wasnt fully sure about your post, so thought i would ask. Does the system boot into an error screen, or were you displaying the error pics to show that the console hasnt been banned by xbox live? just as a side note in case you end up not selling, or for anyone who buys. A few years back a few of my team members and myself tried a long shot idea my 12 year old son came up with. he says "dad, wouldnt it be cool if you made a case mod that would house the original drive and firmware shipped with the system and you could toggle a switch back and forth to use either the modded or official drive?" It sounded like a challenge. it took a great deal of trial and error but we did get it to work with a throw switch... also had Red and green leds in the faceplate to warn when it was safe to go online. I will did it out and post the pics. sorry for hogging your post.