Post by: Badger6 on March 21, 2004, 06:35:00 PM
heres some other info:
v1.0 xbox
thomson dvd drive
trying to install 120gb maxtor, not sure about the product number
i believe that im trying to use slayer's evox 2.5 and its on a memorex cd-rw
i usually use an xecutor2 bios that is red and orange
xbit chip with pogopin install
thats all i can think of
also, something i tried was booting slayers evox off of disc with normal hdd, then once its in slayers evox, i unplug normal hdd and put in new hdd and then i try formatting with slayers evox. it spends about 8 seconds saying its formatting z: then it says its done. is it working? i then tried using slayers evox to install ms dash, evox, and all the apps and stuff and it instantly said it was done. i dont think this works at all lol. can someone please confirm that it will not work to simply boot slayers evox off the cd with normal hdd in, then swap the hdd's while xbox is turned on?
also, my normal hdd has the jumper on cable select. does this mean my new hdd will have to use cable select also or is there still a possibility that it needs to be on master?
i would greatly appreciate some help
btw if u need to know anything i didnt post, just ask and i'll do my best to inform you better
edit: after trying slayers evox with new hdd like 25 times using evox d6 bios and jumper on master, i kept getting error 09, then on one of them it paused for a while before giving me the error, then i got error 07. neone kno wut that means?
Post by: pyro88 on March 22, 2004, 04:13:00 AM
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07 = HDD timeout 09 = HDD parameters (PIO/DMA/or size {debug}, certain size minimum is required for debug) |
Try not using slayers, I personally hate it because it always Fu*** up my hard drive. Try creating an evox hd disc, or just a regular one and do ftp raw commands. Check in the tutorials section under evolution-x at
http://www.xbox-scene.com also if you should try a different media, maybe your dvd drive just does not like the media any more. And try putting the hard drive in your computer and reformating it, the space might be used up.
Hope that helps,
pyro88
Post by: Pizza Pizz on March 22, 2004, 06:15:00 AM
if so you ain't got no chance of getting it boot from slayer evox disc on a totally blank unpartioned new h/d
these early bios had the advantage it will boot without dvd but if there was a h/d problem it would just sit there
the D6 bios would boot everytime from a evox in dvd tray on a totally blank h/d, but would fail to boot if dvd was unplugged/removed
using your present working setup & old h/d
use slayer 2.5 to boot hopefully and flash your mod through the slayer disc / evox
think you best use M7 - just a normal M7 will do
(slayer has M7 ef which will do just fine for h/d install)
then after it reflashed the bios to M7 I bet if you set 120gb jumper to cable select and plugged that in - still with the slayer disc in ya dvd it will boot slayers evox installer
then my personal choice is rebuild retail - think option 4
then go to format options and format up F to 112gb
(I use retail option coz if owt goes tits up then I can just rebuild retail and hopefully not lose 112gb of ergh hum data on my F drive)
reckon this X2 bios is where ya problem is
of course after you done the h/d install you can go back to an early X2 4976/7 if ya want
I prefer atm M7 non eject fix over all X2 bios's including X2 4981
best of luck
Post by: Badger6 on March 22, 2004, 01:50:00 PM
pyro, theres no way im making a normal evox disc, b4 i modded box i tried this like 10 times but i have no cd burning experience and i just couldnt figure it out (yes i did make an ISO first, im not that dumb
) its a miracle i burned my slayers disc rite.xgeek, i used the normal xbox ide cable and im positive its been plugged in properly, and the hdd did vibrate, although i dont believe the ide cable has to be plugged in ifor it to get power. and i DID have the jumper on cable select although i also tried master and slave.
