no i haven't, but I will give it a shot and see what happens.
Also I might add, I was using the original unmodded hdd, would not boot with modchip plugged in... but then I tried using a sata drive that already has xbmc and such installed from a previous build. The thing would still only boot 90% of the time(without dvd) but not at all fast and not smooth. but yea, as usual I reinstall the dvd drive...and BAM. boots like butter (w/dvd drive). Still will not boot with orig_hdd at all... so so wierd.
never had this problem before so it has me puzzled.
btw I have realized now that this may not have been the best place for this post. so sorry in adv. was kinda dazed and confused after my brain turned to chedder.