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BlakBelt
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_ 		9. October 2008 @ 13:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
my drive is up and working again through the magnet trick i saw on youtube..i think this will hold up pretty good until my drive arrives/because its easy to do and i think the only problem is that the xbox360 is open...but hey-just until my drive arrives..

i was told-
Any Hitachi will do, Since you have a mechanical problem with the drive you are going to take the circuit board from the bad drive and place it into the new drive you order.
OR
You can read the key off of your current drive and place that key into ANY Xbox 360 drive and it will work in your system...

1.is this true that any Hitachi will do.. instead of just looking for the exact model 78FK?

2.(A)will it be ok to flash my drive now and when the new one arrives will it still be safe to put the board from the old drive and place it in the new drive..
2.(B)or must i keep the bad drive with it's original firmware,,then place the board in the new one,,then flash that...?

3.will it still be in the flashed state if i go with method 2(A) and placing that board in the new drive?
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DavGerm4
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_ 		9. October 2008 @ 18:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure that you need to get the same model of the drive. I mean that would be the logical thing to do, because you wouldn't want to get a Hitachi 79 when the others are easier! So I would get the same model drive just to keep on the safe side. Because if you get the wrong one and it doesn't work, then you have to buy another one...

But that's just me.
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