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[stealthdf2]

the idea behind the penny or eraser trick are the same. applies more pressure to the chips so when it heats up they are moved back into a good connection with the board. sonmetimes when doing a repair u can actually push on certain part of the board and video will appear again(not rrod) and when u let go it disapears. i prefer eraser over penny cause they have some give to them and absorb heat

[iamwatt]

man
its up to you.
i hate doing those xclamp fix and stuff.
It just never seam to last very long.
yes
i know that sometime it will last for a while.

but in the end its up to you.

im just tight because this was actually the first 360 i modded and like an idiot i never saved the ofw. so now i can't even salvage the drive. i've never tried the xclamp fix but what the hey, nothing to lose now right. . . thanks!

[iamwatt]

I've fixed three of them with no video.Only one is not still working.Sounds like you have double checked all cables,etc.I used a heatgun on the gpu and just as stated did the x-clamp fix.Your not going to be out anything by trying.Just my opinion but before I sent it in I would just put that money toward a Jasper arcade model if you already have everything.

ight cool, you make a valid point on me not going to be out of anything if i try, cause i definitely checked again last night and all i get is audio, no video and i opened it up during the day and little did that do because theres really nothing to see. . . can't send it in because it's definitely out of warranty, so yeap a new one is the next step

[iamwatt]

the idea behind the penny or eraser trick are the same. applies more pressure to the chips so when it heats up they are moved back into a good connection with the board. sonmetimes when doing a repair u can actually push on certain part of the board and video will appear again(not rrod) and when u let go it disapears. i prefer eraser over penny cause they have some give to them and absorb heat

see, an explaination, that's whats up, makes sense now. ight, so im rock out with one of those options and see what happens, good looking out kid!

[stealthdf2]

man
its up to you.
i hate doing those xclamp fix and stuff.
It just never seam to last very long.
yes
i know that sometime it will last for a while.

but in the end its up to you.

im just tight because this was actually the first 360 i modded and like an idiot i never saved the ofw. so now i can't even salvage the drive. i've never tried the xclamp fix but what the hey, nothing to lose now right. . . thanks!

Am i wrong or cant a key be retreived from the CFW currently on the drive? OFW and CFW should have the same keys in them since we read the key from OFW to insert into CFW correct? but i guess if the drive is damaged and it cant be retrieved that is a different story, then youl would need the OFW file to have the key.

[iamwatt]

that makes sense but im not sure and if that is the case then i should be good money. . . can someone verify this. . .

[CoFree]

yes
the key should be in the "ofw" and the "cfw"
and it will be the same key.It has to be the same key for the console to play games.

[iamwatt]

yes
the key should be in the "ofw" and the "cfw"
and it will be the same key.It has to be the same key for the console to play games.

so this would come in handy in a case of spoofing this samsung drive into another console. i've seen you instruct other people to rename the cfw.bin to ofw.bin and proceed from there. . . that the case? and if so do i just do a dSam to get the cfw.bin which is what i would rename ofw.bin

[CoFree]

well im not sure what you are asking.
if you cant get that console working with video then the key dont matter.
the key is tied to the console.
if you cant get that console working just save the dvd drive ,but the key that was in that drive will no longer matter.

if you were going to use that drive in a working console then you would need the working console dvd drive key.

wow
i hope you were able to keep up with that
haha

[iamwatt]

hahaha yea i was able to keep up.

ight so basically, we know the video doesn't work, but the drive still works because i hear it load up games because the audio still plays. . . now with that being said i never backed up the firmware when i modded the drive. (dumb! i know) will that drive still be able to be used in another console?

so this would come in handy in a case of spoofing this samsung drive into another console. i've seen you instruct other people to rename the cfw.bin to ofw.bin and proceed from there. . . that the case? and if so do i just do a dSam to get the cfw.bin which is what i would rename ofw.bin

yes
the key should be in the "ofw" and the "cfw"
and it will be the same key.It has to be the same key for the console to play games.

[stealthdf2]

yes that drive will work in abother console and the current key in that drive will not matter. however you would need the key from the new working console that this drive would be going into, that key from the working console would need to be put into the drive in order for it to work.

Keys are in the consoles motherboard and the dvd drive. for the dvd drive to "talk" to the motherboard it has to have the same key as the motherboard, if it doesnt then u might get movies to play but no 360 games. the only way to get the key from the motherboard is with some type of chip which is not worth it if u ask me. so that is why we always get the key from the dvd drive cause it is easier access, this means if the drive is damaged and key cannot be retrieved u are usually screwed. so when u get a working console that needs a new drive you will need the key from the old drive in order for the new drive to work.

[iamwatt]

ight, i get it

[iamwatt]

. . . look into penny trick on youtube. . .

definitely tried this and it definitely worked! good looking out kid, greatly appreciated, the suggestion that is. . .

who comes up with this stuff? lol!