Liam Ashcroft Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 I have recently acquired an original xbox and to start off with it seemed fine, a short while later the game I was playing crashed and it showed an error screen. Now when I try to start it up, before it gets to the home screen the xbox starts making a funny noise and the green light starts flashing red. The error screen now appears with error code 7. I discovered from watching YouTube videos that means there is a problem with the harddrive. Taking the console apart and turning it on confirms the noise is coming from the harddrive. I understand that you can not swap the harddrive in the original xbox without modding it. I can not find any information on what to do next to get it working. Is it fixable? Please help. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Ashcroft Posted January 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 I forgot to add that the xbox I have is a version 1.2 or 1.3. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 The easy way is fit a modchip then you can replace the HDD and use a install disk to set up the new drive. The other way is to make a eeprom reader to get the hard dive key then to can use PC based program to make a new had drive. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Ashcroft Posted January 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Ok, brilliant thankyou. Can you recommend where is best to purchase a modchip from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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