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Upgrading HD on Softmodded Xbox Tutorial
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13. July 2008 @ 16:53 |
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Originally posted by GEDG:
Originally posted by jonbtrini:
WOWWW, I haven't been on AD in a while, and I just happened to see this thread still around and being used, 3 years later! Glad I was able to contribute something useful to the other AD'ers!
I posted here because I saw posts from like May and such so I thought that this topic was still being used.........it seems it is, you made a legacy haha!
Quite the legacy indeed. As for your questions GEDG, I had a similar issue when I used a PC that didn't support drives higher than 120 gb (aka, no LBA 48 support) Unfortunately, the drive I used did indeed get locked, but with a key I did not know! I solved it by buying a program for $15 from http://www.hddunlock.com and unlocked it using that. Then I was able to use a newer pc to retry my locking attempt and it worked fine. Note - the hddunlock program completely erases the drive during the unlock process. Hope this helps, SlaeYer
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jonbtrini
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13. July 2008 @ 17:42 |
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Good to see that all this time later, there are people still helping on my tutorial for those who need it! I'm currently working with Xbox 360 modding, so I haven't done anything with the regular Xbox in a while. Anyway, keep up the great work!
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GEDG
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13. July 2008 @ 17:44 |
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Originally posted by slaeyer:
Originally posted by GEDG:
Originally posted by jonbtrini:
WOWWW, I haven't been on AD in a while, and I just happened to see this thread still around and being used, 3 years later! Glad I was able to contribute something useful to the other AD'ers!
I posted here because I saw posts from like May and such so I thought that this topic was still being used.........it seems it is, you made a legacy haha!
Quite the legacy indeed. As for your questions GEDG, I had a similar issue when I used a PC that didn't support drives higher than 120 gb (aka, no LBA 48 support) Unfortunately, the drive I used did indeed get locked, but with a key I did not know! I solved it by buying a program for $15 from http://www.hddunlock.com and unlocked it using that. Then I was able to use a newer pc to retry my locking attempt and it worked fine. Note - the hddunlock program completely erases the drive during the unlock process. Hope this helps, SlaeYer
Well, my PC SHOULD support drives bigger than 120gb being that the stock drive that came with it is 200gb. But I'll see if I can try that program before returning this drive, thanks a lot.
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GEDG
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13. July 2008 @ 18:20 |
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Originally posted by slaeyer:
Originally posted by GEDG:
Originally posted by jonbtrini:
WOWWW, I haven't been on AD in a while, and I just happened to see this thread still around and being used, 3 years later! Glad I was able to contribute something useful to the other AD'ers!
I posted here because I saw posts from like May and such so I thought that this topic was still being used.........it seems it is, you made a legacy haha!
Quite the legacy indeed. As for your questions GEDG, I had a similar issue when I used a PC that didn't support drives higher than 120 gb (aka, no LBA 48 support) Unfortunately, the drive I used did indeed get locked, but with a key I did not know! I solved it by buying a program for $15 from http://www.hddunlock.com and unlocked it using that. Then I was able to use a newer pc to retry my locking attempt and it worked fine. Note - the hddunlock program completely erases the drive during the unlock process. Hope this helps, SlaeYer
Checking user accounts of the program on forums it seems to work but they want to charge me $30 to unlock it and I don't think it's worth it because what if I lock it and Xboxhdm locks it with the wrong key again? I just downloaded Hddunlock which is a free program but I need a DOS boot disk to make it work. Where can I get one of those and is there any way to burn them to CD since I don't have floppy drive.
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GEDG
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14. July 2008 @ 00:03 |
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Originally posted by GEDG:
Originally posted by slaeyer:
Originally posted by GEDG:
Originally posted by jonbtrini:
WOWWW, I haven't been on AD in a while, and I just happened to see this thread still around and being used, 3 years later! Glad I was able to contribute something useful to the other AD'ers!
I posted here because I saw posts from like May and such so I thought that this topic was still being used.........it seems it is, you made a legacy haha!
Quite the legacy indeed. As for your questions GEDG, I had a similar issue when I used a PC that didn't support drives higher than 120 gb (aka, no LBA 48 support) Unfortunately, the drive I used did indeed get locked, but with a key I did not know! I solved it by buying a program for $15 from http://www.hddunlock.com and unlocked it using that. Then I was able to use a newer pc to retry my locking attempt and it worked fine. Note - the hddunlock program completely erases the drive during the unlock process. Hope this helps, SlaeYer
Well, my PC SHOULD support drives bigger than 120gb being that the stock drive that came with it is 200gb. But I'll see if I can try that program before returning this drive, thanks a lot.
Nevermind about the DOS bootdisk thing, there's no way to do the whole hdunlock thing without a floppy drive because that program is ancient, it was made way before Xboxhdm appeared. I kept trying different things, it's going to be 3 days now that I've been trying to unlock this stupid thing, I might have to RMA it to newegg and get a refund and NOT a new drive because I'm afraid Xboxhdm will do the same thing again...or it might be the eeprom itself I don't know.
