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Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: _terror_ on January 15, 2004, 04:09:00 PM

I pushed two pins into the hard drive when I put the ATA cable in upside down. Tried to push them back out, one is bent and the other is broken off. I'm screwed. When I try to boot up I get error 7.

I know its because of the hard drive, it is the only problem with the box so dont try to tell me there is something else wrong with it. What should I do to fix the hard drive. And If I cant fix it, can I trick the Xbox into thinking the hard drive is plugged in and working and then reflash the bios (after I install my chip X2.3B Pro) and install my new hdd?

I'm so f-ing screwed.

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: Heet on January 15, 2004, 04:10:00 PM

*Just kidding.     I would permanently attach the ata to the hd, then make a socket and plug into that.

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: havocaose on January 15, 2004, 04:11:00 PM

maybe you could solder wires to the underside of the harddrive (there are these solderpoint that look like thats what the pins are actually connected too) and srip the 2 wires on the ata cable and just connect it that way?

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: _terror_ on January 15, 2004, 04:12:00 PM

I'm working on something similar to that now.

Thanks a ton to everyone who replies

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: TheMuffinMan on January 15, 2004, 04:17:00 PM

Yeh I pushed one of my pins on my dvd drive in when i was first getting around to opening the xbox before all my mods, i just took some needle nose pliers and carefully pulled it out, as to the broken one, the hdd manufacturer may be able to send a new one if you send them that one, or solder to the bottom connection on the hdd

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: _terror_ on January 15, 2004, 04:37:00 PM

seagate wouldnt send me a new xbox hdd would they? this is the one that came with the xbox

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: TheMuffinMan on January 15, 2004, 04:38:00 PM

Ah thought you were talking after market ones, nah, with the xbox one you'll have to find an alternate pin connection

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: hbidad on January 15, 2004, 03:45:00 PM

can't you just take the controller board off and solder a whole new conncetor on?

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: twistedsymphony on January 15, 2004, 04:43:00 PM

that's what I'd do

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: sk8squirrel on January 15, 2004, 03:57:00 PM

if you just want to flash the chip and install an new harddrive all you need to do is put the chip in and get the slayers auto-installer. you dont need the harddrive to flash the chip if its a new one. it comes with cromwell on it and it boots directly to that.

hope it helps

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: Rocky388 on January 15, 2004, 05:20:00 PM

can't you just put ur chip in and flash it

than put ur new hard drive in, put the evox cd in
format the new hard drive...and there ya go

if u have to have the old hard drive...than i'd just go with what havocaose suggested. It'll be easier and faster than soldering a whole new connector in (40 solder points....)

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: _terror_ on January 15, 2004, 05:30:00 PM

thanks for all the great replies everyone. I'm going to take a pic of what I did and then explain some more but a short explanation is:soldered a new pin in, tried to boot up, got no video but no fragging either, is that good or bad?

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: _terror_ on January 15, 2004, 06:03:00 PM

The pics will soon be in xb-t.

I plugged everything in and booted my xbox up. I got no video or sound, but the xbox wasnt fragging. I'm starting to loose patience with this thing, I'm wondering if the modchip thing I described above is possible, so I can install my new 200GB maxtor. As of now my xbox does not have a modchip installed, I have an X2.3B pro waiting tho. So if I install the modchip in my xbox at the state it is in now, would it work?

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: _terror_ on January 15, 2004, 06:17:00 PM

I don't really need my old hard drive, all I am interested in is making my xbox work right now

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: _terror_ on January 15, 2004, 06:35:00 PM

I have confirmed that the video is not working no matter what, and there is a good chance the hard drive is fixed, but I'm just not getting any video or sound.

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: Rocky388 on January 15, 2004, 07:59:00 PM

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: _terror_ on January 16, 2004, 09:08:00 AM

I just tried it without the hard drive plugged in and I got the blob then error 07, thats what I should get without the hard drive plugged in right? I geuss its my hard drive, its causing nothing to show up on the TV. So I install my X2.3B Pro, (without the hard drive in) reflash the bios, install new hdd and format with evox and I should be up and running?

Title: Messed Up My Hard Drive
Post by: _terror_ on January 16, 2004, 04:10:00 PM

Update: Decided to follow through witht the modchip idea, got it installed, flashing right now