Topic: Hotswapping Tips (Read 539 times)

scooby_dooby · « **Reply #15 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:41:00 PM »

Ok, well here's some more tips:

#1 your drive is unlocked as soonas the MS logo appears, it just doesn't like t be swapped while transerring data, so just wait till everything has bootted up, about 10seconds is plenty

#2 run the hd power from your xbox, as long as the drive still has power it will not lock, you can reboot your pc numerous times. when it is first unlocked the drive is programmed to automatically lock when it powers down. for example, what i often do is hotswap in windows, if it doesn't work i just reboot, is the hotswap worked the time will still be unlocked when windows starts up again.

#3 sometimes windows will disable the ide cable when you try to htswap with windows running, if it doesn't work after a couple tries, try rebooting your pc and pausing it at some point, then hot swap and resume booting

#4 windows 2000 seems to work better sometimes, other times it's winXP, i have dual boot

#5 windows xp pro does not like to be hotswapped with windows running, but 2000 is ok

#6 always unplug your cd/dvd drives and use this IDE cable, it makes life much easier, trust me

#7 "scan for new hardware" is completely unnecessary, hotswap and launch hd driver, if it worked it'll be there

#8 if all else fails you can try detting your pc hd as slave, plug you xbox hd into the same ide cable and set your bios to boot from the slave.

#9 when you finally do get hddriver you might not see any folders, or maybe just one, sometimes you're lucky and can see them all. there tutorials on fixing this, it's easy.

this might sound complicated, but i've never ran into a hradrive i couldn't hotswap, 15minutes tops,

Silent_Buddha · « **Reply #16 on:** January 22, 2004, 04:08:00 PM »

SB

PS - Holy crap my xbox has a noisy arsed HD.

EmperorPsiblade · « **Reply #17 on:** January 22, 2004, 04:13:00 PM »

QUOTE (ftothe3 @ Jan 20 2004, 08:01 PM)

QUOTE (fetz654 @ Jan 20 2004, 08:42 PM)

To unlock your hdd all you must do is put in halo wait for the main screen (the guys are singing) then swap it worked for me and nothing else ever did because the dashboard doesnt unlock the hdd

WRONG! you can unlock your HD by loading a game, thats true BUT loading the dash alone unlocks the HD also! xbox must unlock the hd so that the dash can write to it (xboxdash needs HD access for copying saves from mem card to hard drive and ripping songs off CDs to the harddrive.) to do any of that stuff the drive needs to be unlocked. therefore, the drive is unlocked after the dash is loaded!

that is not wrong! i unlocked my drive by loading Halo and waiting at the main screen...

oh wait.... goto settings in halo and change ur color and save before swapping..... it worked for me....

btw did u try that before u said it was wrong?

fetz654 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2004, 10:48:00 AM »

What i meant is if you wait for the recommended 5-10 min it is locked i have never tried it right away might be possible but on startup it has no reason to access hard drive after it is booted for 10 mins (locked) the halo way is quick and verified i recommend it

Silent_Buddha · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2004, 01:30:00 PM »

Thanks for replying fetz654...

So am I to assume that even though I don't see any drive letters that the System folder is the C: drive and the User Data folder is the E: drive?

I'll be doing the audio exploit so I shouldn't fubar the machine if it isn't the C: and E: drive, but would love to get some kind of confirmation before I start doing this.

SB

ftothe3 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 24, 2004, 07:57:00 PM »

QUOTE (fetz654 @ Jan 23 2004, 07:48 PM)

What i meant is if you wait for the recommended 5-10 min it is locked i have never tried it right away might be possible but on startup it has no reason to access hard drive after it is booted for 10 mins (locked) the halo way is quick and verified i recommend it

once it is unlocked it is unlocked. it does not lock just because of inactivity in the dashboard. in order for the dash to load up the hd has to be unlocked. in order to load up any game the hd has to be unlocked (so that you can save). therefore, you can let the dash load or let a game load. EITHER WAY WORKS! dont say it doesnt work when it does.

augustinbethany · « **Reply #21 on:** February 16, 2004, 09:05:00 PM »

