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peanut1972 on 20 July 2009

Okay heres the deal.  My Xbox 360 went down a couple of months ago.  The audio and video just stopped working.  I bought a new cable, tried a different television and nothing.  So I called tech support and because it is not the red ring of death Microsoft is going to charge me 120 bucks to fix it.  That does not count the shipping cost.  So I thought it might be smarter to purchase an arcade model. 

Here is the thing I am not sure about and need someone's advice on.  Can I take the hard drive off my Xbox 360, and plug it onto the Arcade model?

 

 



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disolitude on 20 July 2009

Yes you can. Hard drive is compatible with any 360.

Sell the busted 360 on craigslist or ebay for 40-50 bucks. The power supply and console will usually fetch you that much, especially if the seal is still present.

And then use that money (+ more)to buy a new system. It sucks but thats your best option. You keep the controller and hard drive etc...



peanut1972 on 20 July 2009
disolitude said:
Yes you can. Hard drive is compatible with any 360.

Sell the busted 360 on craigslist or ebay for 40-50 bucks. The power supply and console will usually fetch you that much, especially if the seal is still present.

And then use that money (+ more)to buy a new system. It sucks but thats your best option. You keep the controller and hard drive etc...

Cool, thanks.   :)  I have saved up enough to get an arcade model.  I was thinking about keeping the other one in case I ever need parts.  But I could sell it on craigslist instead (gotta think about that).



disolitude on 20 July 2009
peanut1972 said:
disolitude said:
Yes you can. Hard drive is compatible with any 360.

Sell the busted 360 on craigslist or ebay for 40-50 bucks. The power supply and console will usually fetch you that much, especially if the seal is still present.

And then use that money (+ more)to buy a new system. It sucks but thats your best option. You keep the controller and hard drive etc...

Cool, thanks.   :)  I have saved up enough to get an arcade model.  I was thinking about keeping the other one in case I ever need parts.  But I could sell it on craigslist instead (gotta think about that).


You can keep the parts like cables, controller...even the power supply if you want but the console will be useless to you. Most likely the motherboard model you had is completely different from the one you will buy now. Also, DVD drives are not exchangable unless you flash your drive with the proper system key etc... So there really are no parts you could use in your old xbox.



Aion on 20 July 2009

That's horrible, well enjoy your new arcade.



 

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Dark Chaos on 20 July 2009

Try making your 360 RROD. Then u can send it to MS and get a refurbished one



Bitmap Frogs on 20 July 2009

You can do that but all your downloaded content (DLC, games, etc) is still bound to the old console. As long as you are online, it'll work but as soon as you go offline the content won't be available.

In order to fix it you need to use the DRM transfer tool on Microsoft's website which is fast and easy. The catch however is that in order to finish the procedure you need to delete and redownload everything.





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peanut1972 on 20 July 2009
Bitmap Frogs said:
You can do that but all your downloaded content (DLC, games, etc) is still bound to the old console. As long as you are online, it'll work but as soon as you go offline the content won't be available.

In order to fix it you need to use the DRM transfer tool on Microsoft's website which is fast and easy. The catch however is that in order to finish the procedure you need to delete and redownload everything.

I have only gone online to download demos, and system updates.