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Jab
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:31 am   
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Ahoy,

I'm going to attempt to hotswap the HDD in my buddy's xbox and I have a few concerns that nedd to be adressed before I try it. I read this on another site ( I generally don't stray from HQ, but wanted to do as much research as possible on hotswapping before I tried it Very Happy ):

1. Is Hot-Swapping Safe? No , according to ANSI Standards , IDE was not designed to allow for the disconnection of then supply ribbon interface while the ribbon is 'HOT'. Some dangers thats could arise during this action
a. Electrical grounding backflow, this cannot be avoided, but can be decreased by running a ground strap or using the PC's power connector. This could physcially make the drive fail, or worse fry your motherboard.

b. Hard Disk Drive Shock, obviously you cannot avoid shaking the drive while you are removing the cable, this is also why we loosen the cable first, but you might be able to avoid shaking it as much if you understand the internals of the drive, think of it as a record player, but spinning at 5400+ RPMs (car engines usually run @ 2500), and theres a needle reading from it, the records are like glass, and one quick jolt, and its a scratch on the disk or worse a head crash. Becareful.

2. Grounding issues. The xbox uses a floating ground. Which means, since the top case if off, there is a hole in the grounding. There are 2 ways to eliminate this issue.
1. Is to run a grounding strap between the PC chassis, and the Xbox Metal.
2. Is to use the PC Power supply for the Power feed to the Xbox Hard Drive.

4. Since you are working with operational Electrical components, make sure you are fully grounded, make sure you have no built up static electricity.(touch something metal before starting.)

5. Repeated attempts of hotswapping, can lead to Hardware failure, Please only do this as a last resort.

Just wondering how often these problems occur. Are they fairly common...or just the result of extreme stupidity? Should I take any precautions ?
I maybe should have pm'd Pirrup, as he seems to be some what of an expert on the art of hotswapping. None the less, any info would be a huge help.

Much Thanks HQ,

Jab

P.S. SORRY "BOUT THE SUPER LONG POST!!!!!!!!! Razz


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Post Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:30 am   
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hotswapping isn't safe , and must be used as a last resort .

But i already did over 30 hotswaps and never got a broken xbox or hd .

just be carefull and nothing will happen.

there is a thread about hotswapping here that i started and on the repleys i get and pm's i know it saved alot hd's from HQ users Wink

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Post Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:22 pm   
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Thanks Pirrup Wink


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Post Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:24 pm   
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why hotswap? just wondering
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