Drive Cables

Hard Drive

Hard Drive cables are only used on the Xbox 360 S and Xbox 360 E. On the Original Xbox 360, the HDD connects directly to a motherboard connector.

Type 1

Used on consoles with Trinity motherboards, and is a combination of a red SATA cable and yellow HDD power cable. The HDD power cable is connected to the motherboard under the HDDM.

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Type 2

Used on consoles with Corona, Waitsburg, Stingray, and Winchester motherboards. While being two separate cables, it has a piece of heat shrink connecting them together.

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Prototypes

This cable snapped into the HDDM caddy instead of screwing into it like final consoles. This featured a red SATA cable and a yellow power cable.

DVD Drive SATA

Original Xbox 360

Black cable which is used in all Original Xbox 360 consoles. Earlier versions had a small yellow dot on the side that connects to the motherboard, while later versions had a piece of yellow tape on this side.

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Xbox 360 S and E

Red Cable

Used in Xbox 360 S and Xbox 360 E consoles. The 90 degree side connected to the motherboard while the 135 degree side plugged into the DVD drive.

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Dark Blue Cable

Infrequently used in certain Xbox 360 S and Xbox 360 E consoles instead of the red version.

Prototypes

Xbox 360 S Light Blue Cable

Used on early Trinity Xbox 360 S prototypes. The straight-through side plugged into the motherboard and the 90-degree inverted side plugged into the DVD drive.

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DVD Drive Power

Pins 1 and 2 are missing on all variations of this cable.

Black ODD Power Cable

This power cable was used on all Original Xbox 360 consoles and certain prototype Trinity Xbox 360 S consoles.

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Yellow ODD Power Cable

This power cable was used on Xbox 360 S consoles with Trinity motherboards.

Blue/Pink ODD Power Cable

This power cable was used on Xbox 360 S and Xbox 360 E consoles with Corona, Waitsburg, Stingray, and Winchester motherboards.

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