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can you help me fix my xbox? error #6
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dabommbj
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7. April 2005 @ 10:58 |
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Hi guys. I have an xbox that the hard drive went bad. I've been doing some reading around in the forums and still no luck on how to fix it. I have a working hard drive from another xbox and would like to use it if possible. From what i've been reading, i think you can use a pc hard drive but i need to know the password to the old one to lock the new one. Any help would be great.
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Squiggles
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7. April 2005 @ 18:42 |
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The only way to install and lock a new HDD to your Motherboard is to Mod the Xbox.
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etsmith3
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8. April 2005 @ 04:48 |
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by any chance do you have the eeprom or hdd key?
If you have these you can use a tool called HDM, this tool will allow you to put a hdd in your cpu on master alone boot from a cd it creates, and create a hdd for your xbox, but it needs your eeprom or hdd key.
If you have these it should work for you, other than that, your best bet is to try to see if you can get that hdd to work, cause with out that key, your xbox is pretty much SOL, cause like the person before said, each HDD is locked to its motherboard, so you need that key to lock the new HDD with the same pass.
P.S. is that other xbox hdd locked? and if so do you have the xbox it goes to in order to unlock it?
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dabommbj
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8. April 2005 @ 09:45 |
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Hey Squiggles so if i mod my xbox then can i unlock the hard drive that i have? The hard drive is from another xbox, but its locked.
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dabommbj
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8. April 2005 @ 09:51 |
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No etsmith3 i do not have the eeprom or hard drive key because i never modded my xbox so i couldnt make a backup of my hard drive. and yes the hard drive is locked but no i do not have the xbox that goes with it, all i have is the hard drive. I already ordered a spider chip and Im going to try what Squiggles suggested. Thanx
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Squiggles
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8. April 2005 @ 10:20 |
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In order to lock a HDD to your Motherboard it already needs to be unlocked. If it's not unlocked then you can not unlock it without the key from the Eeprom that it was locked with. If you have the key or the Eeprom Chip itself then it is the only way you will be able to unlock the HDD and re-lock to another Board.
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jwmc1971
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8. April 2005 @ 18:24 |
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OR replace the xbox entirely and start over .
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pacman33
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12. April 2005 @ 12:48 |
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yeah i agree with jwmc1971 if your not going to mod your xbox ther is no way to get a new harddrive. so just say this to your xbox "fu*# you, you piece of sh*t" and go buy a new xbox. lol
pacman33
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dabommbj
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12. April 2005 @ 13:54 |
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I already ordered a spider modchip, so hopefully i can it working again.
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pacman33
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14. April 2005 @ 08:00 |
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ok thats good. have fun.
pacman33
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dabommbj
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20. April 2005 @ 07:42 |
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Ok guys i got my spider chip and i installed it with no problem. I flashed it with evox m8 bios. But now i get error #16 when i boot it up. any suggestions. I was thinking that now that i have the hard drive unlocked if i can fix it with xhdm?
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pacman33
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20. April 2005 @ 12:03 |
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ok error code 16 is a dashboard error. make sure you have a new dashboard and bios. the place to get both of them is at xbins. just search the fourms for the keyword "xbins" without the ""'s and you will know how to use them all.
later,
pacman33
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k2rid3r
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27. April 2005 @ 02:17 |
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etsmith3 (Newbie) 8. April 2005 @ 08:48
by any chance do you have the eeprom or hdd key?
If you have these you can use a tool called HDM, this tool will allow you to put a hdd in your cpu on master alone boot from a cd it creates, and create a hdd for your xbox, but it needs your eeprom or hdd key.
If you have these it should work for you, other than that, your best bet is to try to see if you can get that hdd to work, cause with out that key, your xbox is pretty much SOL, cause like the person before said, each HDD is locked to its motherboard, so you need that key to lock the new HDD with the same pass.
P.S. is that other xbox hdd locked? and if so do you have the xbox it goes to in order to unlock it?
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ok i just installed a new eeprom on my xbox after installing a new hd so i can play on xbox live, but now i get a error 6 message when i boot with/without the mod chip actice and when i press power and eject to lock it it says it cant read the drive. Any ideas how to fix this ? o btw i have the serial, hdd key for my eeprom
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27. April 2005 @ 08:16 |
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config magic is a great program
found in the usual places..
hope this helps
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k2rid3r
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27. April 2005 @ 14:50 |
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what does it do?
