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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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Ebay Buy with Wrong DVD drive

I recently bought an xbox 360 on ebay (the MW3 special edition, specifically). Any attempt I make to play a video game it shows up as a DVD instead. I'm assuming whoever had this xbox before me replaced the DVD drive and now the DVD drive and cpu in the xbox are unpaired. I was wondering if there was any way I could pair the DVD drive and cpu myself?

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Based on the comment @toreskey, it may be better to just sell the xbox as "parts and repair", and buy another one for the cost of the repair. Alternatively, this is a legitimate "broken beyond repair" return or "not as described" sale, and you will almost guaranteed get your money back.

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There are a few things here that could be possible. Bad laser or DVD key mismatch in the keyvault embedded in the NAND. If it is a laser issue, just replace the laser. If it is a dvd key issue, you will need to RGH the Xbox to grab the CPU key and extract NAND info. Within that NAND info, there will be a DVD key. You take that DVD key and flash it to the drive motherboard using Jungleflasher and a flashing device. I personally use the CR4 XL for RGH, NAND-X to dump the NAND, and X360 USB Pro V2 to flash drive firmware files/replace keys etc. If it is not a laser issue, the only way to grab that key is through the RGH process.

Roughly the cost of grabbing tools like these will be around $100-$120. Modchip Central has a lot of these tools.

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