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[opjose]

QUOTE (erexx @ Oct 16 2002, 06:18 PM)

Check the jumper settings on the HD. Master is the preferance. Cable Select works for some. I assume this EvoX disk booted without problems in the past

                                    Nope!

The drives in the Xbox use CABLE select, this is how they come from the factory!

You of course need to jumper them when you format the drive, then jumper the drive back to cable select before installing it in the Xbox.

[tvaldez]

Can't seem to get it to work. I tried RW's and Rs. I tried my old evox disk and the new one I burned with the menu.ini file in it. When I use the reg hd.. Xbox can read the cd, but it can't boot it. This is very frustrating. I must have been at this for 6 hrs now...What can cause xbox not to boot. Is my dvd on the fritz? Can it be the hd itself. Is there another format utility I can try. I tried the IBM one, but it wont work on non ibm disks.

No idea what else to try.

[opjose]

The last person who reported these symptons had pushed a pin in on the DVD drive. By default DVD drives only have a single missing pin.

It could also be your mod chip or a bad flash or erroneous bios.

[tvaldez]

How can I tell if my mod has been disconnected?

[opjose]

QUOTE (tvaldez @ Oct 16 2002, 08:46 PM)

How can I tell if my mod has been disconnected?

It will not boot backups, and reports "disk dirty" or "unknown disk" nor will it run the Evolution-X dashboard.

[tvaldez]

Well I have been having trouble with my backs lately. I thought it was related to that live update issue. Though when I use my regular hd the evox dash loads up just fine. The dvd did not have any bad pins. I guess the mod is working too.

Oh well..thanks for quick responses....

[erexx]

damn strait opjose...
I stand corrected
Both of the MS drives I have in storage are in CS mode and
I cannnot remember for the life of me just what I set the other xbox's I have done too...
I must be brain dead, I
am going to open my xbox and find out cause this will drive me nuts...

Damn it all though if I can find this a recommendation in any of the tuts I have the only ref i could find is in "MuPHuG's"

"It’s strange, some Xboxes want the HDD to be set to cable-select while others require it to be set to master"

[opjose]

QUOTE (erexx @ Oct 17 2002, 04:23 AM)

damn strait opjose... I stand corrected Both of the MS drives I have in storage are in CS mode and I cannnot remember for the life of me just what I set the other xbox's I have done too... I must be brain dead, I am going to open my xbox and find out cause this will drive me nuts... Damn it all though if I can find this a recommendation in any of the tuts I have the only ref i could find is in "MuPHuG's" "It’s strange, some Xboxes want the HDD to be set to cable-select while others require it to be set to master"

                                    I believe that this is a mistake.

Some drives use a "no slave" default setting that incorporate cable select capabilities. On these drives using either Master or No drive would work in a cable select situation.

I think some of the IBM drives do this, but I may be wrong.

Anyway the bottom line is that every Xbox I've opened so far came with Cable Select enabled.

If the drive is not one of the "ambiguous" ones this can be a real problem and may even account for some of the reported DVD read issues that same people are talking about.

[tvaldez]

Wow..you guys are gonna wanna f*ck*n kill me!
I didn't realize you needed 2.2 bios in order to switch hard drives.. =)

Anyway. I have no idea what bios I have. I am going to assume I have the original bios. I have never flashed before. Anyway i did some research found out how to flash my bios. I read the tut. I soldered the 2 points I had to. Sent the bios bins via ftp to C/bios/ rebooted the xbox. I went into the evox dash menu to flash the bios, but there is nothing listed there. I didn't want to cut my wire as I did the install of enigma the ghetto way(2 wire loops sticking out of the side that I must cut. 15 & 21) unless I was certain to flash. Any ideas?

According to the tut I should see a list of whatever bios are in that folder. But the option comes up blank. Could I have to point the menu.ini to a folder? Did I name it correctly? Did I mess something up again?!

Anyway thanks for the help and not kicking me off the forum by now =)

[tvaldez]

HAH!
That tut was wrong! I read a few threads and the folder should be C:\roms\ not C:\bios\

OK so I flashed my bios. Back to square one!

[tvaldez]

OK I finally did it!
We should just change those 2 tuts.
The hd swap tut doesn't mention yoiu should have bios 2.2 or higher to swap the drive. And the Flash your bios tuts says you should put your files in C:\bios\ instead of C:\roms\. If you don't make the coorect directory your dash wont find the bins!

Other than that the tuts were great and thanks to all that helped. Just one more question since I have your attention. Which drive is now the big one E or F?
Thanks all to helped.

Back to playing Halo!
T

PS I know I can look in the dash, but I dont have a tv. i'm doing all this w/o a tv  during free time at work.

[tvaldez]

its f.
Thanks