine when i sent mine off

 

[The Ironist]

send it off as a red ring fault?

they replaced my dvd drive that seemed to be working fine when i sent mine off

Ditto. Just say it's got red ring they will prob send you a refurb. But a refurb better than having to sell it and buy a whole new one.

 

[Paulie]

Ive already opened it up though as it was out of warranty anyway, wont they send it back saying its been tampered with? Bought it may 08.

 

[The Ironist]

As long as you didn't mank the seal should be alright. I've sent off 2 that I opened and both times sent back a refurb. Both were DVD drives going but said they were red ring.

May 08 should be fine as I think they still do 3 years for red ring

 

[FiXX]

as said, just replace the dvd drive... 5 minute job, sorted.

 

[Paulie]

does anyone know what drive ill need? dont wanna open it again to find out

 

[The Ironist]

I would say there is a risk of getting banned if you do replace the drive yourself. In the ban wave nobody found a definitive reason why they got banned and a different dvd drive could be a problem. I wouldn't risk it, just send it off at least then you've got protection if something goes wrong in the future

 

[Paulie]

Ive read that u can pull the old firmware off the old drive and flash it onto the new drive, which makes the xbox think it is the original drive, anyone know any more about this?

 

[The Ironist]

That's what you have to do for it to work. But like I said. Any tampering is risky if you want to avoid a ban

 

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Sold my premium on ebay with a faulty drive for £45 recently.

 

[Oggy997]

Spoofing (changing the dvd drive MFR and making it report as the original drive) is easily detectable using vendor specific commands.

360 Drive Models - http://xrl.us/be4vir

Use that to identify your drive (or look at it as you've already opened it)

If you want to protect Live, get the same MFR of drive, open the drive and swap the pcb's ...

At worse you'll have to solder 6 wires if its a LiteOn.

This will mean the FW never changes and you cant be banned.

Alternatively, buy a laser for your drive (if you tell me MFR, Ill tell you model numbers)

If you need a spare drive, I've a mate that stocks them.

 

[Paulie]

Its a benq VAD6038 drive. Went out today and bought a new 360, got a good deal from argos, Arcade console, Forza3, In the movies with the camera, and Scene it with all the controllers for 129.99. I thought this was a blinding deal as all three games are like 30 quid each.

Still gonna repair the elite. If i only use it on live for Sky player would they still ban the account?

 

[The Ironist]

Very good deal u got. And yes ban can happen if connected to live at all

 

[Initiale]

I have one of the first Elites, also with a fooked DVD drive... this a common fault?