Xbox gives "your xbox requires service" message

[SkiDragon]

So, could I take the logic board off this dead dive and put it on another drive to make it work with the Xbox?

[DogP]

I'm not 100% sure about that, but I believe so... It would have to be the exact same HD though (there's a few different models), and I've also had the PCBs go bad too, so that's not guaranteed to fix your prob either. If you post a pic of which drive you have, I could send you one of mine if I've got the same drive (I've got at least 5 old xbox drives still laying around here).

DogP

[omnedon]

HDD's cannot be swapped Xbox to Xbox.

128 bit encryption exists between the HDD's and mobos. If they don't match, error 5.

The system has to be modded, at least temporarily to do any sort of HDD repair/upgrade.

[DogP]

No... I think he means swapping the HD PCB from his bad HD onto another identical good drive... I believe that the protection is on the PCB (in the firmware or something) and not the actual data of the drive, but I've never really looked into it, so I'm not 100% sure of that. I just know that once the drive is unlocked that it stays unlocked until the drive is turned off, which is why I assume that it's the PCB, not the data (if you boot it up on an xbox, then plug it into a PC and boot the PC without killing the power to the drive, the drive can be accessed by the PC).

Do you know for sure whether the it's the data or the PCB that keeps it from booting drives locked to another system?

DogP

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I have an Xbox kicking around where the Dvd drive door won't open for some reason. I can't see what is causing it to stay closed. It's as if something may have broken off that prevents the mechanism from working