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[witnessmenow]

QUOTE(run088 @ Oct 31 2008, 04:59 AM)

In that it sits at the x2 5035 loading screen forever and after a long period of time if it does do anything else it will error out.

I'm running into a similar problem with a standard Splinter cell method softmod. Works fine with the standard MS dash. The green blob and X come up and then it just loads a blank screen. If you press eject at this stage the softmod dash loads up fine. I cant explain why this happens, im just happy it does! Maybe the same will work for you hopefully.

QUOTE(BigPotty @ Nov 13 2008, 11:50 PM)

Hello Everyone.

Been very busy for the last few months.

Finally got around to getting my 3rd Samsung drive replaced. Samsung was such a pain in the ass to deal with! After a lot of run around, Newegg agreed to refund my money. Thanks again Newegg! No thanks goes to Samsung and your horrible quality control.

So now I have a nice new 1TB Hitachi Drive sitting here. Problem is, I'm getting the code 9 you all have been getting. This never happened with the Samsung drive. I've also noticed that I can really here the Hitachi drive spinning up over a period of about 3-5 seconds.

SO, I assume that this is too slow of a response for the Xbox. I've read about some of your current experiments with this mod. Was just wondering how things are going. I'm considering now to just buy a 750gb IDE Seagate drive instead of dealing with all of this.

That is, unless you guys have come up with some sort of solution.

Thanks to everyone for the input.

I'm using the Dealextreme adapter that has been linked to a few times and a Samsung spinpoint 1tb.

I've been using the power the hard drive first method

Things are going ok with my one. I thought I had a circuit designed to handle the delay (and i did except i hadnt fully integrated the xboxs power switch), but what i explained above your qoute has really put a dampner in that idea! I'd have to add another delay to eject the xbox, and then another delay to close the drive tray so I kinda gave up on the idea!

So for now I am just using a switch and I'm happy enough with that.

Turning on my xbox consists off:
Flicking the switch I added
After about 2-3 seconds pressing the power button
When its finished loading the green blob and X pressing the eject button

Turning off is as simple as flicking the switch i added

I have the TB partioned with a 460gb on a F drive and a G drive
when I'm FTP'n the xbox for some reason filezilla does not show this G drive
If i manually type "/g/" into the address bar when connected to the xbox it works as normal.

Other than that its working perfectly and Im quite happy with it. I have bought a few diffrent adapters to try out to see if they make any diffrence. I will post back and let you guys know if they do.

[jinn]

I have 5 different SATA to PATA/IDE adapters.
Tried one of them in my V1.0 TSOP flash with a ata100 or ata133 cable and all I got was was missing letters and garbage when i booted AID.  
I changed the adapter and everything is working great now.
Tried the dame adapter but with the original xbox ide cable and now that adapter is working.
The only thing is it takes longer to boot and FTP seems a bit slow.
I also added some foam in the gap so the pins from the adapter wont touch the HDD.

[jinn]

4983.67 does not work you need x2 5035

[BigPotty]

razer1000:
Your problems are probably NOT related to the your BIOS. If you need help getting the right BIOS though, then these might help:
http://forums.xbox-s...hp/t566417.html
http://forums.xbox-s...hp/t365537.html


Ok everyone. I got my USB IDE and SATA adapter today. Came with it's own power supply too. Hooked up the power supply and for the first time the XBOX did not FRAG with the Hitachi drive.

A couple things I've noticed:
- Hooking up the external power supply turned on the light for the SATA-IDE adapter.
- The Hitachi hard drive did NOT spin up when I turned on the power supply but not the XBOX.

So this leads me to believe that this problem is not related to timing issues at all. Well at least not directly. Someone had suggested before that the current draw for these drives was to much for the Xbox. I think this is probably the real problem. I noticed that when I turn on my Xbox, the Hitachi drive still takes a while to spin up. The Xbox "waits" for it though.

My guess is that there is to much current draw when you first push the Xbox's power button. Sort of a surge? I'm only theorizing here as I don't know that much about circuitry.

So maybe our options here are either a low current hard drive or an upgraded power supply? Anyone have any comments?

[razer1000]

QUOTE(BigPotty @ Nov 17 2008, 11:22 PM)

razer1000:
Your problems are probably NOT related to the your BIOS. If you need help getting the right BIOS though, then these might help:
http://forums.xbox-s...hp/t566417.html
http://forums.xbox-s...hp/t365537.html

thx @BigPotty ,but i think 1tb is to big for the xbox.....
question what is better, a new IDE HDD or a smaller SATA HDD

IDE (500-750GB )
SATA (500-640GB )

[Bomb Bloke]

Capacity is not the problem. SATA is the problem. If you go with an IDE drive you should have no issues, but large IDE drives seem to be rare compared to large SATA drives.

1tb is what I'd personally consider to be the largest drive "worth" putting in an X-Box, but the real limit is 2tb.

But you were pretty vague with your description, at one stage you said "i can see the large HDD but no transfer posible", without giving any details on how you were attempting to transfer...

