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[moebeman]

can i  use this to extend the cable that is currently on the xbox drive (the black one) and hook up a normal female to female sata on the drive and connect it to the extend cable i just set up (to play)
and when i want to flash, get SS and backup..i just conenct the cable(the red one currently conencted to the rive if i use this mod) to my pci via6421L will it work ?

http://www.acsoutlet.com/SATAPLATE1-Standard.aspx

[moebeman]

anyone plz confirm?

[Spidey29]

Not to bump, but I was going to do this mod but NewEgg is out and Fry's doesn't carry the bracket. I did find another store though. Just incase anyone else needs this.

http://cooldrives.st.../usbfircab.html

SATA Internal to External Bracket: $5.89
SATA Internal to External Bracket - 2 port: $12.98 (This would be good, because you strip one and keep one mounted to the bracket for the PC. Clean setup that way).
SATA 8'' Right Angle: $1.99

[KUNFUCHOPSTICKS]

QUOTE(Theta @ May 18 2006, 01:28 AM)

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

Tight fit, NO drilling.

Works great!

Hope this gives you all more ideas!

The PIC link doesnt work anymore man!

[Troy_McClure]

Yes yes... pics no longer are working... if someone has these and could repost (preferably something more stable such as photobucket) that would be awesome... looking at doing this but not exactly sure how

[Sahfire]

Hello, I have a video how to flash the drive without opening the case on my way...

http://video.google....2...53928&hl=en

[Deeez]

QUOTE(Sahfire @ Aug 10 2006, 02:10 PM)

Hello, I have a video how to flash the drive without opening the case on my way...

http://video.google....2...53928&hl=en

UM, WTF?

[Sahfire]

QUOTE(Deeez @ Aug 10 2006, 09:39 PM)

UM, WTF?

Well, the video was made to show people that you can destroy all the clips from the ventilation shield without any problems, and it still fit perfect and does never fall off.

But you can actually very simple take it off by just grabbing it, and make a hole so you can pull out the sata cabel and flash.

[Ahrimanes]

QUOTE(Sahfire @ Jun 22 2006, 04:35 PM)

I cant find an female/male s-ata cable in Sweden.........  

There is s-ata extenders to find in sweden. My local dealer didn't have any in stock, but they ordered one for me. They also have a webshop, if you give them a call they can send you one. www.microshop.se

Good luck!

[kRiSiS]

What does the Dabs 2-port SATA extender look like, exactly?  Their site doesn't have a picture.  The only pic on this thread that has it (supplied by geebee) doesn't really show how it's used.  I'm thinkin' of rigging it underneath the hard drive so that the Motherboard connection goes to one port (soldered to a left-angle cable) and the other port goes to to the DVD drive.  With the 360 all closed up, there will be two SATA ports exposed nice and clean, flush against the plastic near where the hard drive connector is.  Both connectors will be connected with the stock SATA cable taken out of the xbox ('cause it's nice and short   ) and when I want to backup a game, I'll just disconnect that and connect a standard cable from the connector that goes to the DVD drive to another SATA connector in one of my computer's PCI slots.  I'm thinking of using these parts for the mod:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16812206003

http://www.cooldrive...atacasicas.html

I'm definitely using this cable since I can't find a left-angle on newegg.  If the Dabs extender is better for the job, I'll use that.  Anyone have detailed pictures of it and how they use it?

[Loto_Bak]

my god, why is everyone hacking apart their 360 case? I didnt find it neccesary at all.
I did this quite a long time ago, didnt think it was a big deal but stumbled across this thread and saw the nasty cutting of 360 cases so i thought i would contribute.

Doing it this way lost me one (or maybe both) usb ports on the back but most dont use them anyways and there are others on the front of the console.

required items :
7in sata cable
sata extention cable stolen off a 'external' bracket (although be aware its not a true external sata bracket. I believe spec external sata uses a different connector)

here are some images outlining the end result
http://img228.images...6115085vhn.smil

hopefully it saves others from mutilating their 360s

[tsbeech]

for anyone who cares I found a web site that sells right angle to left angle sata cables in 4,8,20,30,40 inch sections.

Hope this helps!!!

http://www.satacables.com/

[fakewilly]

Hey if you are in Australia and want a Male-Female SATA cable then you can get one here:

http://pccasegear.com.au/prod3746.htm

I got mine the other day after a long search and just unscrew the cable part and you have a perfectly normal cable for use inside your xbox 360. Just thought i'd let you know if anyone was looking for one. Works well too.


Cheers

[PCRepair]

Has anyone thought about adding a 2 port sata bracket to the back of the 360?  Connect each sata cable to to appropriate socket (1 on the mobo and 1 on the dvd drive) and then use the short cable that comes with the 360 to link the 2 ports together?  This would make it much tidier and if you label the ports as to where they go a small sticker or something should do then i can't see why it wouldn't work.  Only potential problem being the sheilding and case mounting.

Doing it this way would also allow you to have your usb connection on the back free.  Nice mod idea tho guys.

I may even try this when mine returns from having the dvd drive repaired.. Don't try the wire trick for flashing the firmware!!

[Topho]

How do I go about getting the Sata cables out the back of the Xbox 360 via the USB Port without cutting anything?Do I open up the USB/Eth Box? How do I do it? Do I bend something? A picture would be awesome.

The original pictures are gone and Loto_Bak's pictures don't show the inside of the case.....Please...help me... Thx.