Retrieving key

**cgscott** · 13 November, 2009, 18:25

Just a dvd drive for the time being mate. There will be services close by to you that offer key extraction. Have a look about worth paying for as an xbox as dvd player is quite expensive.

What drive is it you think you've bricked?

**Bulld0g** · 13 November, 2009, 18:42

Hitachi 79 m8. It wont open or close. I put the cable in upside down for a sec.It went in too easy

. Nothing happened but the tray wont open so i assume it was that.

**cgscott** · 13 November, 2009, 18:43

The power cable?

You may have fried the board. Does it not show at all on your pc?

How are you powering the drive?

**Bulld0g** · 13 November, 2009, 18:50

Everything appears as normal on the tv. Can go through the menu etc but when i open tray it just says opening and nothing happens. when i press again it says closing If it was the mobo wouldn't it smoke or give a sign, a red light or something ? Everything is as it was except for the tray opening, or so it seems.

**cgscott** · 13 November, 2009, 19:00

It would somke but its not a lot. You would have to have the drive open at the time to see it.

You using the 360 to power i assume.

I would suggest hooking it up and see if you can detect the drive in JF. Then theres every chance you might get the key.

I have had hitachis in the past that wont open with xbox but the connectivity kit ejects them no problem.

**Bulld0g** · 13 November, 2009, 19:08

When i run JF, in the Hitachi tab on the left side, it detects the drive but on the right side it shows only the pc dvd drive in the dropdown box. When i click send mode b it seems to read the Hitachi drive giving some text at the bottom.
When i click refresh list it then says no Hitachi drive found.

EDIT: I'm using a pci sata card in my pc.

**Time2Play** · 13 November, 2009, 19:59

iff it detects good news mate your drives not bricked
it would just be a drive problem i have a drive that opens when it feels like so you can read the key so its not a expencive dvd player quiet yet best thing you can do is read up on it or send your drive to someone that can read keys mate

**Time2Play** · 13 November, 2009, 20:00

your pci card is most prob snot compattable mate buy a via card off ebay they only like ?5

**Bulld0g** · 13 November, 2009, 20:03

Thanks m8 been looking around for a solution and not having any luck just yet. I was hoping there was a way i could do it myself. I don't know anyone who could read it.

**Time2Play** · 13 November, 2009, 20:06

yea iff your drive was bricked when you connect drive back to the 360 it would come up with 1 red light

so we know it can't be bricked iff u need to open the drive and you can't through power take it apart from underneath the drive and there is a manual release arm

**Bulld0g** · 13 November, 2009, 20:07

Originally posted by Time2Play

your pci card is most prob snot compattable mate buy a via card off ebay they only like ?5

It is a sata 6421 card that i have m8

**Bulld0g** · 13 November, 2009, 20:08

Originally posted by Time2Play

yea iff your drive was bricked when you connect drive back to the 360 it would come up with 1 red light

so we know it can't be bricked iff u need to open the drive and you can't through power take it apart from underneath the drive and there is a manual release arm

Thanks again m8. Is there a tut to do this i'm a complete noob to the 360

**Time2Play** · 13 November, 2009, 20:10

1.3. VIA SATA Card (preferably VIA6421)
is the one i got mate and it works a treat flashed easy 30 xboxes with it

**Time2Play** · 13 November, 2009, 20:11

yea mate there a guide pm me your email address and ill email them to you

Retrieving key

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