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Really Confused .. Please Help

Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:58 pm
by MrBj
Hello everyone,

I must have spent around 3 days trying to figure this out. Only way to check I found is by looking through the small hole and if Yellow = lite on if White=Benq.

I recently purchase my box and it has white wires, other details of my box

Manufacture Date= 2008-06-11
Lot Number = 0823


Just want to make sure before I could open the box!

thanks

Re: Really Confused .. Please Help

Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:32 pm
by gerryb10
This is probably a lite-on but just to be sure what model is it?

Re: Really Confused .. Please Help

Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:09 pm
by CoFree
well
the only 100% way to know what you have is to open it up.

Re: Really Confused .. Please Help

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:32 am
by Digital Menace
i would be VERY suprised to see a benq in a brand new june made 360.

i think the latest lot they've been seen in was 820 which was middle may if even that.

but i suppose it's possible, if you see white wires then it's a benq.

but yeah also just open it up to make sure.

Re: Really Confused .. Please Help

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:16 am
by MrBj
Ok, I think I have to open the box to find out. I've successfully removed the warranty sticker and the outer box. Now just neet to get Torx 10 to open the metal cover.

Lite-on with white wires will be a wierd situation though. I will keep you guys posted.

Thanks for the responses!

Re: Really Confused .. Please Help

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:49 am
by gerryb10
you can usually find torx 10 in a screwdriver set that you might have a lying around the house.

Re: Really Confused .. Please Help

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:03 pm
by MrBj
Guys, :P

Finally I have opened my xbox. I wanted to open it over the weekend, but I couldn't control myself till the weekend. I cracked it opened just five minutes ago.

Lo and behold.... it's Benq drive, proving that yellow-white theory right. I gotta be few lucky ones who got that box. :mrgreen:

So that proves the Yellow-White theory is right and there is no truth about the Manufacture-date or Lot number theories.

I'm waiting for my Sata card to come..

My Box manufacture date : 2008-06-11
Lot Number: 0823

Drive manufacture date: May, 2008

Thanks everybody for help.

P.S. thanks for the tip garry... I found whole Torx series sitting in my garage. :o

Re: Really Confused .. Please Help

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:35 pm
by gerryb10
no probs mrBj its very straight forward to flash a benq. I just thought it was liteon because the lot number and the mfr date, the chances of it being a benq were slim to none I thought but your lucky its benq. Good luck

Re: Really Confused .. Please Help

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:40 pm
by Digital Menace
yup the last benqs were made in may.

i knew i was right about that much. lol.

congrats on the benq man.

8-)