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29. July 2008 @ 18:43 |
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My apologies if this has already been mentioned and I over looked it...Ok so I've upgraded my hdd to an 80gig and it is working fine, however I'm having a problem with my F drive, It's more of and inconvenience problem...I can access it through complex tools and install and boot games on it through complex tools, but it shows up in system info, however it doesn't show up in the xbmc file manager nor can I access it through ftp. I would like to be able to access it through xbmc mostly so I can put my apps and music in there as well as ftp things off my computer into it...Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks
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29. July 2008 @ 21:46 |
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Originally posted by GEDG:
Nevermind about the DOS bootdisk thing, there's no way to do the whole hdunlock thing without a floppy drive because that program is ancient, it was made way before Xboxhdm appeared. I kept trying different things, it's going to be 3 days now that I've been trying to unlock this stupid thing, I might have to RMA it to newegg and get a refund and NOT a new drive because I'm afraid Xboxhdm will do the same thing again...or it might be the eeprom itself I don't know.
When you used xboxhdm to lock your hard drive it also sets a master lock as XBOXSCENE so try to unlock it using a master lock password.
Originally posted by ktothec13:
My apologies if this has already been mentioned and I over looked it...Ok so I've upgraded my hdd to an 80gig and it is working fine, however I'm having a problem with my F drive, It's more of and inconvenience problem...I can access it through complex tools and install and boot games on it through complex tools, but it shows up in system info, however it doesn't show up in the xbmc file manager nor can I access it through ftp. I would like to be able to access it through xbmc mostly so I can put my apps and music in there as well as ftp things off my computer into it...Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks
Go to your file manager, press the white button and select add source. You should be able to select F:. If you can't you should update your xbmc via an AID disc.
It will look like this
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29. July 2008 @ 22:47 |
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Ok so when I go into file manager and hit the white button all I get is Rename, Edit Path, Delete, and Add Share... Do I need to use and aid disk???
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androidiv
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3. August 2008 @ 15:05 |
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hi
i am having the same EXACT problems dragunov had but i cant get the new xbox hd to lock at all. also live info does not show the eeprom key? can someone please help?
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eliplan
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6. August 2008 @ 12:08 |
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If there is no option to turn softmod off without uninstalling it, just do a hardmod because you can switch the chip off and play live, but if you dont like to solder, dont do a hardmod.
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7. August 2008 @ 04:29 |
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androidiv
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1. September 2008 @ 14:53 |
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ok i found the solution to the problem thanks to C4RN1.
i had a corrupt eeprom.bin file. i just deleted the eeprom.bin backup and then re-backed it up. i then used filezilla to ftp the new eeprom.bin, remade my linux.iso cd and it locked on the first try.
thanks again C4RN1 :)
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9. September 2008 @ 01:12 |
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12. September 2008 @ 08:21 |
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Id like to fit a new hard drive to my original xbox, is it easy to do, id also like to transfer whats on the hard drive to the new one, iv managed to open it up alright and figured out how to replace teh hard drive
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12. September 2008 @ 10:13 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
Originally posted by DC_FC79:
Id like to fit a new hard drive to my original xbox, is it easy to do
have you read any of this ? - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/203286
yes i did,
Do i do the following on the xbox
"On your xbox's evox dashboard go to system utils and select backup. While your waiting for that to finish, extract all files in xboxhdm 1.9 to your PC'S hard drive and open up the folder 'linux'."
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asrgames
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7. October 2008 @ 02:33 |
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..continued from here - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/657502/4307027
I'm having a bit of trouble with the locking part, xboxhdm said it couldn't find the "eeprom.bin" file, so I got the code using config magic and entered it in manually. It worked, but when I put the new HDD in the Xbox I get error 06, is there anyway I can lock the HDD without using xboxhdm, is there another program, because I don't have the PC I used to make the new HDD, I borrowed one, all I have is a laptop.
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9. October 2008 @ 12:17 |
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check this out http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/35/203286
Never tried it but I read at other forums that it does work.
Also you probably screwed up your bigger HDD manually inputing the eeprom code. If you cant unlock that then too bad its useless. I hope you still have the stock HDD you can get the eeprom from there and its in a folder E:\Udata\2xxxxxxxxxx\0000000000000\Backup.
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WraithTDK
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21. December 2008 @ 06:25 |
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Please forgive me if this has already been answered in this thread, but it's grown so large now it's quite a task to read the entire thing.
I used this tutorial to upgrade my hard drive, but now it only boots to the regular "stock" dashboard. It doesn't seem to be soft modded. I assume I can probably just re-soft mod it the way I did the original drive; am I correct in this? Is it normal for it to do this after the HD upgrade?
Most importantly, is it safe for me to conect to XBox Live with this? I know the softmod tutorial said that you can if you setup a dual-boot with the standard dash and the hacked dash; does this still apply with the upgraded HD?
