My 360's dvd drive is dead and the damn this is 2 months out of warranty. The new drives look to range between $50 and $80 online, and microsoft wanted a min of $100 to fix it, plus shipping. I don't think the hd-dvd drive will play games, but if so, then its the cheapest option now.

It looks like there are two options:

Buy a new/used drive, then ->
1. read the old drives key and flash the new drive's chip with it
2. swap the internal pcb board between the drives...


Anyone done this or have and suggestions?

3/7/2008 9:41:46 PM

wrap the xbox in a towel and let it run until it overheats and gets the RRoD. If your console is < 3 years old, free fix.

3/7/2008 11:34:55 PM

^winnar

3/7/2008 11:36:59 PM

No thanks, i had already called about the dead drive last week.

3/8/2008 10:45:45 AM

you gave them serial #?
boooo


HDdvd drive WILL NOT play games

3/8/2008 12:16:16 PM

Just for reference, I picked up a drive from echostore.com, and after swapping out the pcb board in the drive with the one from mine, it runs great. Cost to fix was $60.

5/22/2008 8:43:21 PM

my idea was better

5/23/2008 12:24:11 AM

not really. If you send it in for a RRoD fix and there's clearly something else wrong with it, they're still gonna charge you to fix it.

5/23/2008 1:29:01 AM