I hooked up the new hard drive to the xbox. I used the jumper so that it was on cable select like the original xbox hard drive was. (I also tried it without a jumper.)
I turned on the machine and I get the red and green flashing light with an error 6 Call Microsoft cusomer support.
What did I do wrong? I followed the instructions to a T.
Please say I don't have to do the hotswap. I tried reading the tutorial and didn't understand any of it.
Thanks for the help.
nknave Xbox-HQ Freak
Joined: Jul 13, 2005 Posts: 866 Location: Kansas City MO
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:15 am Post subject:
error 6 - kernel - Cannot unlock HDD.
This means you locked that hdd with the WRONG eeprom serial, please unlock with the disc you locked it with, and make a new xboxhm disc with your proper eeprom (real one).
this should solve the problem.
Shark2th Moderator
Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 5222 Location: Tennessee, USA
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:17 am Post subject:
6 - kernel - Cannot unlock HDD It means you are trying to boot up the xbox with an harddisk that is locked in combination with ANOTHER motherboard than you are using it with right now.
Was this hdd on another box or was it brand spanking new?
How did the eeprom part go? Flawlessly?
Quote:
It will now search for the eeprom on the CD and will automatically lock the hard drive.
6 - kernel - Cannot unlock HDD It means you are trying to boot up the xbox with an harddisk that is locked in combination with ANOTHER motherboard than you are using it with right now.
Was this hdd on another box or was it brand spanking new?
How did the eeprom part go? Flawlessly?
Quote:
It will now search for the eeprom on the CD and will automatically lock the hard drive.
I backed the EEPROM up with configmagic and transfered by C and E to my computer. I made the ISo disc. It worked fine. It said the hard drive was locked. The hard drive was brand new.
KelVarnsen Xbox-HQ User
Joined: Nov 30, 2005 Posts: 10
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:45 am Post subject:
I got it working finally. I had to use EVOX to back up the EEPROM instead of Configmagic. Made a new disc and now it works.
forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23945 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 6:45 am Post subject:
sweet.. So just remember anyone reading this.. Try both.. EVOX or CONFIG MAGIC to backup your eeprom.. I personally use evox (i dont know why) but it works everytime.
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