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28. April 2005 @ 03:55 |
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it locks and unlocks hdd with easy..
that program is like pure gold and hard to find...
but go to www.xbins.org for more info
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dabommbj
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28. April 2005 @ 10:16 |
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Well guys i installed the chip and i still couldnt unlock the hard drive from my other xbox so i gave up on that because i think its impossible to unlock it without the eeprom or the hard drive password. But i used a normal pc hard drive and my xbox works like new now. Thanks for all your help guys.
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dabommbj
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28. April 2005 @ 10:17 |
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Hey k2rid3r make sure that the hard drive jumper is in master or cs.
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k2rid3r
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28. April 2005 @ 17:36 |
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dabommbj what is master or cs? How do i unlock my hard drive via my computer i tried to hook up after i took out my cd drive and stuck in the 200 gb but it didnt read into it any ideas? btw on my comp i have the orignial eeprom saved . i jsut want my xbox to work. did i mess up the motherboard?
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dabommbj
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29. April 2005 @ 18:44 |
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The hard drive has a jumper in the back where you plug in the power and the IDE cables. As you can see you can put it in different spots. You have to check and place the jumper in the master position other wise the xbox wont be able to reasd your hard drive. If you have the eeprom then it shouldnt be a problem to unlock it and format it from your computer. I used a program called hdm. When you download the program it comes with a read me and it tells you how to use the program, its not hard. do you have a chip installed in your xbox?
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jakejm79
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14. May 2005 @ 15:02 |
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ok heres my problem not sure if any of you guys can help, I have two xboxs a v1.0 chipped and a v1.6 that was chipped but not any more. the 1.6 wont boot. I installed evox and never locked the HD (I left the chip on all the time) but I did back up the eeprom on the original 1.6 HD. I can have all 3 HD unlocked using the cromwell bios but can only lock them on the 1.0 xbox there for making them useless for the 1.6. I know there is probably an easy way of doing this with a pc, but all I have is a laptop with no IDE connectors. I read on the web there was a way to relock a HD with the right code by playing an audio track in a working xbox then hot swapping the HD and rebooting after you get an error 21 msg. Are there any programs out there that I could FTP to my modded xbox and relock the HD with the eeprom data on it. Sorry to be so long but any help would be appreciated.
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dabommbj
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15. May 2005 @ 13:41 |
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Well ive never heard of locking the hard rive with a song but it might be possible. The easiest way to do it is get a hold of a computer and use a program called hdm. With this program you can unlock and lock hard drives as long as you have the password or the eeprom. I dont know if i understood correctly but you said the xbox doesnt boot therefore i think you cant ftp into your xbox. What error # do you get when the xbox boots up?
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jakejm79
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15. May 2005 @ 14:33 |
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I can boot to the HD if i put it in my modded xbox, the HD still has evox on it (so I can FTP to it when it is in my modded Xbox) and the back up of the eeprom, only question is can I relock the HD with config magic using the key from the backup versus the key in the modded xbox's eeprom has the backup has the key from the mobo of my broken xbox.
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jakejm79
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15. May 2005 @ 14:42 |
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I get error 06, error 05 when I try to boot with it unlocked. Here is a link to the ?? music file fix. http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/6.htm...
Maybe someone can comment on if or if not that sounds like a possible fix and why.
Thanx
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attakiq
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18. May 2005 @ 18:51 |
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I had an issue where i needed to lock back my xbox HD if you have the HD key your saved basically what i did is follow the instruction on this page : http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/lock-hdd.php
What i did is open my xbox, took out the HD and plugged in into my computer (CPU turn off obviously.) rebooted with an old dos floppy drive and once i got my a:/ prompt i followed the instruction on the site and loaded ATAPWD.EXE(founded on the same webpage.) comfirmed if the HD was locked or not and it wasn't. afterwards, on the page took HDUNLOCK.ZIP. inside the zip you have an app call hdlock.ran the exe, selected the drive entered the HD key and DONE. Put back the HD in the xbox and it is now working. Be sure to read the whole page cuz there's tricky part, nothing to fancy but still better read than being sorry.
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