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[Sleel]

QUOTE(Bomb Bloke @ Dec 26 2009, 12:14 AM)

If you have F and G partitions, XBMC'll display 'em, otherwise it won't. It treats them as two separate partitions, if that's what you're asking.

Thanks for the reply; sorry for the delay, I lost the link for a while.  So, has anyone posting/lurking here had any luck with the WD green 1.5 TB drives?  I am a bit concerned with the high failure rate with most of the 2 TB drives on the market.  Also, some very good posts lately.  My thanks to all who contribute.

[bearcreek]

I installed a Seagate 2tb in my xbox and a 2tb Western Digital in a friends xbox about a month ago. No problems yet, other than cluster sizes, but that was my fault. Everything is fine now. I am about to install a 1.5 tb Western Digital in another friends xbox. I have had it for a couple of days now, just have not had a chance to install it. I think it is hit and miss with the hard drives, although I think they are getting better.

This post has been edited by bearcreek: Jan 13 2010, 05:14 PM

[Sleel]

Man, I am getting no love from that company that sells the $5 SATA to IDE adapter.  To those who waited a month for it to arrive, did you also get no response after placing your order?  Thanks.  Also, after softmodding my original HD, I am trying to upgrade to a 100 GB IDE for practice, while I wait, and am having zero luck with creating a working boot CD.  Do people here tend to use the boot CD method, or do you format and setup the HD in a PC, then swap.  All insights are appreciated.

[bearcreek]

I have never tried putting the hard drive in a pc. I always use a game exploit and ftp. But, I read alot of people are using their pc to mod, you may want to give it a try. As for the difficulty, I cannot say. I just tried Krayzie's Ndure, that goes pretty smooth. I also just did my first TSOP and that went fairly smooth. I will say that for the TSOP, the Eurasia generic flash program is a must, no other program would attempt to flash. I was starting to think I did something wrong. My next mod I may try the hard drive in the pc.

And yes they are not big on responding. I hope you ordered a couple of them because in my experience one may work on your xbox and not work on another xbox.

[Bomb Bloke]

I TSOP-flash my boxes, then install any new drives using a boot disc with the console itself. Only use XBoxHDM when I need to install a softmod on a box that won't boot, or when I need to upgrade a 1.6 console's drive.

[Boomin Newman]

For people having trouble with dealsxtreme check out the link i posted to a Australian site that sells the exact same one with free shipping also. Only problem is it take's a good month to receive from China.

Not sure if this help's but you have to be patient with the boot disc. Mine will sit their doing nothing for like 2 mins before it starts to boot it up.

[bearcreek]

Bomb Bloke, what bios are you using on your TSOP? I used 4981 and formated with xbpartitioner. I got the lba warning, which is not a big deal right now as I put an 80 gb drive in. It has been so long since I have done anything with xbox bioses and I am being lazy (by not searching), is there something I need to do to the 4981 to not get the error or should I use a different bios? You never know when you are going to install a larger drive.

This post has been edited by bearcreek: Jan 18 2010, 05:19 PM

[Bomb Bloke]

I use 5035 where ever possible. Too large for 1.2 through to 1.5 TSOPs.

[Pulsemasta]

QUOTE(Bomb Bloke @ Jan 19 2010, 02:26 AM)

I use 5035 where ever possible. Too large for 1.2 through to 1.5 TSOPs.

Do you know if you can use a 1TB sata with a debug setup??

and I know you can install a debug dash but can you flash the debug dash making it essentially a full out debug system?? or is that not how flashing works?

[Bomb Bloke]

You can use any drive with any system, so long as it's lockable and at least 8gb.

How much of the drive space is usable depends on the BIOS. In a "true" debug system, a 1tb drive will be mostly inaccessible without either reflashing the console or using the Phoenix BIOS Loader to get the system out of debug mode (assuming PBL can even function in the debug environment. Dunno if it can).

Dashboards are programs installed on the console's HDD. BIOSes are stored either in the motherboard's TSOP chip, or in a modchip. You flash BIOSes, you install dashboards.

[Sleel]

Just passing this along.  After burning 4 boot disks that didn't work, I tried this method: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/203286
and it worked like a charm.  From start to finish was about 45 min (including burning time).  I know that I'm way below the curve on this stuff, but I hope this is still of use to someone.

(PS I'm sure this method is listed on this forum somewhere, but this link is where my searching brought me first)

[karoshiga]

Just want to say that my 1TB WD and the adapter I chose is still running flawlessly (minus the boot delay, which isn't too bad) to this day.

So much that I will probably buy another same or larger HDD for my other box that currently is swapped between 2 500 GB IDE drives.

When you can get it to fly, it really is nice.

[Suicidal Dreams]

I wish this place had a wiki area in the first post.


I've read through just about every page, and it seems like there is finally some success to this, but i notice that pretty much everyone is using TSOP or a chip.

Is there any hope for this working on 100% softmods?  

Well done to all involved, and thank you for your work.

[Bomb Bloke]

So long as the softmod has support for XBP's custom partitions (NDure installed by Krazie's/Kingroach's pack should have this), should work. Seen a softmodded box running a 1.5tb drive.

[OGREIUS]

I DID A TB HD  NOT VERY DIFFICULT

XBPARTIONER WILL DO A 2TB HARD DRIVE THATS THE BIGGEST IVE DONE SO FAR

AND ON SOFT MODDED

I USED NDURE AND EVOX WITH XBMC AS THE DASHBOARD