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[Kev102189]

If you've got a chip then installing a new HD is really easy.  Download an auto-installer (I like AIDeluxe, but Slayers is pretty good too) and burn the iso.  Most ATA hard drives will work, although you'll have to check and see if it's lockable if you want to be able to disable your mod chip (to go on live).  As for size, anything works, but if you get anything over 137 gb, you're going to need a bios with LGA (I think that's what it's called, otherwise somebody correct me).  Once you've got your auto installer disc, connect the HD and make sure the jumpers are set to cable select.  Start up the xbox with the auto installer disc, and you'll be able to format the HD, and add whatever dashboard you like.  If you want to be able to use xbox live, you're going to need a new eeprom, you can find tuts for that here.

Hope this helps
Kevin

[oxjeremy334]

With your old hdd installed, does the auto-installer boot to start, or do you go through the dash before it starts?

[EYOB]

I did that to my 2nd Xbox.  ^ (sig)

[eminvil_12]

QUOTE(EYOB @ Aug 15 2005, 07:06 PM)

I did that to my 2nd Xbox.  ^ (sig)

[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(oxjeremy334 @ Aug 15 2005, 06:16 PM)

With your old hdd installed, does the auto-installer boot to start, or do you go through the dash before it starts?

[Dano2k0]

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Aug 15 2005, 11:23 AM)

yes, the xbox will load up the dvd before the hdd

[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(Dano2k0 @ Aug 15 2005, 10:58 PM)

The Xecuter 2.6/3 chips support DVD boot with a completly blank hard drive. Most chips out there don't support this at all.

[Dano2k0]

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Aug 15 2005, 01:42 PM)

ok, for starters, its got nothing at all to do with teh chip. its all about the biso that is on the chip.

[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(Dano2k0 @ Aug 15 2005, 11:47 PM)

I know all the other modchips Duo-X2, Aladdin etc DON'T work with a straight DVD boot, all chips will boot from DVD aslong as theres a disk in the drive of course, and providing the OS is intact, if the hard drive is blank, i think you'll find more often than not most chips won't boot from disk with out a dash installed.

[Dano2k0]

Maybe youve changed the bios on the chip? Or it came with a later BIOS, ive never bothered trying with the later ones, because they didn't used to work. I know on all the aladdin advance live chips ive fitted in the past which has been well above 100 they didn't used to boot from DVD unless the hard drive already had a dash installed.

I'm not looking to argue about it, i'm just sharing what i know. Ive fitted hundreds of chips, sadly i'm starting to fit less and less due to the 360 coming out less people are getting modded.

All i know is not too long ago all the chips that came with a pre-flashed didn't used to boot unless it had a dash installed.

[eminvil_12]

ive done around 100 aladdin lives, all preflashed with an evox bios, all boot up backups without a dashboard.

scootin, maybe try the evox cd 20 odd times to see if it works, if not then chuck a different dvd drive in (on you know that works) then try evox again.

there is no dashboard on the hard drive so wouldnt you expect it to do this.
just concentrate on getting evox working and installed in my opinion.
do not worry about BIOS issues as of yet as you say you have used the dvd rom in the past and i think you would know if you had flashed a dvd drive skipping BIOS on to the xbox.

EDIT: Also using the older slayers can be a problem with newer xboxs with the M$ dashboard V 5659.03. You need to use slayers 2.6 for this to work.  
Do you play live and have recently updated your dashboard?

are you even looking at this topic

[Scootin]

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[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(Dano2k0 @ Aug 16 2005, 01:12 AM)

Maybe youve changed the bios on the chip?

[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(Scootin @ Aug 19 2005, 10:18 AM)

Yep...