QUOTE(bagmansgambit @ May 15 2010, 10:07 PM)

i have a motherboard with 4 sata and 1 IDE.
And that's your problem. xboxhdm 1.9 needs 2 separate IDE ports on the motherboard, with the CD on one and the Xbox disk on the other.
xboxhdm 2.1 gives you more flexibility, and boots from USB, so you might want to try that instead.