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beefwellington:
I don't have a new drive yet. I bought the 360 off ebay, fixed it, and the dvd doesn't work. So before I order a new dvd drive, I'd like to know if I can get the key off the old one since it's bricked.
well then maybe we bought xbox from the same dude, and i did buy a new drive so wut i did was i opened new drive got the key that was in new drive set it aside opened the old drive got the key out of there and swapped it into new drive put it back into xbox gave it a test run but no luck it gave the same problem 1st reading disc 2nd open disc tray same as the old one. My prediction is that the key itself was poorly flashed and whoever had it before me messed it up so my advice which i will do myself is flash new drive with the new key and who knows maybe the old drive is not messed up maybe it works just fine it just needed to be flashed correctly. Hope this helps u out!
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ok but how can i get the key off my old dvd drive if the software can't see it?
the old circuit board from your drive is no good you need to when you buy your new drive its going to come with a new board as well that is the one you will need 2 flash more than likely the reason your software cant see it is cuz the old board was poorly flashed and someonle that had it before u messed it up. i am not a professional tech but i strongly believe after a bunch of research of my own that the circuit board is no good. hope this helps.