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[GSBS]

H04. ATA Connector (HDD/DVD IDE cable)

Pin____Name___Comment_____Pin____Name___Comment
1______Reset__________________2_____Ground___________
3______Data7__________________4_____Data8____________
5______Data6__________________6_____Data9____________
7______Data5__________________8_____Data10___________
9______Data4__________________10____Data11___________
11_____Data3__________________12____Data12___________
13_____Data2__________________14____Data13___________
15_____Data1__________________16____Data14___________
17_____Data0__________________18____Data15___________
19_____GND___________________20____Key_____Blank Pin for polarizing
21____DMARQ__DMA Request_____22____GND_____________
23____DIOW____I/O Write________24____GND______________
25____DIOR____I/O Read_________26____GND_____________
27____IORDY___I/O Ready________28____CSEL__Cable Select
29____DMACK__DAM Ackknowledge_30____GND_____________
31____INTRQ__Interrupt Req.______32____IOCS16__16bit I/O
33____DA1____Device Addr. Bit 1___34____PDIAG__Passed Diagnostics
35____DA0____Device Addr. Bit 0___36____DA2__Device Addr. Bit 2
37____CS0____Chip Select 0_______38____CS1__Chip select 1
39____DASP___Dev. Activity_______40____GND______________

That's the diagram from the Case Modding FAQ, so I assume these are the pins you are mentioning.

So by switching 23 and 39, along with the standard power, all previous issues concerning the IDE bus deteriation are gone? I'm no expert, but I thought it was grounding issues...

If so, though, this is huge news to me. I was literally one step from buying a new 2 channel IDE PC mobo, and just Samba streaming the large files (Roms, Movies), but this would set me back to my original 3 HDD plan.

I'd like to wait on Opjose, though. He is the resident guru, so I'd like his word on this before taking a leap of faith.

[xcopycat]

lol..nice artwork james. The pics will do justice to the tutorial. The diagram makes sence. give us some pics of your box and ribbon wires attaching to switches. Great job by the way.

[JamesH1985]

thanks, does this tutorial make any sense, is it helpful?, i was in a rush so i dont know if i missed stuff, a friend made a new drawing for me so i should get that up tomorrow sometime.  as for the pics of my xbox they are on the way, i will show my ribbon cable and my finished xbox case mod, its sick.


please anyone who reads this respond on the tutorial, maybe after its finished it gets published on the website.

[GSBS]

Bump, I'm interested in knowing the full affects of the mod/tutorial.

[JamesH1985]

what do you mean by full affects?

[jawie]

do you already have pictures?
and do you also swith the power to the HDD's
2 switches? 1 for the IDE, and 1 for the power?

Does it work with only switching the IDE-cable?

[JamesH1985]

do you already have pictures?
           i took some pics of it in my xbox and it doesnt show it well so tonight i       will disasembe everything to give detailed pictures

and do you also swith the power to the HDD's
         yes i have a switch for the hds, i put a Y molex and added a switch after it so i can control the power going to each one

2 switches? 1 for the IDE, and 1 for the power?
  yes

Does it work with only switching the IDE-cable?
 i did not try, i do not want to take any chances getting banned from xbox live or screwing up my xbox, but i would guess it would although not sure

[jawie]

I made the cable like the one in picture two.
But I get errors  

No errors
connector 1: MB
connector 2: DVD
connector 3: HDD
connector 4: Empty

The switch for connector 3 is good

No errors
connector 1:MB
connector 2:DVD
connector 3:Empty
connector 4:HDD

The switch for connector 4 is good



connector 1:MB
connector 2:DVD
connector 3:HDD (is booting to the dashboard)
connector 4:HDD (hangs in boot screen)


How did you jumpered the HDD's ?
All CS ?

[JamesH1985]

see if that helps, i believe i have my large hd on cs, as for the ms on i cant remember.  I got some time off finally so i can help out if you need it, again anyone please post your questions or tell me something i can do to make the tutorial better]


also remember you have to put a switch on the harddrives too, did u do that?

[jawie]

I'm going to make the switch as you described in option one.
I hope that will work. I'll let you know if it does


I did put a switch on the powercables of the HDD's.

[yohoo]

But the x-tender put all of the drives on the same cable.
Is this a better way to do multi hdd ?

[JamesH1985]

i'm not to familiar with the xtender case but whatever it is i am guessing its atleast 50 bucks? this is a cheap alternative i guess if there is  a case like that.

[jawie]

QUOTE (jawie @ Oct 21 2004, 08:47 AM)

I'm going to make the switch as you described in option one. I hope that will work. I'll let you know if it does I did put a switch on the powercables of the HDD's.

I made the switch (option one)
But did not work.    
When I put the 2nd disc on the conector, it hangs when booting.
I also tried different jumper settings.


After trial and error you  found that 23 and 39 work ?

Wich wires gave you errors?
Have you tried wire 28 and 37 ??

I've found this:
Second oath non removable disk switch off

[JamesH1985]

ok, well mine worked so triple check everything, also since those first 2 pics are hard to read do the pic i posted a few days ago, and remember this only works when you also do to power switch mod

[jawie]

QUOTE (GSBS @ Oct 13 2004, 01:59 AM)

H04. ATA Connector (HDD/DVD IDE cable) Pin____Name___Comment_____Pin____Name___Comment 1______Reset__________________2_____Ground___________ 3______Data7__________________4_____Data8____________ 5______Data6__________________6_____Data9____________ 7______Data5__________________8_____Data10___________ 9______Data4__________________10____Data11___________ 11_____Data3__________________12____Data12___________ 13_____Data2__________________14____Data13___________ 15_____Data1__________________16____Data14___________ 17_____Data0__________________18____Data15___________ 19_____GND___________________20____Key_____Blank Pin for polarizing 21____DMARQ__DMA Request_____22____GND_____________ 23____DIOW____I/O Write________24____GND______________ 25____DIOR____I/O Read_________26____GND_____________ 27____IORDY___I/O Ready________28____CSEL__Cable Select 29____DMACK__DAM Ackknowledge_30____GND_____________ 31____INTRQ__Interrupt Req.______32____IOCS16__16bit I/O 33____DA1____Device Addr. Bit 1___34____PDIAG__Passed Diagnostics 35____DA0____Device Addr. Bit 0___36____DA2__Device Addr. Bit 2 37____CS0____Chip Select 0_______38____CS1__Chip select 1 39____DASP___Dev. Activity_______40____GND______________ That's the diagram from the Case Modding FAQ, so I assume these are the pins you are mentioning. So by switching 23 and 39, along with the standard power, all previous issues concerning the IDE bus deteriation are gone? I'm no expert, but I thought it was grounding issues... If so, though, this is huge news to me. I was literally one step from buying a new 2 channel IDE PC mobo, and just Samba streaming the large files (Roms, Movies), but this would set me back to my original 3 HDD plan. I'd like to wait on Opjose, though. He is the resident guru, so I'd like his word on this before taking a leap of faith.

You thought it was grounding issues, will it work  when I put a switch on cable:
2
19
22
24
26
30
40


I have a switch on cable: 23 28 37 39.
But still no luck