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Lowride66
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10. July 2004 @ 18:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am modding me box to have two hard drives.

I have extended my cable to the outside of the box to a empty laptop case and a 120gb hd.
I have a power switch between the 120gb and the 80gb in the box ...no problem here.
I formatted the new hd, hooked the two on the cable and presto, I was switching between two drives and playing games from the hd's no problem.............

Until I went to load a game !

My DVD acted screwey looey, couldn't copy to either drive, and then I learned it wouldn't even boot a game from the disc.
I unhooked one hd and all's fine but not with 2, hmmm.

What gives wid dat ?

andrewb15
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18. August 2004 @ 05:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The xbox only Has one IDE channel so is only compatible with two IDE Devices, Like your PC you couldnt plug 3 HDs in on one UMDA IDE cable.
bbright27
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23. August 2004 @ 06:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Actually, you really can add another channel to the IDE cable. There is a great tutorial on XBOX scene that explains how to do this really well. It involves cutting one (or some) of the wires running through the IDE cable and installing a switch there. Here is the link. http://xbox-scene.com/articles/multicon-ide.php
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