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New Xbox360, re-use old HD?

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JeffNY35

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So, I as many other lucky individuals have yet another RROD'ed xbox and its past warranty.

Couple questions

1. If I buy a new xbox 360 Arcade, can I simply slap in my old HD and be up and running just as I was? Or do you need to reset anything like Dashboard settings / network settings etc? ( not that it is a huge deal ).

2. Is there anyway I can be sure I am getting the "newer" chipset model that is not as prone to the RROD failure? My only thought is to look at the manufacturing date and try to get new as possible.

Thanks for any answers in advance!
 
1) Yes. You can just slap an old HD on to the new 360 and it will work like just fine. You'll have to be logged in to the Xbox Live account that purchased any content however unless you do the license transfer.

2) All 360 Arcades are the latest chipset right now. But if you want to be sure, if the 360 Arcade has a built-in memory for storage then you for sure have the latest and greatest.
 
I (like many others) have had an Xbox 360 die, so I should be able to answer your questions.

1. Slap the HD in and you're good to go. You shouldn't have to do too much to the system itself, if you have to do anything. I don't recall having to do anything to my Xbox once I threw the hard drive on.

2. Nearly all the Arcade 360s now are the newer, less failure-prone systems. I'm not sure if you can actually find the older models at stores. You'll know once you buy it and turn it on. The newer models have 512MB of storage built on to the motherboard.
 
I did exactly what you're talking about (although I still sent my Elite off for repair and shelled the $99 for it; it came back and seems to be working fine). You just snap the HD on to the new Arcade and other than configuring the start-up options you're good to go.

Before you buy the console, pick it up and look in the back of the box at the serial numbers on the console itself. If you see a "12.1A" instead of 14+, then you know for a fact that it is a Jasper chipset.
 
OptimumSlinky said:
I did exactly what you're talking about (although I still sent my Elite off for repair and shelled the $99 for it; it came back and seems to be working fine). You just snap the HD on to the new Arcade and other than configuring the start-up options you're good to go.

Before you buy the console, pick it up and look in the back of the box at the serial numbers on the console itself. If you see a "12.1A" instead of 14+, then you know for a fact that it is a Jasper chipset.
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awesome! Thanks everyone!

Well not awesome that I have to buy a new one. I would not buy one out of spite except I just invested in Rock Band ....
 
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