So, firstly, I forgot to include images of the damage.
The rust is why the console appears so dark on the outside. This one has been through hell and back, looks like. This is also after I removed most of the dust on the inside.
What could be in the box?!
Replacement Xbox arrived today, and here's a comparison of the boxes and the controllers for each (new Xbox stuff is on the left);
Also got these:
I wish a I had taken a photo of the internals for this box, but I discovered something interesting.
This new Xbox is modded.
DuoX2 GS. Neither the seller nor I knew that; I was removing the clock cap and was wondering why all the screws had already been undone. As far as I know, the original owner flashed this unit back to the stock OS before he sold it on to the guy who would eventually sell this unit to me. That's a pretty bloody good surprised. I'm going to try and run the Slayer 3.37 recovery disc when I get back home and make sure the chip works fine, then I might install Linux or XBMC. Thinking I might need to get a bigger HDD as well, now that I can unlock it.
Played some Halo 2 and TimeSplitters 2 with my sister last night, and tried Morrowind this morning. Working perfectly, and the internals are clean as forget.
