broken xbox 360

[leemerlord]

brought it off craigslist turned out to be broken souned like the cd drive was broken cuz it made the buzzing gear noise and wouldnt open, so i opened it up and took it out looks a bit messed up and it has all four red leds flashing and not three, do i just need to replace the cd drive and ill be fine?

 

[HookeyStreet]

brought it off craigslist turned out to be broken souned like the cd drive was broken cuz it made the buzzing gear noise and wouldnt open, so i opened it up and took it out looks a bit messed up and it has all four red leds flashing and not three, do i just need to replace the cd drive and ill be fine?

No, you can't just pop another drive in. You would have to flash the firmware on it after extracting the old key from the broken drive. BTW, 4 red LEDs is usually a problem with the AV cable.

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/repair/Xbox-360-error-codes.htm

PS: are you sure you haven't purchased a console that someone has attempted to 'flash' and failed?

 

[leemerlord]

it works thanks XDDDDDDDDD

 

[brandonwh64]

What you do is find a NEW drive with the same model number as your old one and once it gets there, you take out the mainboard of your old drive and install in the new one. thats how i fixed my broken DVD drive while in iraq

 

[kenkickr]

I have an extra Xbox 360 drive laying around at home but not sure what make and model it is. I can get it out and let you know tomorrow what it is.

It worked but the Xbox 360 I had RROD'd for the last time.

 

[leemerlord]

I have an extra Xbox 360 drive laying around at home but not sure what make and model it is. I can get it out and let you know tomorrow what it is.

It worked but the Xbox 360 I had RROD'd for the last time.

yea hit me up cuz this one doesnt have an eject button

 

[HookeyStreet]

What you do is find a NEW drive with the same model number as your old one and once it gets there, you take out the mainboard of your old drive and install in the new one. thats how i fixed my broken DVD drive while in iraq

Yeah, if it's the exact same model of drive, you can switch the mainboard out

yea hit me up cuz this one doesnt have an eject button

What do you mean, no eject button? LOL. Do you mean on the actual console, or it's missing the little blue button on the DVDROM? You may just need a new eject button from the actual consoles shell

 

[kenkickr]

Why don't you show us a picture of what you have, and what your missing

 

[leemerlord]

Yeah, if it's the exact same model of drive, you can switch the mainboard out



What do you mean, no eject button? LOL. Do you mean on the actual console, or it's missing the little blue button on the DVDROM? You may just need a new eject button from the actual consoles shell

not sure which is missing theres no button to press is all i know

 

[kenkickr]

There is a Chrome button piece that has a long piece of plastic that hits the button inside the optical drive.

 

[HookeyStreet]

not sure which is missing theres no button to press is all i know

There is a Chrome button piece that has a long piece of plastic that hits the button inside the optical drive.

Yeah, the DVDROM doesn't have a real button as such. The actual eject button is on the console. But surely yours came with one?

^ console eject buttons (which are part of the casing)

^ the dvdrom eject button is inside the small black hole on the bottom left.