Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject: I need help installing a fresh HD
My buddy just bought a 300 gig HD for his xbox, and wants me to throw it into his box.
Im new to the modding scene, and thus, only know how to soft mod.
I spent 6 hours at his place yesterday trying everything from every guide I found. Including the xtools format dealie from the techgeeks site. I tried to burn the boot CD using those tools, and my CD rom didnt recognize it as a valid boot disk.
Im running Avalaunch Softmod, and Im not quite sure about the Xbox version, All my tools and everything are at my buddys place. So, I can get that to you later. Im fairly sure its one of the early versions if I remember correctly. The Xbox it self is 3-4 years old.
its also a seagate HD
Can anyone help me?
Or do I need to get an actual mod chip into there?
Thanks alot
-KS-
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject:
You can still softmod his xbox to handle the 300 gig hdd. Since the other xbox is also a softmod and when I did my upgrade for my kid, I used my Xenium modded xbox, I suspect you'll need to use the PC. Any softmod experts out there? _________________ http://twitter.com/HQ_Shark2th
KingSuicide Xbox-HQ User
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject:
At the moment, Im currently stuck at just getting the new HD formatted.
I cant get his computer to recognize the boot Cd that all the tutorials said would work as a boot disk, to recognize that it is indeed, a boot disk.
dangermouse Moderator
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject:
You'll have to softmod his box first. In order to upgrade the hdd.
Click on the AIDeluxe link at the top of the page and get AID3 and xboxhdm.
Have you done a softmod before? Do you have all the nessessary tools?
The you'll find the gamesaves exploits in AID3 as well as the application to backup the eeprom of your friends box.
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KingSuicide Xbox-HQ User Xbox Version: v1.1 Modded: Xenium Ice OS v2.3.1
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject:
Like I said, I already softmodded Avalaunch to his xbox.
I have a copy of his eeprom, a copy of his C and E folders.
pretty much everything I need, but when I run the
Make-iso-win.exe
program, and burn the linux.iso to a cd the computer wont read it as a boot cd, which is what i need to format the HD.
gus738 Xbox-HQ Newbie
Joined: Aug 10, 2005 Posts: 1 Location: USA California Watsonville
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject:
ok you can upgrade an xbox retail hd to an upgrade one.... with a softmod ... however ur going to need to lock it ... to lock it u need ur eeprom.bin so if his xbox isnt softmoded then do so... and if u want to copy everything u currently have on that xbox then its possible so u dont have to start game over again or somting or not to loose ur music....
so what u need : softmoded xbox eeprom.bin xboxhdm1.9 and a pc with a cd burner.... everyone loves this tut .....
KingSuicide Xbox-HQ User Xbox Version: XBOX V1.4 Modded: SID 4
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject:
Ive gotta re install the soft mod because last night the only EEPROM.BIN I could find was the one from the regular xbox HD.
dangermouse Moderator
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject:
KingSuicide wrote:
the computer wont read it as a boot cd, which is what i need to format the HD.
What did you use to burn the cd?
Is the bios set to boot from the cd drive first? _________________ Xenium Ice 2.3.1 OS
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gus738 Xbox-HQ Newbie
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject:
wait i didnt get it... what u mean by your last post?
Quote:
Ive gotta re install the soft mod because last night the only EEPROM.BIN I could find was the one from the regular xbox HD.
? im kinda lost... but umm he has only 1 hd so from that hd u get the eeprom.bin....
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Im thinking it may be the fact that Imt rying to do this on a stupid ass, E-Machine computer that my friend owns.
dangermouse Moderator
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject:
KingSuicide wrote:
Ive gotta re install the soft mod because last night the only EEPROM.BIN I could find was the one from the regular xbox HD.
The eeprom doen't change, it's on the motherboard. That's what you have to lock the hdd to. So unless the "regular hdd" is from a different box, that should be the right one. _________________ Xenium Ice 2.3.1 OS
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blighty Xbox-HQ Freak Xbox Version: v1.1 Modded: Xenium Ice OS v2.3.1
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject:
KingSuicide wrote:
dangermouse wrote:
KingSuicide wrote:
the computer wont read it as a boot cd, which is what i need to format the HD.
What did you use to burn the cd?
Is the bios set to boot from the cd drive first?
yes its set to boot the CD first,
And I used the program in xboxhdm_v1.9.zip
Which I got from the xbins server.
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject:
KingSuicide wrote:
Like I said, I already softmodded Avalaunch to his xbox.
I have a copy of his eeprom, a copy of his C and E folders.
pretty much everything I need, but when I run the
Make-iso-win.exe
program, and burn the linux.iso to a cd the computer wont read it as a boot cd, which is what i need to format the HD.
srry i didnt see this... so u click on make iso win and then commond promtp apperd and made the iso???? then u tryed buring the iso and make it reconiseable to ur pc ????? is that what your saying????
also it might be ur burning program... which 1 are u using? _________________ Xbox 360 Premium edition
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KingSuicide Xbox-HQ User Xbox Version: XBOX V1.4 Modded: SID 4
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject:
gus738 wrote:
KingSuicide wrote:
Like I said, I already softmodded Avalaunch to his xbox.
I have a copy of his eeprom, a copy of his C and E folders.
pretty much everything I need, but when I run the
Make-iso-win.exe
program, and burn the linux.iso to a cd the computer wont read it as a boot cd, which is what i need to format the HD.
srry i didnt see this... so u click on make iso win and then commond promtp apperd and made the iso???? then u tryed buring the iso and make it reconiseable to ur pc ????? is that what your saying????
also it might be ur burning program... which 1 are u using?
Its nero, but not the normal version, i think its called NeroSimple or something like that
and yes that is what Im saying.
gus738 Xbox-HQ Newbie
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject:
well ur going to have to change your boot order anyways so on your bios change boot order to run from cd drive first...
and once u save the boot order... power off unplug and remove pc hd !! or it oculd damge it.. then put the cd to see if it runs it ... _________________ Xbox 360 Premium edition
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