Forum: Repairs & Accessories

hi guys well i bought a new drive hitachi and we need to put the old key in but our old drive dosent work at all because the motor and laser are broken we bought the xbox off a carboot sale 45 quid it had a penny in the drive could this make the drive un-accesable to get the key off and into the...

I want to put play xvids on my girls Xbox360 and she don't have a xbox live account? How would I do this? Also maybe update the dash? Thanks

Hi guys got my hands on a jasper board but when i went to turn it on i got a E76 error did a little reading found out it could be caused by a faulty ICS(ethernet chip) so i checked all over making sure it wasnt a cold soldier joint then noticed a cut had been made or had been caught by previous...

I want to swap out a 60GB drive I have with a 500GB...the process definitely looks easy enough to swap out the HD's to a 120GB or 250GB, but how will the process differ for a 500GB? Obviously there's no official image for a 500GB, so do I just use the 250GB image and then do something else to the...

I have a 150GB USB harddrive formatted as FAT32, no matter what USB port on the 360 I connect it to, the removable media button is greyed out. It work just fine with my PS3, but my PS3 is currently in the shop so now my 360 is my only option. The harddrive contains all avi videos (divx/xvid),...

I have fixed an xbox 360 that had three red lights but now i play the games for around 40 minutes and then the screen goes completely grey or black and nothing happens. I restart the xbox and it works fine again for another 40 minutes or so and does the same thing. The heatsinks are'nt very hot so...

hi all im just wondering if anyone could shed a bit more light on my problem ive done the x clamp fix and get this error 0022 which doesn't change with either the bolts undone or done up tight . i does work if you disconnect the fans for 3 mins and then switch it off and on again with fans re...

Hi guys, First of all, I would like to say that I live in India, and I bought this Xbox from an Indian forum :) I bought an RROD Xbox 360 off a forum. The guy said he had bought it in the US and brought it back to India. It RRODed, and he got it replaced once. It RRODed again twice, and...

i recently bought a seagate free agent 1T external HDD. i formatted it to fat32 its about 933gb after formatting. when i plug the hdd to my xbox 360 usb port it does not show . it is as if nothing is plugged in how can i get my xbox 360 to show my external HDD?

hi guys whats the best mouse + keyboard and adaptor for the xbox360 thats good for COD4 and MW2 ?

ive got an xbox 360 that has the middle green light that continously blinks. the only way for it to stop is to manually pull out the disc tray. when i press the eject button nothing happens. i can hear the motor trying but nothing happens. i got this xbox off craigslist in a bundle deal. it may be...

Hi guys, So, i am the lucky winner of 2 broken Xbox360 consoles. My first one (the old kind, without HDMI) wont read any discs, and my secound one (new version, with HDMI) gets 2 red rings on the circle. Here is what i was thinking; I read somewhere that the red circles ment that the GPU was...

hi guys i am lookin for a Multi-Consoles Component Cable with IR switch and xbox 360 Optical Toshlink (so i dont have to keep getting up to switch to use my PS3 or Wii or Xbox is there a item like this Iv seen the XCM one but its not got a IR switch

is this possible plz ?

just a tip on the 2 RROD I had this one, 2 xbox360s I did the repair and all was working fine for hours while the xbox was stripped down and not had the shell put back on but as soon as I re-assembled the xbox's they both 2RROD I couldnt workoutout what was going on, took them apart they worked...

Ok im trying to install a WD2500BEVS hard drive to my xbox360 is it a myth or is it all B*****t can any one help me? If its true how is it done? is there a guide to show you what to do? Cheers all i know you can help.

Fixed well sort a fixed the rrod on a 360 i was given , booted first time left it running for 20 mins no problem .turned it back on 5 min later and got sound but no video ... does this sound like more thermal paste is needed? now and again i boot and get a pic but most of time i get nothing just...

My 360 has just recieved the no video error. It is 3 months out of warranty and has never been opened. What are my best options? Should I attempt to send it to microsoft claiming RROD in hopes that they might send me a replacement unit anyway or should I just attempt to repair it myself?

I no longer can get a picture using my HDMI cable connected to my 1080P computer monitor. I was fooling around a few days ago with the system settings on the 360 and all of a sudden I lost my picture. Now when I turn the 360 on the first thing I get is a square pattern in the center of the screen...

So my friend convinced me to buy my second 360 because of the minor hardware enhancements when compared to my 2007 model and I have to admit that my gameplay experience is just unbearable with the amount of noise the spinning drive and fan produce. He has no problems as I can attest that his...