pizza pizz, thank u for the detailed post, i'll try the M7 bios
Post by: Badger6 on March 22, 2004, 06:48:00 PM
. i then did the same with the EvoxM7_ef.bin and got the same results. ne other ideas?thnx for helping
Post by: Pizza Pizz on March 22, 2004, 09:37:00 PM
cd-rw is fine on certain brands but not many brands will work 101%
some philips won't read cd-r's either
best way is to burn using rec now max - slowly say at 4x on cd-rw I found
or what you could try is plug in a dvd-rom drive from pc
plug the dvd ide lead into the pc dvd drive and use a power splitter from h/d to fire the pc dvd up with ya xbox
boot the xbox up via on/off button with the slayer disc already inside, cd-rw or a cdr should work on the pc drive
it may work
if not try leaving the yellow lead in the old xbox dvd drive and with an original xbox game in there so the xbox knows a game is inserted
hopefully - it should boot the evox/slayer disc in the pc dvd-rom
uhm it should be a pc dvd drive as I have found a number of pc cd-rom drives don't work at all - so just borrow a dvd drive from ya pc and try it out
It should boot as the hacked bios will run the default.xbe
if not and you had all the files it should of been compiled as a udf 128 8+3 format and of course closed disc
Post by: Badger6 on March 23, 2004, 01:55:00 PM
Post by: pyro88 on March 24, 2004, 07:23:00 AM
Post by: Badger6 on March 24, 2004, 07:10:00 PM
btw i use memorex cd-rws and i hear that those r good
edit: pyro88, u mentioned using raw commands through fxp to format hdd, do u know where i can find out how to do this? ive done some searching in xbox-scene, but i havent found anything mentioning it. ive been searching tutorials, but there are way too many tutorials to just read through each one in search of the ftp commands. do you have anymore info about this?
Post by: Badger6 on April 05, 2004, 02:35:00 PM
today i just happened to be at radio shack so i bought a powersplitter thing and plugged my comps cd-r/rw drive (not a dvd-rom) and i followed the tutorials but i had no luck reading the cd. im just wondering, will it work to use a cd-r/rw drive from a comp?, cuz the tutorials say to use a dvd-rom but they dont mention cd-r/rws.well, is there anything else i can try? could there be the possibility that i messed up my hdd or maybe it just wont work?
edit: pyro88, u mentioned using raw commands through fxp to format hdd, do u know where i can find out how to do this? ive done some searching in xbox-scene, but i havent found anything mentioning it. ive been searching tutorials, but there are way too many tutorials to just read through each one in search of the ftp commands. do you have anymore info about this?
Post by: yiliboxer on April 05, 2004, 06:28:00 PM
Post by: Badger6 on April 06, 2004, 03:38:00 PM
so yes i am pretty sure the new hdd is lockable
Post by: Pizza Pizz on April 06, 2004, 10:15:00 PM
I know some peeps have got cd-rom's to work but I tried n tried a few drives - really wanted a black LG CD-ROM drive to work so I could just use 1 xbox with a busted drive as a vcd/svcd/divx player
but could not get the LG cd-rom to read jack $hit
trust me - beg / steal or borrow a dvd-rom for 5 mins
wired up the same as you did with cd-rom
IT WILL WORK
DVD-ROM MUST BE SET AS SLAVE ON JUMPER SETTINGS
MAXTOR 120GB - PLUG IN JUMPER J48 = CABLE SELECT
NO OTHER JUMPER SHOULD BE ON THE MAXTOR DRIVE
the maxtor 6Y120L0 will work sweet - got 1 in mine 2mb cache, 7,200 rpm
(also got a 6Y120P0 is the 8mb cache version)
plug in the ide lead, power it up via the splitter on the h/d
put in slayer disc & reboot
(or as long as disc is in pc dvd drive when you power up using the on/off button)
Post by: Badger6 on April 07, 2004, 02:13:00 PM
well im gonna be visiting my cousins in san diego so im gonna be gone for a week, but thnx for helping me as much as u have!
Post by: Badger6 on April 07, 2004, 07:29:00 PM
thnx for the help
Post by: Pizza Pizz on April 07, 2004, 09:05:00 PM
just set the jumper to cable select
that would be the easiest solution that go through burning a xbox disc with udf 128 8+3 in rec now max on a media that your drive would like
Post by: Badger6 on April 08, 2004, 02:05:00 PM
| QUOTE (Pizza Pizz @ Apr 7 2004, 09:05 PM) |
| If the evox/slayer disc works in ya m8's xbox then use ya m8's xbox to prepare your 120gb just set the jumper to cable select that would be the easiest solution that go through burning a xbox disc with udf 128 8+3 in rec now max on a media that your drive would like |
| QUOTE |
| that would be the easiest solution that go through burning a xbox disc with udf 128 8+3 in rec now max on a media that your drive would like |
i have no idea what that means lol
good idea about using my friends xbox to prepare hdd, i never thought of that, only one problem, he doesnt live near me i only kno him from internet stuff, he mailed me his evox disc lol. however, he lives sort of close i'll talk to him about that. unfortunately, im the only person i kno of in my city that has a modded xbox
well, im leaving soon so i wont be responding for a while...
Post by: Badger6 on April 10, 2004, 01:22:00 PM
btw i WILL be able to reply while im gone bcuz we do have internet here