

The Xbox 360 has whats called a "DVD key" paired to each motherboard and DVD drive combo. Is there any way to fix this freakin' Xbox!? There must be a way to replace a broken DVD-drive, right (how do the XBox repair shops do it)? I don't want to pirate games, I just want to have a working DVD-drive. I suspect the drive it came with is not the original, or the original key was previously overwritten during a botching attempt to hack the drive. I followed all the steps, got the key, uploaded it to the new drive, but it still doesn't work.
#XBOX 360 MOTHERBOARD REVISIONS SOFTWARE#
They say there is no way to get the key from the motherboard (without ridiculous hardware hacks), but you can get it from the original DVD-drive, by hooking it up to a computer and using software which is also used by pirates.

Some places say you can just take any old drive from another XBox 360, but that didn't work - I still get the same error.Information on the 'net about replacing the DVD-drive is confusing and conflicting: The Internet tells me this could happen if the DVD-drive motor is dying, but also if the DVD-drive firmware was previously hacked incorrectly. When I hit A, it gives me a white error screen (pics to come). When I try to play any game, it says "Play DVD" on the launchboard. I bought a used XBox 360 drive with a broken DVD-drive.
