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SUCCESS!!! Two months later by the date. So after a lot of tinkering and a few dollars spent I have a working drive so now my plan is to mod these xbox consoles. I won't bore anyone with videos this time but I'd like to know what are the fancy new mod chips the hip kids are talking about these days? the both are early model xboxs.

Thanks for the information and advice. I'll get to looking around for a good drive and go from there. If this situation improves I'll be toasting to you guys in the future.

Yeah that drive sounds like it's gonna take flight. I knew it couldn't be in working order. Putting the error 7 DVD drive into the system with the working HD drive is what produces error 12. I'm not going to completely give up though I'm just gonna look into other options.

No good, swapping the recognized drive into the error 7 system still produces error 7. https://1drv.ms/v/s!Auteda-0wsUmgiNPajmxuAEAPOCh?e=4uiHIP I even got proactive and tried swapping the lenses from the non recognized to the recognized one but it still didn't read the disc. If anything it took a bit longer to boot to the dashboard. A bit of a hail Mary really but hey, It's not gonna work any less than it already does.

Sorry for the long wait. I wasn't particularly in the mood to do a two system tear down on a Friday afternoon right after work, weekend warrior stuff. So I've got more Information. First Xbox- This unit is the one that shows the error 7 message here is video of the bootup ans some photos of the insides https://1drv.ms/u/s!Auteda-0wsUmghc42V2FB0t--jDP?e=qUcUAY Second Xbox - This is the unit that boots fine into the dashboard but wont read disc, vid and photos. I also tried swapping the drive from the unit that wont go to the dashboard again and got an error 12. https://1drv.ms/u/s!Auteda-0wsUmgh3v0oqboLYkwHmN?e=0GuV6i These links are to my Microsoft One Drive Hopefully this can be more helpful than what I first posted.

Thanks for the info. I tried switching the dvd drives around once but got other errors so I'll have to try again to get the specific codes. I'll also post some picks of the guts to help clarify model but they are both stock units. Before I post the pic the clock batteries are still in both but I know they've gotta go.

I have two OG XBOX consoles and I'd like to get them up and running again if possible. One unit powers on but shows an error 7 and the other powers on and reaches the dashboard but will not read any disc I put into the drive(There is also no message about not being able to read the disc either). What steps should I take to get started with a repair? Is either unit a lost cause? I know I'm probably leaving out important info but hopefully this can get me going.