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The Xbox 360 is the second game console made by Microsoft, and was released November 22, 2005.

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Repair or swap guts

I have the original Xbox 360, and for the past couple of years I've had an issue, especially when it starts getting warm outside, where it won't recognize games or will constantly freeze during game play. Since these issues only happen during warm/hot weather I figured it was a weird overheating issue, but Microsoft thinks it's the optical drive. I have not had the Red Ring of Death on this Xbox.

I have a second Xbox 360 that does have the RRoD, but it's the same generation as mine so the guts are swappable.

My question is: would it be better to use the RRoD kit on my original Xbox 360 and hope that cures it, or use it on the parts unit and hope that fixes the RRoD and that it has a functional optical drive?

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Yes it's an overheating issue, it's the drive that is overheating.

The drives are not swappable unless their model numbers are exactly identical. Otherwise some serious hacking might be involved.

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Hi Tom,

Thanks for the quick reply. The two Xbox 360's are the same model, just different generations. Ones black, the other is white, so I know the guts can be swapped. I'm just not sure which one it's going to be more beneficial to use the RRoD kit on, especially since I don't know anything about the white unit other than its red ringed.

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Actually they can be different because Microsoft sourced different part vendors. Open up the DVD trays, if they looked different, they can't be swapped.

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