Topic: Help Me With My Problem And I Give You $10 (Read 369 times)

uesc · « **Reply #30 on:** August 28, 2004, 11:29:00 AM »

ipodder, i'm not sure what happened, but my xbox HD is locked and i can't unlock it.

panthor says that it's possible that i can unlock it by plugging in the power into the hard drive after i turn the computer on. he also warns about getting shocked... so i'm not really wanting to do this, but if there's no other option, i might just do it.

here's a link to what panthor was talking about CLICK HERE

mrp04 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 28, 2004, 12:35:00 PM »

uesc, what happend is some bios do a freeze lock, like the text i sent you. The freeze lock is a protection so it isnt accedently locked (or maybe a virus lock it?). Most of them however can turn it off by disabling auto detection. But your bios doesnt support it. That is what happend, what you need to do now, is find a way to trick it, or do it on a different computer

uesc · « **Reply #32 on:** August 28, 2004, 01:51:00 PM »

i'm gonna try panthor's method...

Wish me luck, and i hope i don't get fried!!!!

RiceCake · « **Reply #33 on:** August 28, 2004, 02:10:00 PM »

Hard drive's using the locking feature usually freeze up if they've been accessed without being unlocked, or have tried to be unlocked with bad keys. This is to stop you from brute-forcing the key (Eg, try key 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and so forth). After 3 bad keys the drive simply stops responding. I've heard before its even possible to permanently freeze a hard drive for maximum security but it isn't that frequent.

Usually a quick reboot will fix this. Sometimes you need to plug in the drive at the PC BIOS detection screen to bypass some other freeze causing commands.

uesc · « **Reply #34 on:** August 28, 2004, 02:38:00 PM »

and ricecake: i have the 40 digit password written down and i checked it 2 times before i started using it. should i use the 30 digit password instead or something?

uesc · « **Reply #35 on:** August 28, 2004, 04:49:00 PM »

what about a mod chip? if i had one installed, would i be able to do anything i haven't been able to do up to this point?

please help

mrp04 · « **Reply #36 on:** August 28, 2004, 05:00:00 PM »

With a mod chip, your drive does NOT need to be locked. But try pluging in the ata cable while the pc is booting up, maybe that will do something?

What baout, if your REALLY brave, unplug it while on, and plug it back in, but that is if your really brave.

uesc · « **Reply #37 on:** August 28, 2004, 06:45:00 PM »

mrp04 · « **Reply #38 on:** August 30, 2004, 08:24:00 PM »

have you got it locked yet?

uesc · « **Reply #39 on:** August 31, 2004, 10:07:00 AM »

i have a x3 on order right now so i'm going that way. the chip will lock my hd for me so i won't need to mess with it anymore

mrp04 · « **Reply #40 on:** August 31, 2004, 10:20:00 AM »

is it solderless?

uesc · « **Reply #41 on:** August 31, 2004, 11:49:00 AM »

the x3 come with a solderless adapter i believe, but i'm not sure if i'm going with that method. my xbox is a 1.0, so the LPC port is filled, i'll need to get the solder out of the holes no matter i i got with solderless or solder. i just gotta wait until the chip gets here or find somebodys computer that they would let me take apart (haven't found anybody yet)

mrp04 · « **Reply #42 on:** August 31, 2004, 12:08:00 PM »

you cant use solderless on a 1.0?

uesc · « **Reply #43 on:** August 31, 2004, 04:13:00 PM »

no, you can, but with the solderless adapter, you still need the LPC pins to go through the LPC port, and since mine is filled with solder (from MS) i would have to unsolder the holes to use the "solderless" adapter.

uesc · « **Reply #44 on:** August 31, 2004, 04:39:00 PM »

(not 100% sure on that though)

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