Originally posted by WavyMan: i have one infront of me. manufacture date 2006-12-06
booted it up, it works! but it still has the old dash
firstly, how do i find out what modchip or flash this 360 has had?
Tear it apart, if it has a modchip, check its name. If it doesn't, dump the DVD drive's firmware and read it out. (Jungleflasher)
Originally posted by WavyMan: if i update the machine to the new dashboard can it mess this 360 up?
No.
Originally posted by WavyMan: a possible problem... the dvd drive dont work, person who gave me it says it'll read a disc once in a blue moon.
Dump the drive's firmware, read the key out and spoof it to another drive you can buy on ebay. Preferably the same model like the one you already have.
Originally posted by WavyMan: is there a way that if i purchased a 60gig hardrive i can install my backups via usb instead of through the dvd drive?
No. And even if the games were installed on the hdd, you would still need the DVD in the (working) drive because the Xbox 360 checks that it is there.
Xbox 360: Slim untouched with a faked 320 GB harddrive for XBL, phat with LT 3.0, played Halo early, so going on live would be an instand ban, also with a faked 320 GB harddrive
PS3: Untouched 160 GB Slim, 60 GB Fat with latest Rogero and 160 GB internal harddrive.
PSVita: hardly ever play it
GameCube: Black with a Viper chip installed. With gameboy player. Trying to get a Wavebird controller.
To check the firmware version dump the DVD drive firmware through JF (as if you would when flashing it anyway!).
There is no way to install games to the hard drive other than through the DVD drive, why not just buy a new laser for it, they are really cheap and will more than likely fix the issue.
If that doesn't work you can buy a brand new DVD drive for just over £20 GBP!!
