Thank for the info.but i have a dumb question for u.will that let him get back on his x-box live acct.thats what he is worryed about or dose he just have to re set his acct up for the new drive. Chuck Staples Staples T.V. Phippsburg Maine 04562 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Service Technician" <technician@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: X-Box Hard Drives > The hard drive and motherboard are coded as a set motherboard knowing the > password to access the HDD. I have tried to do what you are attempting > several times without replacing either both as a pair or installing a mod > chip with another larger HDD. Some have had success with soft-mods, but > in > my opinion your better off to chip it and fix it. Although llama.com has > the motherboard and hard drive as a combo for $89.00 if you want original > config. > > -----Original Message----- > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of hivolts > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:38 PM > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] X-Box Hard Drives > > Hi all > This x-box has a bad hard drive keeps coming up with error code 7.my > question is can I just replace the hard drive with out the modchip or is > there away to fool the mother board into thinking the replacement drive is > the old one. > T.I.A > Chuck Staples > Staples T.V. > Phippsburg Maine 04562 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/