Hey, there I"ve been trying to do the hotswap with my Windows XP home edition, for some reason it reads when i boot up but when it says starting windows. the little scroll bar goes bye, it's like halling ass, after awhile, it will come to a black screen and restart it's self? iam I doing something wromg? Im writing to you while my xbox is on, and it's at the memory menu, and it's been more then 10 mins, I'm going to try to connect it to the computer as we speak, I'm sure i'm doing something wrong, or I shouldn't be doing this at all.. Also, I've tryed this, i started my xbox up first wait for a few when it's at the dashboard, i switched the plugg, and started up the computer, should I have done that, it says it detects the drive and shit, but then it just restarts when the scrolly bar comes up? Heres my new HD i'm putting in

I have a:
Maxtor "Ultra Series"
160GB
8MB Cache
7200rpm

I have a new version of the X-Box
here's the info on the back of my xbox not sure if u can tell which verion i have im reading off of that long shiney sticker...

________________________________________
| MS Corporation |
| 2003-08-04 :MFG. Date |
| 4059467 33205 :Serial NO. |
| 242 4059468 33205 :Product ID. |
|______________________________________ |

PLEASE HELP!!!
Also, What can I do with this softmod? can i run back up games, burn them to the new harddrive, or, do I still need a modchip, if so

Dave

AOL AIM: ASADpunk182
www.purevoume.com/augustinbethany

kingroach · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2004, 05:14:00 AM »

I had problem with my 1.5 box cz all the tutorial says wait to 5-10 minute until the hd spins down but my hd never seems to spin down. Heres the method worked for me:

1. Insert a audio cd into ur xbox
2. Copy atleast 1 track into ur xbox hard drive
3. Now shut down ur xbox
4. start ur pc and hit [pause/break] key ur have hit the key as sooon as u power up ur pc so HD detection process dont start
5. start ur xbox and then go to music select the track u already ripped from ur audio cd
6. PLay it for 40-50secs(doesnt matter how long u play it)
7. Pause the song
8. Open unplug IDE cable from ur xbox hd and plug in ur pcs secondary IDE cabe ( ovbiously master slot)
9. Hit [SPACE] or [ENTER] whatever works for u to resume ur pcs bootup process
10. HDD_DRIVER should detect ur xbox hdd on physical drive 2

HOW YOU KNOW UR HD IS STILL UNLOCKED:

Computer will take more time to bootup than ur normal boot up time cz it tries to initialize locked HD, if ur hd is unlocked than computer should bootup normally.

augustinbethany · « **Reply #23 on:** February 17, 2004, 06:22:00 PM »

okay, i have the drive on my device manager im running windows xp home, the drive reads ST310014A, but i don't know what to do from here?

please help
Dave
[email protected]

kingroach · « **Reply #24 on:** February 18, 2004, 06:06:00 AM »

now run HDD_DRIVER. If ur hd is unlocked then it should detect it.

augustinbethany · « **Reply #25 on:** February 18, 2004, 01:50:00 PM »

I have the hdd driver. driver.exe but it says procedure point_chkesp could not be located in the dynamic link library MSVCRTD.dll i have the dll i had to go get them, cause i tryed to run the app and it said missing this .dll and these's so i got them..?? now what.. even if i got this to work, and to back up the harddrive, I'm only able to trans shit over onto my big 160 gig one, so this way, i don't have to go to www.xboxmodchips.net and quest for a service to have them install one for me, or even buy one for me. since I have it already in there??

Thanks
Dave

kingroach · « **Reply #26 on:** February 18, 2004, 02:22:00 PM »

I m planing to buy cheap cloned xenium ones, got a link in modchip forum. cz i thought if I want to downgrade dash and all that shit I hav to buy a memory card, mech assault game, and I have to modify my xbox link cable with a usb one to transfer gamesave hack and thats a a total of $25 from my pocket and i wont be sure after all those if that works but I can buy one modchip for $30 and its woth to pay $5 bucks more.

kingroach · « **Reply #27 on:** February 19, 2004, 06:14:00 AM »

kingroach · « **Reply #28 on:** February 19, 2004, 12:34:00 PM »

augustinbethany · « **Reply #29 on:** February 19, 2004, 03:22:00 PM »

if you go here, do you think this is the best mod chip

http://shop.system-m...=204&1=206&3=10

i just might just mod the fucker, instead of this swap trick, cause i can see the harddrive in windows xp, but like the hdd driver is fucked, if anyone can send me the file cause the one i have gives me an error message

Thanks
Dave

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