QUOTE(mike156 @ May 7 2009, 05:46 PM)

why is the console bricked? it seemed to have boot up with the dvd drive in it...i could at least play games off of a hard drive with the console? i just cant play any games with the dvd drive, so again, why do you say the console is bricked? dashboard worked fine after putting the "bricked" drive back in
how are you gona play games off hard drive without working dvd drive my friend everyone here would like to be able to play games off hard drive without game that would encourage piracy which microsoft dont much care for
the dashboard would work regardless that is stored in onboard flash on main board
if you can not play any games and dont have the key and can not get the key via the medium which i said or any other then sir that drive is a paper weight or a expensive dvd drive
you could send back to microsoft ask them to repair if they can at cost to yourself beacuse you have lost your
warranty or someone may be able to extract key from drive via tsop which i doubt as it will most probaly be blank
we all make mistakes here but most of us would take the time to read the advice offered before hand
and not just jump in willy fn nilly ..