Topic: 1 TB SATA Hard Drive Upgrade (Read 1524 times)

absorb · « **Reply #180 on:** September 14, 2009, 06:33:00 AM »

Just a couple of things I do now and it seems to give a far better success rate:
(1) remove the lining in the lid as a rule for all sata hdd's (to give more space for the adaptor and avoid the hdd earthing)
(2) pot tweak the power supply (some don't have a pot) while listening to the fan (only on the xboxes that glitch)
I also have an after market universal (all models) psu from china that permanently keeps the light going on the hdd sata adaptor and it seems to work flawlessly so far in any xbox.
Hope that helps

whufclee · « **Reply #181 on:** September 14, 2009, 10:00:00 AM »

QUOTE(absorb @ Sep 14 2009, 01:33 PM)

Just a couple of things I do now and it seems to give a far better success rate:
(1) remove the lining in the lid as a rule for all sata hdd's (to give more space for the adaptor and avoid the hdd earthing)
(2) pot tweak the power supply (some don't have a pot) while listening to the fan (only on the xboxes that glitch)
I also have an after market universal (all models) psu from china that permanently keeps the light going on the hdd sata adaptor and it seems to work flawlessly so far in any xbox.
Hope that helps (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Thanks for the info, I'll try removing the lining in the lid although I reckon I've got a duff adaptor as even with the lid off I still get a few errors 21 or 13. Also , occaisionally my drive G isn't showing after boot - I remember reading that someone else had this problem way back in this thread somewhere but don't think anyone had any solution so I will try a new adaptor. As for a pot tweak, not sure what I'm doing there so unless anyone knows of a good guide I think I'll leave that alone. Don't suppose you have a link to the psu you're using do you?

ALLsTARz187 · « **Reply #182 on:** September 21, 2009, 04:32:00 PM »

Hi peeps! Just wondering if someone can update and help me with this 1TB sata hardrive install..this is the 1st time i have chipped my xbox and i have jumped straight into the deep end to install a larger HDD lol
Ok first things first..the following is my specs: Duo X2 GS modchip installed in a v1.4 version Xbox i also have an xbox compatible IDE to SATA adapter aswel for the install..My question is can i just connect this all together and run my AID disc for the install? i know i have to adjust cluster sizes and stuff and i dont have a clue as to what that is or were to start? if anyone can help me with this step by step if possible that would be bluddy awsome!!

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #183 on:** September 21, 2009, 05:52:00 PM »

Yeah, just throw it all in and use your AID disc for the initial format/install.

Once that's done, all partitions larger then 256gb need to be reformatted using XBPartitioner. You'll need a compatible BIOS for this, X2 4981/5035 work, as do a few others.

ALLsTARz187 · « **Reply #184 on:** September 21, 2009, 06:32:00 PM »

QUOTE(Bomb Bloke @ Sep 22 2009, 11:52 AM)

Yeah, just throw it all in and use your AID disc for the initial format/install.

Once that's done, all partitions larger then 256gb need to be reformatted using XBPartitioner. You'll need a compatible BIOS for this, X2 4981/5035 work, as do a few others.

Thanks for the fast reply and shedding some light on this for me bomb Bloke! will dive in and do what you suggest and see how i go...to be honest its the reformatting using XBPartitioner and the compatible BIOS part thats got me scared because its unchartered territory for me lol Thanks again bro your help was much apprieciated!

Mr.Slim · « **Reply #185 on:** September 22, 2009, 01:14:00 AM »

sorry to interrupt any current conversation, but can anybody tell me if my Hard drive is bad.

-I bought it off ebay its a sata 1TB
and I think its bad because it wont let me format it with slayers 2.7
when it gets to formatting it, The hdd kinda sounds like its skipping, like stays stuck when slayers is formatting or adding stuff to the E and then the
:new hd rebuild: just finishes way before it really should. Never gets its all done.

obcd · « **Reply #186 on:** September 22, 2009, 01:35:00 AM »

If you expect a harddisk to be bad, the best tool to find out is the diagnostic tool from the manufacturer.

Pretty much all modern harddisks have such a tool available for them.

regards.

ALLsTARz187 · « **Reply #187 on:** September 22, 2009, 11:42:00 PM »

Cheers for the help dudes much appreciated! Did the install yesterday and i must say it all works great thus far! have just managed to load 930GB successfuly without any nightmares or overwriting stuff lol.. in saying that long story short there is wastage of about 60GB..but yea the running of it is pretty stable, seems as though this adapter tricks the xbox into thinking its running an IDE not SATA because there seems to be no great loss or gain in performance things ive have noticed: a slight 3 second delay here there specially when loading XMBC upon start up compared to my other xbox (im fussy and notice these things lol) and the fans not as noisey as i thought it would be running at 40 degrees wich is verrry suprising since ive had running all through the night till this morning loading..i use my xbox as a suped up movie media player that i play games and listen to music on as a bonus ..im wrapped with my work!

whufclee · « **Reply #188 on:** September 23, 2009, 01:51:00 PM »

ALLsTARz187: Wow seems like you were very lucky with the adaptor you bought - well done. I've received my adaptor from DealExtreme today and I have to say so far I am very impressed with it. No more error 13/21/14 or anymore random numbers it could muster up using the adaptor from ebay and it's running like a dream. I also had about 50gb short of 1Tb with my WD10EADS Green HDD but I can live with that - tried having 32 clusters spread over F:& G: then tried 64 clusters with just one big drive F: but still the same. Decided to stick with just one big drive F as I'd started putting loads of files on and couldn't be bothered to re-format and start again but it seems to be running brilliantly. One last thanks to everyone on here who has helped me out - cheers people.

