Topic: Xdk Alpha Recovery... (Read 92 times)

Scorpion_1169 · « **on:** July 15, 2004, 11:17:00 AM »

I got a little information from HSDEMONZ this morning. He believes there is supposed to be a special card in it that allows emulation of the XBOX HD. Thats a bit more info than I started out with, so anyone else have any hardware or software info?

old engineer · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2004, 11:45:00 AM »

Does it have a PCI card in it, with an IDE connector interface?

...Or is the IDE cable plugged straight into the Motherboard?

Scorpion_1169 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2004, 01:43:00 PM »

Plugged into the motherboard, so I assume that answers my question.

Lets suppose I managet ot get the card (theoretically) where do I go from there?

old engineer · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2004, 11:33:00 AM »

Are you sure that you actually need a card?

Scorpion_1169 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2004, 10:06:00 PM »

No, I'm not really sure of anything at this point. No one has any concrete info on this thing. It seems to be a rareity. I DO know that it is capable of functioning as an XDK, I've seen pics of them running development games. I'm just not even sure where to start.

JbOnE · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2004, 10:51:00 PM »

heehee - you could sell it to me

Flexmaster Frag · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2004, 06:59:00 PM »

Hi,

I recently acquired an XDK pc:

http://www.tomshardw.../images/xdk.jpg

It came without the hard drive of course, so I decided to put one of my xbox hard drives in it. So I unlock it and format it on my other computer. I stick it in the XDK and boot it up.... the xdk logo appears on the screen and the bios info comes up quickly...but it doesn't appear to search for drives. It just sits there and after a while it asks for a boot disk from A (floppy). I have no clue how to get anything running from the hard drive. I believe it's the bios, but is there anyway to change it if I can boot from a hard drive? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Bios Info:

Nvidia NV20 VGA Bios
Version 3.20.00.00.00

Mobo:

Intel VC820

Thx.

Flexmaster Frag · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2004, 07:04:00 PM »

Hi,

I recently acquired an XDK pc:

http://www.tomshardw.../images/xdk.jpg

It came without the hard drive of course, so I decided to put one of my xbox hard drives in it. So I unlock it and format it on my other computer. I stick it in the XDK and boot it up.... the xdk logo appears on the screen and the bios info comes up quickly...but it doesn't appear to search for drives. It just sits there and after a while it asks for a boot disk from A (floppy). I have no clue how to get anything running from the hard drive. I believe it's the bios, but is there anyway to change it if I can boot from a hard drive? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Bios Info:

Nvidia NV20 VGA Bios
Version 3.20.00.00.00

Mobo:

Intel VC820

Thx.

miazmaticdotcom · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2004, 07:17:00 PM »

Why did it come without a hard drive, is the devkit OS illegal too?

cromat44 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2004, 07:19:00 PM »

i've heard that all dev kit hd's were destroyed before the dev kits were given way or sold... don't take that as truth though im pretty sure its wrong

Flexmaster Frag · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2004, 07:24:00 PM »

I don't have a camera or anything...but here are some pics from ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/...me=STRK:MEWA:IT

Can anyone help?

bigbubba7373 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2004, 10:12:00 PM »

i have 2 xdk alpha1 computers i think they are supposed to be used with the xbox xdk systems i have both of mine running windowsxp and working great anyway heres the specs on the motherboard in them---------------------------------------------Product Code: et-9361-mbb-cinvc820-a
Availability: 0 in stock (7/17/04 18:09)

Technical Specs:
** Intel VC820 Desktop Board **
This Intel VC820 motherboard features support for Intel
Pentium II and Pentium III processor up to 733 MHz. Two
RIMM slots provide support for up to 512 MB RAM. Audio is
integrated. Expand and customize easily as needed with an
AMR slot, 1x/2x/4x AGP slot and five PCI slots!

General Features
- Intel 820 chipset
- Slot 1
- ATX form factor
- Supports up to 512 MB RDRAM
- Two (2) dual-channel UDMA/66 IDE controllers supporting
four (4) devices total
- One (1) dual-channel floppy controller supporting two (2)
devices total
- Integrated AC'97 audio CODEC

Expansion Slots
- One (1) 1x/2x/4x AGP slot
- Five (5) PCI slots
- One (1) AMR slot
- Two (1) 184-pin RIMM slots

I/O Ports
- Two (2) PS/2 ports
- Two (2) 9-pin standard serial ports
- One (1) 25-pin standard parallel port
- One (1) 15-pin standard game/midi port
- Two (2) USB ports
- Line-in, microphone and line-out jacks

BIOS Features
- Intel/AMI BIOS
- Intel 4 Mbit symmetrical flash ROM
- APM
- ACPI
- Plug and Play
- SMBIOS

Hardware Monitor Features
- Two (2) fan inputs used to monitor fan activity
- 2-pin header security feature for intrusion detection
- Remote diode temperature sense
- Voltage sensor
- Hardware monitor component

Supported Processors
- Intel Pentium II Slot 1 350 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium II Slot 1 400 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium II Slot 1 450 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 450 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 500 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 550 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 600 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 550E MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 600E MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 650 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 700 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 533B MHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 533EB MHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 600B MHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 600EB MHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 667 MHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 733 MHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 750 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 800 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 800EB MHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 850 MHz CPU with 100 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 866 MHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 933 MHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB
- Intel Pentium III Slot 1 1.0 GHz CPU with 133 MHz FSB

Notes
- Desktop board only
- Processor support may require BIOS update
- We are bound by contract to remove serial numbers and
software

xboxhaxorz · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2004, 10:33:00 PM »

ya, im wondering too

i got 4 of these boxes

No Mess · « **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2004, 10:52:00 PM »

I'm a friend of Flexmaster... how did you get the hard drives working if the bios doesn't scan for drives on boot up?

Flexmaster Frag · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2004, 11:57:00 PM »

Yeah! Tell us bigbubba7373....

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