I am attemping a fix on my friends xbox and i already modded mine with an xecuter 3 (soldered my self), avaluanch and evoX dashboard, gentoox distro linux, usb connectors, and HD and dvd upgrade........so basically i sorta know what im doin... so if any of your help tips include like advanced knowledge, please put it in!!
anyways, my friends box is 1.0 with the shitty drive and thompson dvd. I turn it on , i boots up to the MS logo but FRAGs before it can load up the mircosoft little white logo. I know the MS Bios itself boots that up with/out the hard drives assistance, so i figured it was the HD. Well, i took out my other unlocked hard drive from my box and put it in with no avail. I did the same thing with the dvd drive. Nothing seemed to work. I swithced the ATA and power cables with no solution also. Still dead and still frustrated......any help would be appreciated.....btw, he said he didnt drop it or anything but when i cleaned it out, there was a TON OF DUST!!