Stock Xbox with a bad Hard Drive

20-12-2006, 11:30 PM

I have an old xbox and the hard drive crashed on me, so now it gives me a message to contact microsoft everytime it starts up. The hard drive makes a ton of noise, so you can definetly tell it's busted. I never did any sort of mod to this thing, so it just died of old age. I just want to replace the drive so I can play games again. I have some working 40 gb drives and I'm wondering if I can just stick one of those in there. I don't need to use xbox live or anything, I just need it to play regular xbox games.

*triplea4uk* · 21-12-2006, 12:54 AM

You can use one of your 40gb drives but you will need to buy a mod chip

21-12-2006, 3:21 AM

Well I could probably get a used xbox for around the same price as the modchips i've seen, I was hoping there was some way I could just put the xbox software on my hard drive and stick it in.

*triplea4uk* · 21-12-2006, 3:34 AM

no you cant so mod chip only way and you can get them for £15 so it's lot cheap then getting another xb.

Which error code are you getting?

Matt Horne · 21-12-2006, 10:48 AM

HD are tied to the motherboards hence you need the chip to be able to stick a newer (larger) drive..

23-12-2006, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by triplea4uk

no you cant so mod chip only way and you can get them for £15 so it's lot cheap then getting another xb.

Which error code are you getting?

I don't see any codes it just does the xbox logo, then says "Your Xbox requires service, please call Xbox customer support"
The eject button blinks red and green.

If I get a modchip, I can just stick any hard drive in and it will work? Or do I need to do something to the hard drive still?

*triplea4uk* · 23-12-2006, 1:24 AM

Yes you can locked drives are preferred but not needed with modchip

20-12-2006, 11:30 PM	#1
Caledor Guest Posts: n/a	Stock Xbox with a bad Hard Drive Advertisement Want to Advertise? I have an old xbox and the hard drive crashed on me, so now it gives me a message to contact microsoft everytime it starts up. The hard drive makes a ton of noise, so you can definetly tell it's busted. I never did any sort of mod to this thing, so it just died of old age. I just want to replace the drive so I can play games again. I have some working 40 gb drives and I'm wondering if I can just stick one of those in there. I don't need to use xbox live or anything, I just need it to play regular xbox games.
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21-12-2006, 3:21 AM	#3
Caledor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Stock Xbox with a bad Hard Drive Well I could probably get a used xbox for around the same price as the modchips i've seen, I was hoping there was some way I could just put the xbox software on my hard drive and stick it in.
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