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Wopah

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Inserted Dvd Power Cable In Backwards
« on: February 03, 2020, 07:24:00 PM »
on the motheboard I broke the tab for the power cable for the dvd drive and I didn't relize I inserted the power cable in backwards. Now the drive doesn't do anything, but the 360 powers up and I can play the online games but that it. Any way to fix this???
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Millenia1x

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Inserted Dvd Power Cable In Backwards
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2020, 07:53:00 PM »
Take it to a reliable PC repair shop and ask them if they can fix it.
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Toddler

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Inserted Dvd Power Cable In Backwards
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2020, 08:37:00 PM »
Your normal PC repair shop won't have a clue.  You'll need a specialist to have any hope of salvaging it.  Assuming you have a firmware backup, you're much better off getting a replacement off of eBay.
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caster420

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Inserted Dvd Power Cable In Backwards
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2020, 09:33:00 PM »
QUOTE(Toddler @ Oct 13 2007, 11:37 PM) *
Your normal PC repair shop won't have a clue.  You'll need a specialist to have any hope of salvaging it.  Assuming you have a firmware backup, you're much better off getting a replacement off of eBay.


Agreed.  You probably applied 12V to a 3V component, possibly the controller for the drive.  This will fry that lead/component and it'll need to be replaced.  If you have the firmware, you're probably better getting a new drive.  If you dont, try dumping the firmware - it may still function enough to do so.  If not, send it to someone with a programmer to salvage it.

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