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[hobbesy007]

Wellits my first Noob question so please be kind  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Well all my hard work has just gone down the drain, I had managed to softmod my lads xbox with Splinter Cell, Max Replay and even managed put on DVD2xbox and all was working well with it FTP'd to my network.

I then decided to upgrade the HDD to a larger one, I must have done something wrong because while using xboxhdm I managed to 'fry' the hard drive. Xboxhdm wont even recognise it and when I turn it on it goes to the multi language error 9 message screen.

The larger HDD drive gives me this error code

9 - kernel - HDD parameters (PIO/DMA/or size {debug}, certain size minimum is required for debug)

Not very common error, please try another harddisk.

I've found out the Larger HDD isn't locked but after a few tries with xboxhdm I can'tget it to lock while connected to the pc, the first xbox hdd is dead and the pc wont even see it.

I have the origional eeprom.dat file but it is named evox on my machine (is this correct)

So is there anything I can do? Thanks in advance

Cheers Rob

PS I've just bought another xbox for the lad, but have been threatn'd with mutilation if I kill that one  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[1hotjob]

The file you need is the eeprom.bin file.

You should have the eepom.bin file in the eeprom folder for the Xboxhdm CD. To lock the new drive you boot to option 3 and type in "lockhd -a.

[obcd]

I don't get it. Your xbox was modded, so you didn't need to hotswap the original harddisk anymore.

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Xboxhdm wont even recognise it and when I turn it on it goes to the multi language error 9 message screen.

Xboxhdm is a pc application, and the error 9 message is probably a xbox message. If it's locked, xboxhdm can't access it, unless you unlock it. If the xbox boots into an error 9, it won't unlock the harddisk.

Your bigger harddisk is also giving you an error 9? That has nothing to do with the harddisk being locked or not. Are you sure your harddisk flatcable isn't damaged?

If the bigger harddisk is recognised in your pc (being unlocked), it should give you an error 5 when you connect it to your xbox.

The original xbox harddisk is probably locked. You could try the dos atapwd program on it to see if it is electrical in order.

regards.