Drive Cables

SATA

Xbox 360 S Red ODD Cable

Commonly used in consoles withtrinity motherboards, this is this connected the DVD drive to the motherboard.

Xbox 360 S Dark Blue ODD Cable

Commonly used in consoles withcorona and newer S and E systems, this is this connected the DVD drive to the motherboard.

Prototypes

The following SATA cables were used on different Xbox 360 console variations.

Xbox 360 S Light Blue ODD Cable

Used on early Trinity prototypes, this SATA cable differed in in terms of the color and in the cable ends. The straight-through side plugged into the motherboard and the 90 degree inverted side plugged into the DVD drive. Interestingly enough, the port on final trinity motherboards is referred to as "ODD_Blue" even though the final cable is red.

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