Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 02:25:00 AM
Have you tried booting with disc in tray.. switch box off and boot from fresh with disc inserted ?
Tried as slave? a couple version 1.0 i did the hdd only worked on slave not cable select...from memory that was years ago..
Post by: jonrees69 on December 30, 2004, 03:08:00 AM
I think this is right, the DVD is normally a slave.
The only other thing I thought I read a thread about was some incompatibility of the M8 with larger hard drives? But I could be talking outta my a$$ !! hehe
Good luck.
J
PS - If you wanted to upgrade to an Xecuter 3, this feature is inbuilt and (literllally) takes like 5 minutes to do - including fitting and formatting-top util)
Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 03:19:00 AM
IDE cables all in OK...
Power plugged in ? No shit molex splitters with loose connectors...
Actually has power to hdd ?
All other plugs for everything else plugged in ??
(I think if a fan or something isn't working it fails to boot - ?????)
You don't have any other auxillary stuff split from the power molex connector into the power of hdd.....
Just cover more basics at the moment.....
Post by: J3alz on December 30, 2004, 12:22:00 PM
Thanks
Post by: Strud1512 on December 30, 2004, 12:50:00 PM
QUOTE(J3alz @ Dec 30 2004, 08:53 PM)
ok tried the drive hooked straight to the power and still no boot... I also noticed that the dvd won't boot a game either. Any ideas are much appreciated Thanks
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Title: Problems Upgrading Hdd Drive
Post by: J3alz on December 30, 2004, 01:45:00 PM
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Is there any possibility I have a bad (new) hdd? I bought it from best buy but I don't have a computer I can try it in. What would a bad hdd do anyway? by the way any other ideas?
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Title: Problems Upgrading Hdd Drive
Post by: J3alz on December 30, 2004, 03:25:00 PM
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bump... has anyone ever seen a problem like this?
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Title: Problems Upgrading Hdd Drive
Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 04:25:00 PM
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LOOK.... I'd say if the hdd is new ?? it should be ok....not having a pc to try it in makes it harder...But since you say you have not even got a dvd working...are you sure the IDE cable is not inserted in reverse? ie....the master is the slave and the slave is the master??? I know its a long shot and you really can only do that if the hdd is out of tray as length isn't there to do it fitted...
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Title: Problems Upgrading Hdd Drive
Post by: captcavecricket on December 30, 2004, 04:34:00 PM
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yep, i'm having the same problem, except its a used hd, i've already deleted everything, but i can't get slayers to boot with this hd in, and i can't get xboxhdm to detect it
i've given up on it
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Title: Problems Upgrading Hdd Drive
Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 04:45:00 PM
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Well there is the possibility the HDD's are dead...
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Title: Problems Upgrading Hdd Drive
Post by: J3alz on December 30, 2004, 04:46:00 PM
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ok positive the ide cable is fine... I can swap the old drive in and it will boot up no problem.. also the dvd only will boot when the old hdd is in!
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Title: Problems Upgrading Hdd Drive
Post by: J3alz on December 30, 2004, 04:57:00 PM
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Title: Problems Upgrading Hdd Drive
Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 07:13:00 PM
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Title: Problems Upgrading Hdd Drive
Post by: J3alz on December 31, 2004, 11:31:00 AM
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The diagram on the hard drive was upside down. So when I switched jumpers it was on master! So now its all working good! Thanks everyone for the help!
ThanksPost by: J3alz on December 30, 2004, 01:45:00 PM
Post by: J3alz on December 30, 2004, 03:25:00 PM
Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 04:25:00 PM
Post by: captcavecricket on December 30, 2004, 04:34:00 PM
i've given up on it
Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 04:45:00 PM
Post by: J3alz on December 30, 2004, 04:46:00 PM
Post by: J3alz on December 30, 2004, 04:57:00 PM
Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 07:13:00 PM
Post by: J3alz on December 31, 2004, 11:31:00 AM
The diagram on the hard drive was upside down. So when I switched jumpers it was on master! So now its all working good! Thanks everyone for the help!