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Tsmith108
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10. April 2007 @ 15:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Does anyone have a link to a tutorial explaining how to swap a disk drive between two 360s? I got a new one today, and my friend has a toshiba but he wants hitachi, and my broken one is hitachi. So, I'm going to swap them for him, but, I just need someone to tell me what I have to do to do it. Thanks for any help
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10. April 2007 @ 15:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
dude first u need the original firmware if u modded it ull probably have it. then u just follow the modding tutorial ull find it if u search ms28 for samsung.
Tsmith108
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10. April 2007 @ 16:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So, it's possible for me to switch the toshiba out for the hitachi?
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10. April 2007 @ 16:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah just backup the flash of both using mtkflash and take out the special key switch the keys and im sure its possible. cannot guarantee. wait for someoneelse to reply.

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10. April 2007 @ 16:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes it is possible. but instead of doing that, you are going to have to get firmware toolbox 3.0 and get the keys from both firmwares and swap the keys.

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Tsmith108
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11. April 2007 @ 20:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok well, I've got in my new one, a rom #78, which is incompatible with my x360usb...I was wondering if there's a way for me to swap the two drives, with only being able to hook one of them up to my computer?
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11. April 2007 @ 20:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nope.

take both drives out.
dumb firmware.
open in firmware toolbox.
take the special key for each.
swap the keys and save each seperately keeping a backup of original just in case.
put them back in.

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Tsmith108
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11. April 2007 @ 20:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there any way to do it by looking at he drive or the motherboard? Because I remember reading somewhere that you could do that.
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11. April 2007 @ 20:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wth?
u got to open it to swap drives. u can't just look at the motherboard and it will swap it self.

to identify the drive u can like google samsung or hitachi compare the dvd tray designs to tell.
Tsmith108
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12. April 2007 @ 12:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I meant getting the key for the firmware without hooking it up to the computer, I can hook up the one I want to put in, but the original I can't hook up beacuse it won't work in my computer

Is there a way to get the dvd drive key without hooking it up to a computer?
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12. April 2007 @ 12:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no the only way is the one i said. ur gonna have to switch keys to do that u need to read both drives.

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