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i know this is a sketchy topic and its for 360 instead of original. my friend gave me his old 360 that had RROD. i fixed the RROD but while i was at it i also read the DVD firmware and grabbed the drive key as a preventive measure (lost previous 360 due to dvd drive frying with no way to retrieve key). so now i got it done and woulda ya know it, the drive has reading issues. i don't have any 360 games yet but it cant even read original xbox games like halo 2 and stuff. my friend forgot to mention that about it and when i asked he remembered it having problems.

to the point however. luckily for me i already have the drive key and i have a spare Benq drive i was going to try to use for my old 360 but never did because how complicated it is. but the current drive is a Lite-on. do i have to use a new Lite-on drive or can i use my Benq drive and flash the key and still be good with LIVE? i want to be able to play LIVE legally, i already ordered all new controllers, wireless adapter, and harddrive. i don't want this 360 to get banned

well did it anyways. don't know if it will play 360 games but don't see why not. I can play original xbox games and was able to sign in to my old LIVE account. the account is just a free one tho so when I put a 2 month on, idk if it will say anything then or not

best idea is to buy a laser and leave it as is.

you will get banned cross flashing the firmware. or end up with a brick if you apply an update that patches the drive firmware.

ive been playing a few of my friends older games he doesn't play (Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 atm). I haven't gotten Xbox Live GOLD yet. im waiting to see if I get banned or not with my free account first. I figure that if my 360 flags its wrong brand drive like I know it does when you don't have a drive, theres no point in switching it back now. all I can do is wait and see. from what I found on google, you can use a different drive but you cant spool it (make it act like the original drive) because that's easily detected. its better just to use original firmware but change the key

Did you reball or reflow your Xbox?