Gaming Fix a 360

[hundshamer]

I just got a 360 from a friend who swapped the disc drives without doing anything to the firmware. As it stands it will play DVDs but not games. Is there anyway to fix this?

 

[Bloodgod]

ROFL. if he still has the original drive. Extract the Key and flash it on to the new drive. Other than that I doubt their is another way

 

[FAST6191]

In the unlikely event your friend has not done the August 11th 2009 update or any subsequent ones you have the option of homebrew that can then extract the key.
More:
http://www.free60.org/JTAG_Hack

 

[hundshamer]

He has updated. I'm not sure, but I thought if he really swapped the drives without the firmware that the drive wouldn't work at all. Am I wishfully thinking because it reads movies? Or would it only effect games? If it wouldn't work altogether then he might have been thinking of a differnt 360.

 

[FAST6191]

Swapping drives without fiddling with the firmware is the same as losing the key (except if you have the original drive you have a chance of getting it back). The drive will work for DVDs and you can use the downloadable 360 games but no chance of actual 360 games copied or otherwise.