Tazwolf V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: V1.0 Modded: X3
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:56 am Post subject: Softmod Hard Drive Upgrade
I am trying to upgrade a 120 gig hdd to 300 gig in a x2 softmod. I have a x3 chip and have formated the hdd and tranfered everything to it all programs and games but when I put the hdd back into the xbox it does not read G drive and any games? I don't know how it was first modded but it starts up with the x2 logo under the Xbox startup screen. Any help would be great.
TheRealHypnotiX Moderator
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject:
Well depending on what dash you have, u may have to enable G in the settings, make sure that is done. If this does not work, please say so. That way we can help you! _________________ Hotswap Tutorial|FTP Tutorial|HyperX Flashing Tutorial
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Tazwolf V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: V1.0 Modded: X3
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:17 am Post subject:
ok all of the dashboards are G drive enabled. so then its tsoped? How do i upgrade that then?
j8994 Moderator
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject:
all you have to do is pop the hdd in the xbox and put aid in, you didnt lock the drive with the x3 did you if so unlock it, _________________ Please post all PC Questions at PC-HQ.com
Tazwolf V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: V1.0 Modded: X3
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject:
So i put the hdd in empty and let AID install everything?
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Tazwolf V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: V1.0 Modded: X3
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:35 am Post subject:
How do i get G drive to open up? it still will not let me use it and its putting all space on F?
Greven Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: Xbox V1.6 Modded: Xecuter 3 CE
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:15 am Post subject:
How big is F showing up as? You have to enable G and then format the two drives _________________ Hotswap|HDD Upgrade|X3 Guide
Tazwolf V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: V1.0 Modded: X3
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:55 am Post subject:
F 278.8 gig and G 0. I have tried to format it and still no G. Is there something in the BIOS that would stop this? If so can i flash the bios back to factory?
TheRealHypnotiX Moderator
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Tazwolf V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: V1.0 Modded: X3
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:09 am Post subject:
If anyone can help me return this back to factory I can do the rest of the softmod. This has me at a loss though. I still have it reading all space to F and 0 to G....
Greven Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: Xbox V1.6 Modded: Xecuter 3 CE
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject:
K, if you have a X3 chip then likely you just need to adjust a setting in the BIOS. Are you running the X3 3294 bios? If your are, great, if not, you should be
If you are, do this:
Boot the xbox and hold the white button on your controller, this will bring you to the lice config screen
Choose "X3 Config Live"
Choose "Customize X3 Bios"
Choose "LBA 48 Mode"
Choose "F Drive upto 137GB - G Drive gets the rest" and not "F drive gets everything - No G Drive"
Joined: Mar 26, 2006 Posts: 1386 Location: Gearsville,USA
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:
From what I heard, i thought you should stay away from the G drive for anything to put in there.
Greven Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: Xbox V1.6 Modded: Xecuter 3 CE
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject:
Stay away from it? What?
No, the G partition works fine. I assume what your referring to is that with very large drives (420GB+) you can get bad file fragmenting that will cause issues in the G drive, but only if the G is formatted with clusters < 32k. _________________ Hotswap|HDD Upgrade|X3 Guide
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