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opjose

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« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2002, 07:27:00 AM »
AFAIK -ALL- Western Digital drives support the security commands.

Are you guys booting from a DOS floppy disk w/o any loaded drivers,etc. including CD, Himem, etc.?

You MUST do so.

BTW: I've locked 5 WD1200DJ's (western digital 120 gig drives) w/o problems.

I also know that all of the WD1200's will lock.
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« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2002, 07:29:00 AM »
QUOTE (Loup72 @ Oct 22 2002, 03:38 AM)
QUOTE (opjose @ Oct 20 2002, 06:09 AM)
QUOTE (Loup72 @ Oct 20 2002, 04:23 AM)
Thanks s_lipowitz and opjose ! BTW I just found a new tool that does it all :

UnLockX.exe Ver 2.0  on http://www.xbxonline.com/  

and guess my Western Digital on an Intel MB reports "Unlock" , "Not lockable" .

I guess I will have to try with another PC.

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BTW what motherboard/bios did you try it on that failed?


I did the test on 3 PCs already, 2 Dell with Intel motherboard and Dell's bios ... no sucess  and one ASUS (I don't recall the BIOS version) ... no success.

So I'd like to understand the logic of what makes a HD lockable or not lockable blink.gif  . My HD is a Western Digital  Caviar® 7200 hard drive WD800BB very standard.

http://www.westerndi....asp?DriveID=10

Thanks

                                    I've had nothing but failure with newer Intel Motherboards such as those for P4's.

I had to go back to an Gigabyte 440BX motherboard to get sucessful locks.

I'll cover this in my guide.
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WiKKiD

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« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2002, 07:45:00 AM »
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« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2002, 09:25:00 AM »
Can anyone verify that the WD WD1200AB (120gig 5400rpm) is lockable?
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opjose

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« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2002, 10:19:00 AM »
QUOTE (jeep77 @ Oct 23 2002, 03:25 PM)
Can anyone verify that the WD WD1200AB (120gig 5400rpm) is lockable?

                                    It is.

There was a nice thread on Xboxhacker about this and it was discovered that ALL of the WD drives were lockable.

This was confirmed by Western Digital themselves.

Seagates too.

The big exception was some Maxtor drives.
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« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2002, 10:21:00 AM »
QUOTE (jeep77 @ Oct 23 2002, 01:03 PM)
I have a Maxtor 120gig 5400rpm drive and it is also reporting it as being "unlockable." I put in the original hard drive and it shows as lockable and locked so I dont think it is my motherboard. Im guessing there is no way to get this thing locked? Are there any other 120 gig hard drives that are lockable?

                                    Given that your lockable drive is obviously NOT locked, it's your motherboard or you did not hook it up to the primary IDE connector.
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« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2002, 01:16:00 PM »
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« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2002, 01:42:00 PM »
Ehmm, where can i find your guide?
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opjose

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« Reply #23 on: October 23, 2002, 01:53:00 PM »
QUOTE (Shimmy @ Oct 23 2002, 07:42 PM)
Ehmm, where can i find your guide?

                                    Sheez!

Big black letters at top of page says FAQ's.
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« Reply #24 on: October 23, 2002, 10:40:00 PM »
QUOTE (opjose @ Oct 23 2002, 01:27 PM)
AFAIK -ALL- Western Digital drives support the security commands.

Are you guys booting from a DOS floppy disk w/o any loaded drivers,etc. including CD, Himem, etc.?

You MUST do so.

BTW: I've locked 5 WD1200DJ's (western digital 120 gig drives) w/o problems.

I also know that all of the WD1200's will lock.

                                   
Booting from DOS , no floppy, no CD etc ...

My WD800BB has a minus sign under the S in ATAPWD and my 2 other HDs (Maxtor) have + sign ... this is really weird
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« Reply #25 on: October 24, 2002, 03:19:00 PM »
QUOTE (Loup72 @ Oct 24 2002, 04:40 AM)
QUOTE (opjose @ Oct 23 2002, 01:27 PM)
AFAIK -ALL- Western Digital drives support the security commands.

Are you guys booting from a DOS floppy disk w/o any loaded drivers,etc. including CD, Himem, etc.?

You MUST do so.

BTW: I've locked 5 WD1200DJ's (western digital 120 gig drives) w/o problems.

I also know that all of the WD1200's will lock.


Booting from DOS , no floppy, no CD etc ...

My WD800BB has a minus sign under the S in ATAPWD and my 2 other HDs (Maxtor) have + sign ... this is really weird

                                   
I meant, Booting from DOS , no himem, no CD , driver etc ...
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« Reply #26 on: October 26, 2002, 01:17:00 AM »
Loup72, I have a WD80BB and it has the + under the S in atapwd. Which Maxtor drives do you have that have the +??
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opjose

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« Reply #27 on: October 26, 2002, 07:30:00 AM »
Yeap the BB drives lock fine.
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« Reply #28 on: October 29, 2002, 06:24:00 AM »
i have successfully locked my WD 120g hdd using UnlockX 2.0 and the new password i got from EvoX backup. But my problem is that when i disable the modchip [Matrix], the original bios still doesnt recognize the hdd. Does anyone know what could be wrong?
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« Reply #29 on: October 29, 2002, 01:51:00 PM »
Once the harddrive is locked, is it possible to launch the ms dashboard from evox?
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