O woe me! I broke my Xbox 360. What do?

[Blackhand]

If your warranty is void, just replace the DVD drive yourself. R300, 5 mins of screwdriver work and flash it with the appropriate firmware.

[HoboMincer]

If your warranty is void, just replace the DVD drive yourself. R300, 5 mins of screwdriver work and flash it with the appropriate firmware.

Where on earth did you get a new XBox 360 Drive for R300?

I got my laser replaced and 2 months later it started giving the same error. Luckily :P lightning struck and broke my xbox's network card (along with frying everything else on the network) so i sent in my xbox with everything else that got struck and I got a new xbox (and a new everything else)

If you can't afford a new one, stormy season is coming up. If you are insured, leave it plugged in, 24/7

[Blackhand]

Where on earth did you get a new XBox 360 Drive for R300?

It would just be a compatible DVD drive (http://www.360drives.com/howto , http://www.topmicrousa.com/newxb360todv.html), you can buy these locally for peanuts. Obviously it wouldn't have the fancy front cover, which is what you pay for with the original, but functionally identical.

[HoboMincer]

It would just be a compatible DVD drive (http://www.360drives.com/howto , http://www.topmicrousa.com/newxb360todv.html), you can buy these locally for peanuts. Obviously it wouldn't have the fancy front cover, which is what you pay for with the original, but functionally identical.

Hm... interesting. I blew R600 bucks on my xbox repair :/