Topic: 2 Hard Drives Mod (Read 315 times)

BuddyLeeX · « **Reply #30 on:** August 08, 2005, 12:52:00 PM »

oh how close are u to las vegas? I looked at their website and there is one in las vegas.

http://www.frys.com/

if you make the trip and like computer stuff and other electronics, you will not be disappointed

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 09, 2005, 12:39:00 AM »

QUOTE(Kev102189 @ Aug 9 2005, 02:00 AM)

I've called every computer place I could get a hold of in Reno (a pretty big city), still can't find it.

CabezaDeGallo · « **Reply #32 on:** August 09, 2005, 11:59:00 AM »

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x2 4981 bios ('customised')

it is spelled customized, with a z

00g · « **Reply #33 on:** August 09, 2005, 12:43:00 PM »

I'm not sure whether this will help or not. But I didn't have any problems with the power or HDD's, my main problem was fitting it all in the case.
I did this back in March.

I used:
1 Stock Seagate HDD
1 Maxtor 160gb HDD

I picked up a long IDE cable. Took apart a different cable, to get the connector off of it. Placed the connector at the desired position on the new cable, pressed it on. Now I had a cable with 4 connectors on it (total). (I can't seem to find the IDE cable I made. I would have posted a picture of it.....)

Then I got a Y-adaptor for the power plug. I cut the red wire before it went into the Y-adapter, ran the motherboard side of it to the middle of the switch. I then ran a wire from each open connection of the switch to it's designated HDD. So when I flip the switch, it only gives power to that HDD. This worked perfectly.

Like I said, I had problems with fitting it all and then realized I was doing all this for nothing. The XBOX hadn't been on Live yet, so I just put the 120gb in the XBOX. and was finished.

This is a pic with the switch installed.
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This is the back of the switch.
user posted image

When I decided not to use the dual HDD's I now had a hole in the front of the XBOX, so I put a sticker over it.
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This was the whole thing.
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I now have a X3cp, so if anyone wants/needs this faceplate. Let me know. It'll come with the switch, and the X3 switchy thingy.

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #34 on:** August 10, 2005, 02:57:00 AM »

QUOTE(CabezaDeGallo @ Aug 10 2005, 05:10 AM)

btw ferrari

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #35 on:** August 11, 2005, 12:28:00 AM »

good to see someone who didnt need to cut/switch ide pins

madsci1016 · « **Reply #36 on:** August 11, 2005, 06:13:00 AM »

i thought i would have too, just switched my maxtor for a new seagate, now the 411 method works fine for me.

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #37 on:** August 11, 2005, 06:15:00 AM »

QUOTE(madsci1016 @ Aug 11 2005, 11:24 PM)

i thought i would have too, just switched my maxtor for a new seagate, now the 411 method works fine for me.

madsci1016 · « **Reply #38 on:** August 11, 2005, 06:36:00 AM »

look at deacon's post on this thread, i think it answers your question.

http://forums.xbox-s...opic=429850&hl=

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #39 on:** August 11, 2005, 06:40:00 AM »

QUOTE(madsci1016 @ Aug 11 2005, 11:47 PM)

look at deacon's post on this thread, i think it answers your question.

madsci1016 · « **Reply #40 on:** August 11, 2005, 09:16:00 AM »

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #41 on:** August 12, 2005, 12:53:00 AM »

QUOTE(madsci1016 @ Aug 12 2005, 02:27 AM)

cant say. just that my seagate and max didn't get along, but now both my seagates are best friends.

CabezaDeGallo · « **Reply #42 on:** August 13, 2005, 07:43:00 AM »

ferrari hold on man. I just tried getting my modded wd 160gb along with a stock 8gb wd, and no dice. You can try it, but i wanted to warn u incase u were planning on buying an expensive wd drive hah.

also, two seagates work well with eachother? Thats badass, if thats the case I can replace my wd 160gb with a seagate 160gb or 200gb and it should work with my stock seagate 10gb right?

also, the laptop mod, i was planning on having the laptop as my stock hd, see i didnt know if there were any issues with xbox live banning and a laptop hd.

ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #43 on:** August 13, 2005, 07:51:00 AM »

QUOTE(CabezaDeGallo @ Aug 14 2005, 12:54 AM)

ferrari hold on man. I just tried getting my modded wd 160gb along with a stock 8gb wd, and no dice. You can try it, but i wanted to warn u incase u were planning on buying an expensive wd drive hah.

madsci1016 · « **Reply #44 on:** August 13, 2005, 02:26:00 PM »

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Aug 13 2005, 04:02 PM)

well if they dont work right out of teh box together, then ill try switching some of the ide pins. if that doesnt work, then the new hard drive can reside in my computer (needs a media drive anyway), and ill look into stuffing two mobo's and hard drives into my proposed new case

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