Thanks in advance.
Edit: seems it also freezes if I try to go to network settings; methinks something's borked.
Edit 2: I just got this xbox (used of course), and there's nothing of value on it. If it would be easier to somehow upgrade the disc with the default xbox settings, and then re-softmod it, I'd be happy to do that.
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footbal95
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21. December 2008 @ 12:02 |
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Hey yes just re-softmod it and you should be ok. I don't think going on live is a good idea because I think it checks your hdd serial number with your xbox serial to make sure they match up. The whole dual boot thing is for the original HDD and even then i think certain games can look for modded content now (eg. halo 2) What I used to do was keep the stock hdd with just the microsoft dash on it and just switch the cables between the drives. I would just set it on top of the new HDD (since its thinner and easier to get to the connections. And just put the top on but dont screw it down and it worked very well. Hope this helps. And for the network settings try reinstalling the softmod and edit them in the soft mod to see if that works.
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21. December 2008 @ 12:52 |
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Originally posted by footbal95:
Hey yes just re-softmod it and you should be ok. I don't think going on live is a good idea because I think it checks your hdd serial number with your xbox serial to make sure they match up. The whole dual boot thing is for the original HDD and even then i think certain games can look for modded content now (eg. halo 2) What I used to do was keep the stock hdd with just the microsoft dash on it and just switch the cables between the drives. I would just set it on top of the new HDD (since its thinner and easier to get to the connections. And just put the top on but dont screw it down and it worked very well. Hope this helps. And for the network settings try reinstalling the softmod and edit them in the soft mod to see if that works.
Couldn't have put it better myself! Best of luck, hope you get your xbox working
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WraithTDK
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21. December 2008 @ 19:06 |
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Gotcha. Well, no biggy. I can't really think of any games I had an overwhelming need to play online anyway. And the trade off (particularly being able to play emulators with huge selectsion of games) more than makes up for it. If, later on, I decide that I absolutely MUST have live, used xboxes are $49.99 at game stop.
Thanks for the help!
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footbal95
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22. December 2008 @ 19:20 |
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Well you can always just keep your original hdd and remove to softmod from that and just connect that one to your xbox when you want to play on live i think someone actually made a tutorial for that too
Here i found it
Here is the link: XBOX100.com
its almost all the way at the bottom, but here is the text
Installing multiple drives:
An xbox motherboard will only recognize one hard drive. Therefore, you can install more than one hard drive in an xbox, you just cannot have more than one running at a time. This is fairly easy, space is your biggest issue. Some people add external drives, or rearrange the inside of their xbox to make room for a 2nd drive, but I installed a 2nd drive in one of my boxes when the dvd crapped out. I pulled out the dvd drive, hot-glued the faceplate in place, and stuck an extra drive in there. No matter where you put it, the wiring is the same. Hook the ide cable to all the drives. In my case this was easy, I plugged it in where the dvd used to be. If you're using the dvd plus 2 drives, you will need to get a 3 plug ide cable, or add a plug to one. You will need to put a switch in the power lines to determine which drive gets power. Use a DPDT switch, that means Double Pole, Double Throw. In simple English, it has an up position and a down position, and it switches two wires at once. It should have 6 posts on the back, and preferably no center (off) position. To wire in the switch, follow these steps:
1. Split the two black wires from the harness directly to both drives.
2. Connect (solder) the yellow and red wires from the harness to the CENTER posts on the switch.
3. Connect the LEFT two posts to the yellow and red for drive1, keeping the yellow and red on the same sides as the center posts.
4. Connect the RIGHT two posts to the yellow and red for drive2.
Now when you flip the switch left and boot the xbox, it should run drive1, and (power off the xbox first!!!) after you flip the switch right and boot, it should run drive2. You will have to install your dashboard, apps, etc on both drives, but it's worth it.
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12. February 2009 @ 11:07 |
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I've posted my concerns and made a thread about it, but no one seems to confirm or alleviate my worries. I have a brand new unformatted 500GB drive, still in its shrink wrap. I have a softmodded xbox. I would like to know is If i can prepare the drive using xboxhdm and let the program create the F:/ partition. I know how to make drives, but I haven't gone over the 320GB mark before, so I'm worried about data corruption.
Is it possible for the XBpartitioner to format F:/ and G:/ to 32K clusters while the drive is running softmodded? I heard that it must be formatted before I attempt to softmod.
Your responses will be of great help. I bought my drive 2 weeks ago, I haven't opened the box because I haven't received a response from someone who can explain what it is i need to do. Thanks.
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footbal95
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12. February 2009 @ 11:27 |
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Here is some info for ya hopefully this helps
[url=http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=673046][/url]
[url=http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=135825][/url]
[url=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=how+to+softmod+a+500+gb+hard+drive&btnG=Search][/url]
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Good luck and enjoy your 500 GB hdd (I'm jealous) lol
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