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OG Xbox Forums => Hardware Forums => General Hardware/Technical Chat => Topic started by: joeblow420 on February 11, 2011, 12:29:00 AM
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sorrry i made a type.. im trying to do a ''in the xbox hdd rebuild"
well i got my 2tb hdd, its a WD20EARS.. i seen on the xbox compatibility chart it works, and is lockable.. i also got 2 different adapters.. since i live in asia, im sure ones i got here are nothing like ones most of u have tried. however can never be too sure i guess..
anyways, here i go.. i have flashed with ind bios as suggested 5003.67 i believe, and i have also tried x2 4981.67 bios... the problem IS that NOTHING not AID, HEXEN, OR SID will boot up.. it just hangs on the loading screen.. i have tried the jumpers in all settings, but assumed CS was the one it should be working on, but its not.. put in my old HD and they will boot up.. all but HEXEN, after i tried to load that disc i got an error 7, and it wouldnt go away every time i booted my xbox.. i had to unplug, and remove the hdd, and reconnect everything again.. wtf is up with that...?
is there a special bios i should be using in order to do a hdd from scratch using AID or what.. how long does it take on the loading screen.. i know with a working hdd it takes about 40-60 secs.. but i actually went into the other room, extracted hexen added files to make it it on a dvd, and then burned it.. went back in and it was still just sitting there doing nothing.. my friend has a chipped xbox with an aladdin 2 chip or some shit, with some x2 89?? or something bios on it.. but it goes to different error screens when i tried it.. as i changed the jumper i got a diff error screen to pop up..
has anyone else tried these WD green 1-2 TB hdds b4, and had any luck with them..? i did a search here and didnt see much feed back.. is there a list on the site here with 1+TB hdds peeps have had success with? i went for this one because i was sure i seen many talks about it working, but now i cant find them posts anymore..
ok i just found it under the name 'best sata to ide adapters' here http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=696416
but i still dont see anyone talking about doing an install directly from the xbox itself.. only suggestions about doing it.. is there something im missing here?u help on this asap would be greatly appreciated, because i only have 7 days to go get my $$ back if these drives will not work for me..
This post has been edited by joeblow420: Feb 11 2011, 08:34 AM
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try building the hdd with xboxhdm. got a computer?
no need to lock it if you have hard modded the xbox.
these adapters work for sure:
http://www.dealextre...pter-card-12537
but take 3-4 weeks to get to me in the U.S. they come from china so maybe get to you faster? still they take like a week to ship out.
its very possible the adapter does not work. many dont. xbox's are picky.
WD drives are usually good drives and since you dont have to lock it it shouldn't be a problem.
i leave my sata drives/adapters on cable select personally and they work fine. but try master if anything else.
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hey thx for the reply, no i dont have a pc, so its why i was told to flash the tsop of my xbox..
mail order is a real pain here for me at the moment.. i live in taipei, and went to the biggest computer market in the city.. i found only 2 different types.. only difference i noticed between them and one u showed is the ones i have only have 2 pins for the jumper.. but i dont think it should matter, because leaving all pins off is like master, and on pin on is CS, and both covered is slave... i tried all settings on both adapters..
is there a certain bios i should flash with for using my xbox to format.. and how long should it take for the boot discs to load up? usually it already takes about 1+ min to load on a already formatted hdd, but i had to of left it on 10 mins, and nothing..
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bios shouldnt matter, as long as it has LBA-48 (all the ones you mentioned do)
boot discs shouldnt take even 1 minute to load (your DVD drive may not be in the best of shape)
everything you state either points to (most likely) the SATA adaptor being incompatible or (less likely) the HD being bad
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ugh, that effing sucks... these were the only 2 i could find... but thx.. guess i will hold on to the hdd's, but take the adapters back then...