What to do with an old style Xbox 360?

bikertomm · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Jul 2010 Karma :

Just clearing my room out and found my old 360 (white - 60gb)

Fired the beast up and was reminded why it was under a wardrobe in a plastic bag.

The disc tray plays up - sometimes it opens, other times it doesn't.

It doesn't read discs 90% of the time. (Laser gone?)

I have 2 big black power boxes and a controller.

Are these even worth anything anymore / do people still fix them?

May throw on ebay with no reserve?

Cheers lads. Thumbs Up

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Benson_JV · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 May 2010 Karma :

I shall offer one (1) tin of beer and one half a chocolate bar.
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bikertomm · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Jul 2010 Karma :

Well.. don't all jump at once! Are they really worth that much? Wink

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DrSnoosnoo · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2012 Karma :

It's old tech that sounds like it needs fixing. I'd try fixing myself. Just for the project. you can get a working xbox 360 for less than £100 these days...

Get your screwdrivers out and have a bash Razz

Buy an old red ring of deathed one if they're still around for 10p and make one out of two.
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Nexus Icon · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Karma :

My old 360 is hooked up to a tv just to run the apps like SkyGo, so there is a life after disc-drawer death for one out there.
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Benson_JV · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 May 2010 Karma :

In seriousness, speak to GhostRider on here and he can sort you out for some beer tokens.
Turn it into an old game console emulator? That's what I'm doing.
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wodge · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 11 May 2013 Karma :

you can change the laser in an xbox 360 dvd drive. Find out which dvd drive it is, order new laser from fleabay or Amazon and Fit. Its a bit fiddly prising off the xbox covers and extracting the laser but not difficult for a man with a Jewelers screwdriver kit..

https://www.xboxrepairservice.com/gameloadingproblems.html

explains it all.
Replacement lasers are about 5-10 squids..
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Tungtvann · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Karma :

Smash it up.

Fidge · Banned Joined: 04 Oct 2014 Karma :

Take it to a charity shop, you can buy them working for 30 pounds posted or less collected. The time it takes to fix it isn't really worth what you'd get for it selling it. IMO

gl hf

dydey90 · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Karma :

Ebay a new drive?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=xbox+360+dvd+drive&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1

Also, if you crack open the HDD, it's just a bog standard SATA connection with a fancy adapter, so that can be upgraded if necessary.
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