[run088]

The 1.5tb drive I have is still operating at 100% since I got a new adapter for it.I have noticed since I have bought so many different adapters because they are handy on pc's as well that a certain number of these devices are defective or go defective pretty quick.I have one that works at 75%.I have another that works 100% of the time I have been running both for quite some time and the results they give stay consistent.I have bought 2 that have been defective one that plugs directly in the port and one that is the exact mate of the ones I have that are already working.I sent one back that is like the working ones and  I am getting a replacement.This one is for a pc  I returned it because it was defective It never touched an xbox and was a lemon from the time I tore it out of the package and installed it in a pc.When I get it I will test the results on an xbox after I verify it works or not on a pc and report back to give us more insight at the least on this particular adapter model since I will have been able to test the results of 4 different adapters that are the same make and model with all other factors remaining the same but the individual adapter.

[jinn]

QUOTE(razer1000 @ Nov 17 2008, 10:07 AM)

are you sure? then i have i big problem. i have only a aladin chip (SST49lf020)
i think this chip support only 256k files or bigger ?

i tryed allready with the 4983.67 and IND5003 bios

in both bios i can see the large HDD but no transfer posible ...

Flash your TSOP with the X2 5035 or get a DUOX2 chip.

Yes is your BIOS.  
I know I have tested lots of BIOS the only one that works is X2 5035 and X3 BIOS.

If you need your TSOP flashed let me know.

[run088]

QUOTE(jinn @ Nov 19 2008, 02:45 AM)

Flash your TSOP with the X2 5035 or get a DUOX2 chip.

Yes is your BIOS.  
I know I have tested lots of BIOS the only one that works is X2 5035 and X3 BIOS.

If you need your TSOP flashed let me know.

Ind works to it will allow for use of custom partitions and it is a 256 size bios that is compatible with versions 1.0-1.5 you may need to use the included ini but maybe not.It is pretty much the same thing feature wise of the 5035 but more flexible because it works on versions 1.2-1.5 where as 5035 does not unless you have a modchip with a bank of 512 or bigger installed.The ini is a bit more confusing than the 5035 but the options are all there.

I am certain that ind will work as well as 5035 these are the bios I run.

[jinn]

Don't use softmods.
Use the iND bios or the X2 5035 they have a load screen before the flubber animation loads giving time for the HDD to boot up and find the dash.
Also try to change the IDE cable.
I have installed 3 1TB so far with no problems after boot. Before boot it takes about 15 sec longer to load and FTP transfers seem slower.
BTW all 3 XBOX have the RAM upgraded don't know if it makes a difference or not.

[run088]

Ram upgrade does not make a difference I have 4 ram upgraded ones but I actually built the 1.5tb hdd in a normal plain jane tsop flashed xbox.I have had the 1tb drive in both as well with the same results across the board.The only thing that seems to matter on mine is the adapter used.Every other varible changed the results stay the same.

Thinking about it I would have to wonder about that samsung hdd.There have been so many people with that particular drive respond having problems.I can not speak on that drive because I dont own one.I can tell you my maxtor 1tb and my seagate 1.5tb work fine with the adapter I have described several times in this thread.

[stogiesam88]

QUOTE(run088 @ Nov 19 2008, 08:32 AM)

The 1.5tb drive I have is still operating at 100% since I got a new adapter for it.I have noticed since I have bought so many different adapters because they are handy on pc's as well that a certain number of these devices are defective or go defective pretty quick.I have one that works at 75%.I have another that works 100% of the time I have been running both for quite some time and the results they give stay consistent.I have bought 2 that have been defective one that plugs directly in the port and one that is the exact mate of the ones I have that are already working.I sent one back that is like the working ones and  I am getting a replacement.This one is for a pc  I returned it because it was defective It never touched an xbox and was a lemon from the time I tore it out of the package and installed it in a pc.When I get it I will test the results on an xbox after I verify it works or not on a pc and report back to give us more insight at the least on this particular adapter model since I will have been able to test the results of 4 different adapters that are the same make and model with all other factors remaining the same but the individual adapter.

What adaptors are you using with 75% and 100% success?

[Bomb Bloke]

Error 09 means the console never gets around to loading the softmod in the first place... Doesn't matter which you're using. Dunno why a softmodded box would be more likely to come up with one.

QUOTE(jinn @ Nov 20 2008, 06:04 PM)

Use the iND bios or the X2 5035 they have a load screen before the flubber animation loads giving time for the HDD to boot up and find the dash.

These BIOS types attempt to access the HDD far earlier then others... Not later. This is due to the config files they use.

[stogiesam88]

Why is this topic saying "Sorry, some required files are missing, if you intended to view a topic, it's possible that it's been moved or deleted. Please go back and try again."??

[run088]

I stumbled across a weird thread on another forum it was an interesting read by the way but it gave me an idea which may or may not work.It is a thread about hooking a dvd burner in an xbox.There was a conflict with the ide where a 220ohm adapter was added to pin one to force a no reset.This was only needed because of bugs at startup.The drive worked flawlessly after booting.Considering the mod was done on the ide to force a no reset it seems logical this might work  on this mod to.Since the biggest issues users are having are related to startup.Here is the thread I am talking about the info related to this topic is 3 quarters of the way down but the whole article is an interesting read and a cool mod.I would not have thought possible until I read it and saw the guy responsible for the xbox fedora core is the one that did it.


http://legacy.not404...lacementXboxDVD