Topic: Hotswap..sorta (Read 77 times)

arez · « **on:** October 23, 2004, 12:14:00 AM »

My xbox died
something got fried
and its gone
well anyway,i got videos and whatnot on there i need to take off...
so i want to put my xbox hdd into my pc and take the fiels off
how do i do this?
i just stuck the hdd into my pc as Primary Master
and......it detects it...but it detects it as (this is from the add remove hardware thing)
"Primary IDE Controller (dual fifo)"
ehmmmmhelp?
I saw this addressed on different occasions here...but i didnt really see any help.
Sorry for the spelling errors

help plz thanks

arez · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2004, 05:08:00 PM »

-.- cmon!
someone help me!

Does this have to do with "Locking" your hdd....
my xbox is dead (and wont be revived)
how would i unlock it if i aint got a xbox?
cmon!

someone reply an help meh

triggernum5 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2004, 08:21:00 PM »

Simply put, if you don't have a backup of your eeprom.bin then the drive is locked for eternity.. If electronics are your thing, then you can read the eeprom chip that is on the motherboard.. (Waay to complex if you aren't already setup to do it.)

arez · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2004, 11:20:00 PM »

damn...
eeprom.bin i assume is a file on the hdd huh? XD
and the only way to access it is to put the hdd back into the xbox and ftp to it?

and reading it off the mother board......does this require the xbox to be functional XD
or just way to complex to even begin to explain?

triggernum5 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2004, 11:59:00 PM »

Smart ppl run the backup in Evox, then download the backed up files to their pc and several other secure locations just for the hell of it..
As for alternatives, you could swap your eeprom chip onto another mobo of the same version genre (1.0, 1.1-1.5, 1.6).. Your hdd should then boot in that box and you could unlock it..
The other way is to read it with a serial eeprom reader.. www.lancos.com.. Mine is an Atmel 24c02 serial eeprom.. I assume any other eeprom in an xbox to date is compatible with that.. Electronics teachers may be able to help you, or maybe you could send the chip to someone on this board who can read it and they can email you the eeprom.bin file..

arez · « **Reply #5 on:** October 24, 2004, 08:10:00 PM »

the reason is that i didnt back anything up is cuz i didnt get the chance

my xboxdied so abruptly
(i think it was my sister) dropped it...ersomthin

i still really dont know....
but there is somthin wrong with the power and it doesnt boot up...
well anyway......
lets say i did have the eeprom.bin
then what?

also
what is mobo XD

triggernum5 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 24, 2004, 10:26:00 PM »

Mobo == Motherboard
There are 254656 posts on this board explaining many ways to unlock a drive with the eeprom.bin.. If you can't find that, then you couldn't find sand on a beach..

arez · « **Reply #7 on:** October 24, 2004, 10:58:00 PM »

alrighty then
ill start searching agian

i wish i could just Plug my xbhd into my pc and tinker with it...
..but nooo....they gotta make it hard XD

thanks
if i need anythin
can i pm u?

also

"The other way is to read it with a serial eeprom reader.. www.lancos.com.. Mine is an Atmel 24c02 serial eeprom.."

eh...could u explain more about this...or PM me about this

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