360 HDD upgrade

[danroyle]

Just got off the phone to Microsoft and theyare sending a new cable and dvd to me within 10 working days.

The codes on my items are:

CD: X13-59869-01
Cable: X812003-001
HDD: X812893-002

Looks like I got some very early gear from when these drives were released if these numbers are anything to go by.

do you have the number to phone is it a specific department. or just this number 0800 587 1102

[Grey M@a]

do you have the number to phone is it a specific department. or just this number 0800 587 1102

Yeah generic number go through all the guff with the voice activated system, go to accessories and then support, keep saying next till it gets to step 2 and then say agent and hold the line. I got through to an agent in 5 minutes then he went to speak to a supervisor for nearly 35 minutes I was on hold then he came back and said he would send a new cable and dvd out xD

Finlay, would you be able to bring up your cable and dvd with you this weekend so I could give it a shot, if that doesn't work then I will have to wait for the new ones to arrive from MS.

[danroyle]

Yeah generic number go through all the guff with the voice activated system, go to accessories and then support, keep saying next till it gets to step 2 and then say agent and hold the line. I got through to an agent in 5 minutes then he went to speak to a supervisor for nearly 35 minutes I was on hold then he came back and said he would send a new cable and dvd out xD

Finlay, would you be able to bring up your cable and dvd with you this weekend so I could give it a shot, if that doesn't work then I will have to wait for the new ones to arrive from MS.

am gonna give em a phone tonight after work and see if i can get one for when i get my elite

[digit]

There are two versions of the cable:

V1 only allows transfers from 20GB --> 120GB
V2 allows transfer from 20GB --> 60GB or 120GB

Quite why this is the case I don't know, but certainly if you were to buy a 60GB Xbox 360 Pro you'd get the v2 cable. Intially elites shipped with the V1 cable. I guess 'old' ones may still be floating around.

[Grey M@a]

There are two versions of the cable:

V1 only allows transfers from 20GB --> 120GB
V2 allows transfer from 20GB --> 60GB or 120GB

Quite why this is the case I don't know, but certainly if you were to buy a 60GB Xbox 360 Pro you'd get the v2 cable. Intially elites shipped with the V1 cable. I guess 'old' ones may still be floating around.

Cheers for that reply Fingers crossed MS send out a newer cable to allow me to copy from my 60gb to the new 120gb Just waiting on the cable from MS and fingers crossed it works.

[finlay666]

Finlay, would you be able to bring up your cable and dvd with you this weekend so I could give it a shot, if that doesn't work then I will have to wait for the new ones to arrive from MS.

Sorry I missed it as I was busy at work all day, did bring it up with me though

I'm off to see Russell Howard at City hall tonight if you want to pick it up, I'll be in town/Metro tomorrow also so could get it back, drop me a pm/add me on messenger

[Grey M@a]

Just added you to MSN so if you get a request it's from me

[danroyle]

ordered my elite from amazon yesterday £263 next day delivered with 4 games and an extra controller. Burnout trivial pursuit fifa 09 and dead space + connect 4 already got burnout so will sell that with my old console.

Tried to phone microsoft last night and my phone line has developed a fault Bt say it will be fixed on monday (didnt wanna be stuck on hold for half hour on my mobile) so had to fill out the form and post that instead.

[Grey M@a]

Still waiting on the cables from MS atm, hopefully this week they should arrive (fingers crossed these work) Thanks again to Finlay for lending me his cable and dvd, shame this one didn't work with the 60gb drive, I will post it back to you when I get your address

[Grey M@a]

Just got home to find the new cable and dvd here, cable is a 002 part and the dvd is a 003/004 part no and it seems to be working now So looks like the newer 60gb and 120gb HD's need dvd 003 onwards.

[danroyle]

i got an email from microsoft today saying mine is now in the post so hopefully it will turn up soon as am currently using my 20gb hdd on my elite with the 120 in the drawer.

the woman on the phone was very funny she told me "the cable has 100% success rate however sometimes it doesn't transfer your license over to the new drive and stuffs it up"

something about that statement had me laughing alot

[Grey M@a]

100% eh lol 3 cables and 3 dvd's later it took me

However, I think the licences only come into play when you move your files to a HD that's used in a different console. I did mine last night and it never asked about the licences to be swapped and all the xbla games worked as normal.

[danroyle]

got my cable earlier today part number ends 02 and the cd ends 04.

mine went ok except when it finished it came up that some files were corrupt and were unable to be copied, Haven't found what it was yet though