hello i have a phat xbox the drive is lite0n it has been flashed but my computer got wiped and i have lost the files from the flash for it and i need to get a new drive as it broke today and i don't have the sticker that tells you the FWver/HWver and model number this is what i meen i dont has this i lost it is there any other way to find all this out
All Phat LiteOn drives are the same, they all use the same firmware too. You'll need to buy a new LiteOn drive and then spoof it with your broken drives keys. You should be able to obtain the keys from the drive, assuming you've not fried it.
can i not just take the drive motherbord off my old one and put it on the new one ? and thank you for the quick reply
Yes you can, but there's 6 wires I believe that'll need to be de-soldered from your current board and then soldered onto the new board.
as long as the drives still intact and the board still works u will able to retrieve your key no problem
ebay or amazon or even buy another faulty 360 with the same drive and no drives cannot be spoofed anymore,
Are you sure? I thought you couldn't spoof a Hitachi as LiteOn etc. but you could still spoof a LiteOn as a different LiteOn?
its been awhile but drives should never be spoofed if connecting to live. have to tried connecting the drive to your PC with jungle-flasher? that will give you all the drive info and DVD key, it should work if you haven't fried your pcb. also it might just be your laser
i use a benq as my drive was a liteon i didn't do the spoof just used the key and my dash updates work fine.
If your drive is fried and the key is un-retrievable you could still get it from the Xbox 360 by installing a coolrunner and getting it from Xell.
drives cannot be spoofed anymore if so you will get an error as in E66 etc etc , and there is no need to even attempt to spoof liteon to a liteon just retrive the key and flash over to a new drive or even as already suggested unsolder old pcb if stiil all ok and resolder into the replacement drive .
thank you all for the help i just need to find the right drive on ebay would it be this drive for a phat xbox http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xbox-360-Fat-DVD-Rom-Drive-Replacement-Philips-Liteon-DG-16D2S-FW-74850C-/251316202667
Yep that should do, that's on an older FW from before one of the dash updates. If you're flashing the drive with then you should probably use the 02510C firmware.