Can the WD2500BEVS be used as an Xbox 360 HDD replacement?

[palindrome]

I was parting out a laptop yesterday and came across a sought after BEVS series WD 2.5" HDD. I know you can do the replacement with a WD1200BEVS, but I was wondering if anyone could confirm that the 250GB version would work. We also know that there is a 250GB Super Elite version coming out soon. Thoughts?

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

im pretty sure the highest you can go with 360 hard drives is 120, the xbox wont recongnice anything above that because MS didnt come out with one that big yet. I suppose once they start selling 250 GB hard drives for the 360 you can use a 250GB WD drive.

 

[erwos]

Are the on-device keys dependent on the size of the hard drive? If so, it will NEVER work until someone buys an official one and puts the keys on the Internet.

Note that this will also make you a prime ban target.

 

[RaiderJ]

From what I remember, a 250GB will work just fine, but will only show 120GB. Could be a neat option to then switch it to a 250GB drive later, assuming MS releases one.

 

[palindrome]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ
From what I remember, a 250GB will work just fine, but will only show 120GB. Could be a neat option to then switch it to a 250GB drive later, assuming MS releases one.

I read some places that what you say is correct. So, from what I've gathered, as long as it is a BEVS Western Digital hard drive, I should be fine and it will only recognize 120gb. I assume I just need to follow the normal procedures for the 120GB replacement?

 

[bdubyah]

Yeah, that should work fine. I used a 120gb and have had no problems other than my Forza 2 save not letting me move it back to my new HDD. So it stays on my memory card now. Not a big deal, though.

 

[palindrome]

Is this the easiest way to do the upgrade? Or is there an easier guide?

 

[viivo]

Are there any other model hard drives that work?

 

[bdubyah]

This is what I used: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=668416

Viivo, there may be a list somewhere. Try googling Hddhackr and you should be able to find a list.

 

[palindrome]

Originally posted by: bdubyah
This is what I used: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=668416

Viivo, there may be a list somewhere. Try googling Hddhackr and you should be able to find a list.

Thanks man, I was planning on doing this upgrade for my wife's 16 year old brother for his birthday. Hope it works!

 

[Muadib]

Here's the guide I used. I liked it because it has pics!

 

[palindrome]

Oooooo pics

 

[RaiderJ]

Make sure to use the latest version of HDDHACKR, 0.92? I forget exactly. One tip, disconnect ALL drives except the Xbox drive, I accidentally formatted my OS drive. Did an "undo" and fixed it, but that was still a pain.

 

[A5]

Originally posted by: erwos
Are the on-device keys dependent on the size of the hard drive? If so, it will NEVER work until someone buys an official one and puts the keys on the Internet.

Note that this will also make you a prime ban target.

They've never banned anyone for modding the HD. I've been running mine since before the NXE last year and never had a problem.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: A5

Originally posted by: erwos
Are the on-device keys dependent on the size of the hard drive? If so, it will NEVER work until someone buys an official one and puts the keys on the Internet.

Note that this will also make you a prime ban target.

They've never banned anyone for modding the HD. I've been running mine since before the NXE last year and never had a problem.

Could they, even if they wanted to? Me thinks not!

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: A5

Originally posted by: erwos
Are the on-device keys dependent on the size of the hard drive? If so, it will NEVER work until someone buys an official one and puts the keys on the Internet.

Note that this will also make you a prime ban target.

They've never banned anyone for modding the HD. I've been running mine since before the NXE last year and never had a problem.

Could they, even if they wanted to? Me thinks not!

If there is software that checks the file you need to have for the drive to work, then that software could pass the contents of that file along to Xbox Live. I'm not sure that they would ban people from Xbox Live though... that might create a controversy like when Amazon disabled the illegitimate George Orwell books on people's Kindles. They could probably block the hard drives from working on the system, but then unethical people would probably just buy and return a drive to get a key that hasn't been used on thousands of other systems. And there would probably still be some controversy because people would lose their game saves, etc.

I think the best course of action would be for Microsoft to stop being dicks and let people use whatever hard drive they want. Sell the caddy for $30-50, they'd probably make more that way than they do by selling a small quantity of $20 hard drives for $100.