Topic: Zeroize Hdd Key With Configmagic For Easy Swapping Of Hdd Or Hdd Upgra (Read 130 times)

blitxxx · « **Reply #15 on:** October 05, 2009, 06:43:00 PM »

Great method !!

Now I have an advanced question.

I have 0-keyed my 200 GB hard drive in my system.

Now I have a 360 GB drive I would like to upgrade to.

Will the current eeprom from my system (with the 0-keyed hard drive) still work without issues to upgrade via XBHDM ?

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2009, 07:19:00 PM »

blitxxx · « **Reply #17 on:** November 04, 2009, 12:31:00 AM »

What if something (and I have no idea what ; maybe not 32 0's ?) went wrong and I ended up with an error 6 on the stock hard drive ?

I have done this probably 15+ times but this is the first time I have had an issue zeroing the drive

I do have the original EEPROM backup on my PC, but not the 0 keyed one....

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #18 on:** November 04, 2009, 02:27:00 AM »

This is with a new console, yes? Presumably you have no other drives to use with it, and it's not hardmodded?

blitxxx · « **Reply #19 on:** November 04, 2009, 12:28:00 PM »

This is with a new console, yes?
Yes

Presumably you have no other drives to use with it
I do but no clones of the original. I do however have the original contents of the drive and eeprom on my PC from before I ran Config Magic

and it's not hardmodded?
No. It was with SID / Unleash X / Config Magic

blitxxx · « **Reply #20 on:** November 04, 2009, 12:51:00 PM »

I guess this would be a good time to learn how to TSOP or buy an EEPROM reader ?

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #21 on:** November 04, 2009, 05:43:00 PM »

You say you have other drives you can use with the system, presumably they're zero-keyed as well? That would indicate there's nothing wrong with the console's EEPROM, just with that one locked drive.

So all you've gotta do is unlock it (master passcode is "TEAMASSEMBLY"), then relock it using any other zero-keyed EEPROM. Should work fine from there.

blitxxx · « **Reply #22 on:** November 04, 2009, 07:40:00 PM »

I do have other 0 keyed drives and have tried them but they all failed with error 6 as well on this particular xbox....

Could 31 0's instead of 32 0's cause this ?

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #23 on:** November 04, 2009, 11:40:00 PM »

Ah.

In that case, you're gonna have to go with either a modchip or an EEPROM reader. TSOP flashing requires an active softmod, so while it's a really handy procedure, it won't help you out here.

I'm unsure what could've caused this. Even if you mis-typed the 0's, the original drive should've been locked with the right code for that EEPROM.

Maybe you failed to "update" the EEPROM before relocking and rebooting? The drive might end up zero-ised, but the console would restart with it's original EEPROM and so refuse it.

You could verify this by putting the drive in one of your other zero-ised consoles. If they accept it, then unlock the drive and relock it using that EEPROM backup you originally made.

blitxxx · « **Reply #24 on:** November 05, 2009, 02:10:00 PM »

Re: Maybe you failed to "update" the EEPROM before relocking and rebooting? The drive might end up zero-ised, but the console would restart with it's original EEPROM and so refuse it. You could verify this by putting the drive in one of your other zero-ised consoles. If they accept it, then unlock the drive and relock it using that EEPROM backup you originally made.

Well I did try using the drive in a zeroized console....

Think theres a chance the eeprom didnt fully update ?

Maybe I could build an XBHDM cd with the original EEPROM and try to do a full build ?

Bomb Bloke · « **Reply #25 on:** November 05, 2009, 04:00:00 PM »

I'm not sure what you mean by "full build". There's no point in formatting the drive or changing any of the files on it. The only problem is the lock, which entirely prevents access to the contents of the drive.

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