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JediYodaNT

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« on: December 22, 2003, 03:50:00 AM »
From Everything I've Read 129GB Is The Max Size HD The XBox Will Recognise.  Sorry.
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xboxfan69

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« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2003, 03:58:00 AM »
No that's not true.  Read the forums more, some X2 Bioses allow you to break the 137GB barrier.

I jsut want to know why mine won't.   laugh.gif
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« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2003, 07:11:00 AM »
What bios did you use?
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Moleman

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« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2003, 07:32:00 AM »
137-8=129

You need to go into slayers and format a G: drive.
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Moleman

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« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2003, 07:42:00 AM »
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xboxfan69

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« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2003, 08:57:00 AM »
Also, I have the X2 4977 bios.  Does this support HD's over 137GB?
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Moleman

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« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2003, 10:37:00 AM »
Not unless you use xbtool, add in LBA-48 support and reflash.  Go with 4979.67 if you do not want to reformat F:.  4979.06 if you will.
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xboxfan69

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« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2003, 01:56:00 PM »
QUOTE (Moleman @ Dec 22 2003, 08:37 PM)
Not unless you use xbtool, add in LBA-48 support and reflash.  Go with 4979.67 if you do not want to reformat F:.  4979.06 if you will.

I flashed all 4 banks of the 2.2 Lite with the 4977.  Can I just switch the switch to either Bank 1 or Bank 2 and just reflash that ONE bank w/ the 4979.67?  If so, how would I go about doing this?   I have the original Thomson "I hate CD-R" DVD-drive.  (I have games and stuff on my F: drive and I don't want to lose them.  )

Thanks.
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Moleman

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« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2003, 06:13:00 PM »
Well, you can use flashx or evo x to flash your chip.  Then using evo x (I reccomend the slayers disk) you add a G: drive.  That way you keep the stuff on your F: drive, but many apps do not utilize the G: drive.


137-8=129 shows that your bios is capping off space at 137.

4977 is not LBA-48 without patching.
4979 comes patched
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Moleman

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« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2003, 06:15:00 PM »
QUOTE (xboxfan69 @ Dec 22 2003, 06:56 PM)
Can I just switch the switch to either Bank 1 or Bank 2 and just reflash that ONE bank w/ the 4979.67?

Yes.  Use flashx.
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« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2003, 08:39:00 PM »
If I have a 160 gb drive, with 4979.06 I CAN have a drive bigger than 137 on F:. If I install 4979.69 then I can have 137 on F: then the rest on G:.
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« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2003, 11:35:00 PM »
im a newbie and just put the x2 4979.06 on as my bios....when i formatted the 160gig seagate it left the remaining room on g drive...
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