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[akmidknight]

Excellent! Just what i was looking to do. Nice work!

[cliffy88]

Where can I buy a sata male/female cord...the cord that actually goes inside of your box?

[gamer17]

this is probably a stupid question but what is the purpose of doing this. im starting to do research on the firmware mod because im going to try to do it my self but i dont get what this has to do with it. can someone please tell me what the point of doing this extention thing is.

                      thanks

[dizturbd]

Exactly what the topic says it does!  Basically, you are making it easier to access the SATA cable so you don't have to open your case everytime you wish to "Backup" your games.  Plus, it's a little bit longer cable so you don't have to place your 360 right by your PC.

[82ross]

QUOTE(cliffy88 @ May 23 2006, 12:28 AM)

Where can I buy a sata male/female cord...the cord that actually goes inside of your box?

I need to find one too. Cant find a bracket to disassemble in stock right now.

[vnwiseman]

Hey Theta, One quick question. How did you manage to get the wire through the back where the RJ-45 connection is at without breaking it? I can't seem to get it through the back.

[Iron Mike]

QUOTE(Theta @ May 18 2006, 06:28 AM)

Female to Male Extender, Right angle SATA cable...

Tight fit, NO drilling.

Works great!

Hope this gives you all more ideas!

Hey Theta,

how is that cable called ?

FEMALE to MALE extender AND/OR right angle SATA cable - or are those 2 different cables that i would need...

Tried to find it on the internet but all the pics are so small u can't really see what kind of cable u'll get so that's why i'm asking.....

[lucho]

Here is the one I bought from a local PC shop.

 http://www.cooldrive...rwpoandsac.html


He is my end result:



Use the existing short cable and unscrew this cable from the bracket.  Then I cut the part that holds the screws for the cable on the bracket off.  Makes a nice tight fight.  Any SATA extension cable will do the job.


If you are replacing the short sata cable, you need a SATA cable with the connector "UP" - Right Angled




There sold here:  http://www.cs-electr.../serial-ata.htm

I went with the single extension cable from the bracket.



Luis

[lucho]

Here is the down cable which is a standard cable.  Will not fit the xbox because of the metal shielding.  A straight cable does not fit either, cdr-om hits it.  

So just use an extension cable and the existing cable.  Works best.

Just wanted to share what I have found.

[Iron Mike]

[quote name='lucho' date='May 29 2006, 01:53 AM' post='3438583']
Here is the one I bought from a local PC shop.

 http://www.cooldrives.com/3brwpoandsac.html

Hey Luis,

so u took the cable out of that bracket and then used it in the 360 ?

I guess it is a female to male... other wise it wouldn't work.... (i guess) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

what about this one ?

http://www.cooldrives.com/pcisafepobr.html

Mike

[lucho]

Yes I took the cable out and used it on the DVD, the short one that is in the xbox is used to attach to the cable in the link. Sounds right, female to male.  Any extension cable is basically female, I think.

Luis

[82ross]

Just seen dabs has 2 new extensions:

2 Port
http://www.dabs.com/...&SearchMode=All

and

1 Port
http://www.dabs.com/...&SearchMode=All

Ive ordered one of each and as there isnt much info on the dabs site ill let you know if they are any good. The 2 port is cheaper than the 1 port atm so i dunno whats goin on

[geebee]

you cant use a 1 port...


here is the dabs 2 port:

[82ross]

Yeah the 1 port turned out to be e-sata, the two port works just fine. You could even cut it and make it smaller.

[Underoathx90]

haha right now i still need to connect my xbox 360 dvd drive to my pc to flash it so i am pretty sure i need this

Sata Cable

and what else do i need just to connect it