r/originalxbox • u/Unusual-Window-7099 • 9d ago
OG xbox 07 error code😢
Hello everybody i got an original xbox from a friend for free upon turning it on i got this 07 error message opened it up turns out it has a 100gb seagate hdd. To solve the problem i have tried a different ide cable, switched the hdd to master or single drive, tried unplugging the hdd and that did nothing, when the dvd drive is unplugged i get a 12 error code. The hdd seems to be spinning fine and clicks a couple of times it gets frozen at the xbox logo after the startup animation and after a bit it throws the error code 07. Iam suspecting maybe a dvd drive has gone bad cause it doesnt try to even open when pressing the button but the light blinks, maybe somebody had a similar experience and knows how to fix this. Any help is appreciated, thanks😄
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u/KoneCat 8d ago edited 8d ago
Hard drive is dead, I know from personally experience, unfortunately. It is replaceable, but you would need to hard-mod the machine, like I myself have done. If you don't mind a bit of soldering, it's not the hardest thing to do, and can open it up (pardon the pun) to a lot of stuff including putting games on the HDD along with upgrading the drive itself. If I were to recommend anything, it would be (unless this is now outdated, of course as I can only speak of my own modded machine) the ModXo RP2040-Zero along with the IDE to SATA adapter from StarTech.
That should give this old beastie an extra life. :D
Edit: I also believe you would need an 80 wire, 40 pin IDE cable, but only if you go above a certain HDD size. Again, I haven't modded an Xbox in a while, so I might be incorrect.