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Title: Can I Do This? Swap Out Dvd Drive
Post by: OKWood on March 22, 2007, 07:46:00 AM

I've read all the pinned topics and did a search...so please forgive this noob if this has been asked and answered.  

I have a premium system with a flashed Hitachi drive.  I now have the dreaded 3RLs with error code 0102.  Could I buy a core system and replace the DVD drive with my flashed Hitachi unit?  And if so, is there anything special I need to consider?

Thanks for your help.  This board has been a great learning tool.

OKWood

Title: Can I Do This? Swap Out Dvd Drive
Post by: RDC on March 22, 2007, 11:34:00 AM

Yes and Yes. You can put your Hitachi into another 360, but there are considerations. Each DVD drive is keyed to the motherboard it comes with. So you'll have to dump the new drives FW, extract the key from it, patch your Hitachi drives FW with the new key and reflash it. You'll also have to "spoof" the FW before you reflash it if the new drive is a different make/version so the 360 still "thinks" it has the same make/version drive in it, or you could get an E66 error since the drives wouldn't match anymore. It's a lot less headache to just flash your new drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

EDIT: ALSO, the new drive MUST be one that is "hackable", either a Samsung or Hitachi. If you were to get a newer BenQ or Philips drive you couldn't do anything with it until/if it's hacked.

There is a lot more info on this in the Tutorials of the Technical DVD-ROM section.

This post has been edited by RDC: Mar 22 2007, 06:53 PM

Title: Can I Do This? Swap Out Dvd Drive
Post by: OKWood on March 22, 2007, 04:01:00 PM

Thanks RDC.  I went ahead and got a new Core unit and it looks like it has a Hitachi.  So I'll just flash that one.
Thanks again,
OKWood