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Title: New Motherboard Won't Work In Case
Post by: airrunner85 on May 03, 2010, 01:42:00 PM

apparently i have been reading and  i have encountered error 6 which is where the hd is locked to another motherboard. Is there a way which i can unlock this to work on this new motherboard?

Pleas ebear in mind the other motherboard is fried so i can't use that one. Thanks very much chaps

Title: New Motherboard Won't Work In Case
Post by: chocolatecheese on May 03, 2010, 04:55:00 PM

Did you backup the EEPROM from the old motherboard?

Title: New Motherboard Won't Work In Case
Post by: Bomb Bloke on May 03, 2010, 06:23:00 PM

If not, you'll need to construct an EEPROM reader, as linked in my sig.

Title: New Motherboard Won't Work In Case
Post by: Bomb Bloke on May 04, 2010, 06:20:00 AM

Grab a copy of XboxHDM and refer to the included tutorial file re the two Linux-based tools, "unlockhd" and "lockhd". You need to use "unlockhd" with the old motherboard's EEPROM, then "lockhd" with the new motherboard's EEPROM.

This is assuming the new motherboard isn't hardmodded (eg, modchipped). Most hardmods allow you to boot with an unlocked HDD.

It is possible that even when correctly locked, the new motherboard will refuse to boot off the old HDD. This would depend on what mods you had in place, and a handful of other factors. Not much point in worrying about that until you get past the current error code.