Post by: 1hotjob on August 27, 2008, 02:47:00 PM
Browse through the mod chip section here to get an idea of the BIOS you will use. You should use one with a .67 in it to support larger HDs. That will give you the F and G drives.
Evolution X is a BIOS, Evox is a dashboard. They are easily confused. Especially when you see EVO X.
Get Slayer's Evox installer to prep the new drive. If you can't flash the chip any other way, you can do it with Slayer's. You will need to put your new BIOS in the right place before you burn the CD.
Post by: Heimdall on August 27, 2008, 05:18:00 PM
Have a look here for basic flashing stuff (and follow some of the links on that page for more detail), and here for a slightly more complete guide. Note that you won't find the bios anywhere on either of these sites.
Make sure you use a standard video cable when flashing (flashbios on the X3 gives a blank screen if you use anything else). When you get the bios loaded DON'T set a password - it doesn't work properly, and locks you out. I was caught out by both of these.......!
You can then use X3 config live to format your new hard drive. Use the inbuilt ftp server to put your dashboard and apps where you want them (I put mine on the E drive) and set up the bios to point to your dashboard. The menu is fairly logical. Then you can select "reboot to dash" to check your settings. If you've got it wrong you can go back to X3 config live and have another go as often as you like!
BUT, as previous posters have said, make sure you use XBPartitioner v1.1 to format your G drive before you put any data on it - the X3 bios formats it with 16k clusters, and that doesn't work for a 500 gig drive.
Post by: Heimdall on August 27, 2008, 07:37:00 PM
Post by: babyblu on August 27, 2008, 07:39:00 PM
just dont partition 6or7. transfer XBpartitioner to your apps folder then run it and choose the right option for your BIOS setting. I just used F only for my xbox and have never had a problem.
also I would only use a X3 bios on your X3 chip. It simple to flash the chip just go to team-xecuter.com and read there tuts for flashing the X3.
As for EVOX the only reason I have it on my xbox is for when I upgrade my xbmc, I boot evox then delete the xbmc folder and up the new one. And thats the only time it runs on my HDD.
Post by: henderlong on August 27, 2008, 08:01:00 PM
Should i even use a 500 gig harddrive -----> is that too big or too small?
Post by: Bomb Bloke on August 27, 2008, 10:41:00 PM
QUOTE(henderlong @ Aug 28 2008, 10:26 AM) 
i thought that the x3 bio wasnt hacked? so i couldnt put media on my xbox?
What would be the point in creating it if that was the case?
QUOTE(henderlong @ Aug 28 2008, 10:26 AM)
What exactly is ftp and how do i use it?
http://www.chefelf.c.../networking.php
QUOTE(henderlong @ Aug 28 2008, 10:37 AM)
Also for 500 gbs is it easer to do the F only or F and G?
It is "easier" to just use F only. You will need to use XBPartitioner regardless.
QUOTE(henderlong @ Aug 28 2008, 10:37 AM)
Should i even use a 500 gig harddrive -----> is that too big or too small?
Data expands to fill the space available, kinda like gases do... There's no such thing as a "too big" drive.
Estimate a size of 4gb for each of your games, and you can roughly work out the absolute minimum amount of drive space you'll need.
Post by: henderlong on August 29, 2008, 07:05:00 PM
do i first...
put the chip in...
make a bios cd...
load the bios on the chip somehow?....
copy old hardrive data to your computer via FTP...
connect the new harddrive...
Use FTP to use xbpartitioner???
Load evox via FTP???
How do i use slayers evox loader? What is included?
Post by: Bomb Bloke on August 29, 2008, 09:10:00 PM
Slayers is a boot disc that runs EvoX. You get a copy of the image, burn it to CD or DVD, and then stick it in the console. It includes tools for formatting the hard drive and installing software on it, and also provides an FTP service.
You cannot run software over FTP. You use it to transfer the software to the console, and run it from there. You only need to use XBPartitioner to format F/G, so use Slayers first, worry about XBP when you've got that done.
Post by: Bomb Bloke on August 30, 2008, 01:27:00 AM
But you only need to format certain partitions with XBPartitioner. Not all of them.
So by all means use Slayers (which is usually downloaded as an ISO, yes) to initially format the drive and install a dash... Then worry about formatting F/G with XBP afterwards.
Post by: ldotsfan on August 30, 2008, 06:16:00 PM
Post by: Bomb Bloke on August 30, 2008, 09:38:00 PM
How: http://www.chefelf.c.../networking.php