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #189 on:** September 23, 2009, 05:50:00 PM »

QUOTE(whufclee @ Sep 24 2009, 03:51 AM)

I also had about 50gb short of 1Tb with my WD10EADS Green HDD but I can live with that - tried having 32 clusters spread over F:& G: then tried 64 clusters with just one big drive F: but still the same.

The hard drive manufactorers would have you believe that 1tb = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. According to the SI standard, they'd be right.

However, computers don't use the SI standard for measures of storage capacity. Instead of changing units every 1,000 bytes, they do it every 1,024 bytes (two to the power of ten - an easier number for a binary based system to handle).

So 1tb = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes.

And 1,000,000,000,000 bytes = ~930gb.

Cluster size won't change these figures: That just affects how efficiently the space gets used. The same amount of space effectively holds less data as you crank the cluster size higher and higher.

ALLsTARz187 · « **Reply #190 on:** September 24, 2009, 12:47:00 AM »

RE: whufclee....ya thanks bro was lucky alrite! bought my adapter locally here in NZ for 10 dollars..fits in nice an snug to..just had to put some insulation between the adapter an hardrive as the adapter comes scarely close to it when you plug em together..for other peeps wanting to do this i have just noticed the same adapters being sold on EBAy between the 3 to 7 dollar mark so theyre readily available and easy on the pocket..ima order me a couple more off EBAy this time to mod friends box's since i know theyre definately compatible..but yea like i said my 1TB runs like an original IDE hardrive, very stable with absolutely no probs at all!

check out the link to see pics of my SATA to IDE adapter installed and my G&F drive ..ya have to register to see the pics...sorry hopefully im not standing on any ones toes regarding the link..just trying to help (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

http://www.XS Filter -/html/postt25190.html

BIG ups to geeks an freeks for the useful info!! dont get mad im officially one myself now lol

UNITE!!

oh stink..the link dont work on here? owel... to bad i cant upload my pics to show you guys..never mind goodluck with your projects dudes and thanks for the help cheers!

Raverrevolution · « **Reply #191 on:** October 10, 2009, 02:35:00 PM »

Seriously, sorry to rehash this old topic, but I have literally read all 14 pages of this in the interest of wanting to do this mod. I have a friend wanting an xbox media center with a 1tb sata. So far what Im getting at is that you generally want to go with a WD 1tb hard drive and that red sata adapter from deal extreme.

I want to thank everyone who experimented with this and I believe this should be a sticky topic as I wouldnt be surprised others would want to search for this.

whufclee · « **Reply #192 on:** October 12, 2009, 03:32:00 AM »

QUOTE(Raverrevolution @ Oct 10 2009, 09:35 PM)

Seriously, sorry to rehash this old topic, but I have literally read all 14 pages of this in the interest of wanting to do this mod. I have a friend wanting an xbox media center with a 1tb sata. So far what Im getting at is that you generally want to go with a WD 1tb hard drive and that red sata adapter from deal extreme.

I want to thank everyone who experimented with this and I believe this should be a sticky topic as I wouldnt be surprised others would want to search for this.

Well I can confirm that's what worked for me and it's running great - I can't notice any difference in speed, the xbox is working just as well as it was on my old IDE drive but with 1tb to store all my files in. I since found a site which has a table of compatible hdd's for xbox which might be of use here. If you enter the size of the drive you want (eg 1000) it will show a list of drives (in this case 1tb in size) and whether or not they are compatible. Looks like the cheap Hitachi ones are compatible too - if you're in the UK they are going cheap on ebuyer at the moment.

firefighter1023 · « **Reply #193 on:** November 01, 2009, 08:30:00 AM »

Quick note for an old thread. I'm the proud papa of a working xbox/sata drive combo: xbox v1.0, xecuter 5035, WD Green 1tb with extreme deals sata/ide adapter. Had no problems at all, boots 100% with no errors. Slight delay on initial dashboard boot and launching xbe's but all is well. Thanks BombBloke and everyone else!

scullc · « **Reply #194 on:** November 04, 2009, 02:05:00 AM »

The same Deal Extreme adaptor works for me on a test 200gb SATA HDD. I am moving to a 500gb HDD soon.
I hardly noticed any speed delay - oh happy days.
Therefore thanks to all those who have mentioned success with that adaptor.

This post has been edited by scullc: Nov 4 2009, 10:06 AM

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