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I passed by a few borders and they all had the old Xbox live kits for around $17 for 1 year. I know before people could use original xbox live kits for xbox360 live, but i'm not sure about it anymore. All I know is the live cards seem to have about a 2 year expiration date. Anyone know?

yes u can but u can't use xbox 360 live cards for putting on the original xbox

I think you can. My friend used a 3-month card (bought from TRU) that expired 2 years ago and it still worked perfectly. So you can try it, but I'm pretty sure it could work.

I heard somewhere that this will only work if you originally made your account on the old Xbox, or something like that.

Originally Posted by thrustbucket I heard somewhere that this will only work if you originally made your account on the old Xbox, or something like that.

Nope. I never had an Xbox, bought an Xbox 360, and used an old Xbox Live card for a year's service; it works just fine.

cool thanks, I think i'll go get it.

Wicked. I'll try my 2-month trial thing that expired two years ago. I wonder if it will add on to the end of my subscription or do something weird.

dammit, borders games arent ringing up at 75% off anymore, I shouldve asked earlier =/

Just throwing in my two cents...

I had an old 3-month card from an Xbox Live kit and it worked fine on the 360. Also, this account did not exist on an original Xbox.

After that work, I attempted to use one of the old 2-month trial codes (from Doom 3); but that didn't work.

So I'll be on the lookout for cheap Xbox Live kits now!

I have an old xbox live card would it work by just typing it in or do I need to call xbox live if I can use it or they get me a new code?

Originally Posted by FrankTheFrowner Just throwing in my two cents... I had an old 3-month card from an Xbox Live kit and it worked fine on the 360. Also, this account did not exist on an original Xbox. After that work, I attempted to use one of the old 2-month trial codes (from Doom 3); but that didn't work. So I'll be on the lookout for cheap Xbox Live kits now!

exact same situation for me. and ing same game i tried the trial code from (got it from CC $9).

creepy?

Originally Posted by ryosnk I have an old xbox live card would it work by just typing it in or do I need to call xbox live if I can use it or they get me a new code?

Just type in the code. Once entered it will recognize the code and add whichever amount of time the card is good for to your account. This is the reason I have 2 years of Xbox Live on my 360 because I found a couple of cheap 12-Month Original Xbox kits at Gamerush.

Yes it works and if you could get me one of them I would be forever grateful.

Originally Posted by cyrix` exact same situation for me. and ing same game i tried the trial code from (got it from CC $9). creepy?

THere is an easy answer. The trial code if entered into an xbox1 requires a credit card so that if you don't cancel before the 2 months were over they would automatically charge you. I read the fin e print on it.

Originally Posted by cyrix` exact same situation for me. and ing same game i tried the trial code from (got it from CC $9). creepy?

LOL. I guess everyone has a cheap copy of Doom 3 laying around.

Well I got a top spin with a two month trial and that didnt work also. Would it still work on the regular xbox?

I know this is a severe necropost, but does anybody know if the original Xbox live codes can still be used on the 360, or did they fix it? I had some left-over cards w/o expiration dates and my live account is still gold for about 9 months.

My friend called XBox support I believe a few months ago, had to haggle but they went through.

Just tried this with a 2 month trial code that expired in 2005, and they wouldn't allow it because of the expiration date. Sucks.

Whoa, old thread here.

Last year (maybe June) I got an original 12 month Xbox Live card to work. I don't recall the expiration date but it worked perfectly without having to call MS. I just redeemed it through the console.