Wow that sucks. **** I should get a mod chip, their like 15 bucks. Only reason I ask is I have a 500gb hd laying around from my dads computer that said was no good but a clean wipe and it worked. The xbox I got for free mint except when my friend bought it had a defective cd reader and didnt send it in. The cd reader works 70% of the time or games lag/glitch for a couple seconds. I figure upload games to hd and play from their. Idk, this seems like it could get too complicated.