Upgrading HD on Softmodded Xbox Tutorial

double post

 

ok, whenever i tried my new xbox hd, it did not work. so i tried to do it again with another disc. so i tried again, but i forgot that my new hdd was locked, so i went to option 3. i typed unlockhd -a, gave me the passcode. then i typed unlockhd -p (pass) did it like 6 times and checked it, it was right,but every time the status was still locked. what should i do? i got my eeprom.bin from E:\eeprom_backup. although this was from the old xbox hdd, of course. did i do something wrong? if so, what should i do?

 

First thing, you can put your original hd back in your xbox with no problems, so that is a good thing. Did you use the orginal disc that you locked your new hard drive with or the second disc? There is a tut in here that I will look for that should help you in your problem.
Hopefully you used this tut for your new hdd?

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/533828

Did you disconnect the drive until the option screen in xboxhdm appears and then connect the ide cable to the new hard drive making
sure you boot from your dvd drive not your hard drive first?

try this yet?

http://forums.ps3scene.com/lofiversion/index.php/t412124.html


http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/332766

 

i think i put the wrong files in the e and c drive, and that is what messed it up. it's locked too. so i should just see that first link you posted and use it?

 

man! i tried to do the hotswap thing, but the microsoft logo never appeared on the new xbox hard drive. so i tried it anyways like 6 times, but 360xplorer could never find it, and my xbox had an error 7. 360xplorer keeps saying it couldn't find the fatx whatever thing, and i was sure that the ide cable was in the secondary master. what should i do? couldn't there be a way just to take out only the memory on the new xbox hd and replace it on the old xbox hd? also, do i need to do anything if the security thing is enabled too in my new xbox hd?

 

7 - kernel - HDD timeout

Most of the times, the IDE cable is not properly connected when you see this error. Please reattach the ide cable. Not only to the harddisk drive but also to the dvd drive. ALso try to reconnect the ide cable to the motherboard.

Press pretty hard so it goes all the way in. Make sure it is seated straight and proper in the drives and the motherboard. If you still have an error 7. Try another ide cable. If that won't work try another harddisk. If there is still no go, try to set the jumpers on the rearside of the harddisk drive. Set it to master or cable select. If still no succes, good luck and sell your xbox to me rolleyes.gif

Thanks deezp1

 

hi..im a avreage joe..i know alittle bout mods..but not much..i resently . succesfuly softmodded a stock xbox...i used the nuder and did a hotswap..it works great...then i used the same thing but copied thru ftp my other modded xbox..c..e..empron...on a 160 ggb hdd..installed with option 1 xboxhdd scratch...build it then put it in my box and it worked.
then i gave the hdd to a friend and he says dont work on his xbox..why would that be? now i have a 250 gb hdd and trying to do the same thing..cant get it to work. it says its building the drive and i can get into the drive once i go to lock it with -a lockhd it wont but i can choose optin 6 i think says generate a hdd key and it gives me a pass and hdd key...now how do i use that to lock the drive...? please some one help me if can thanks...oh do i have to burn a fresh disk evertime i do the modd?

 

The HDD that you made and gave to your friend it will not work in his XBOX. Each HDD is locked for a certain Mother Board, so will work in your XBOX, since it has your EEPROM, but not in your friend's XBOX.

The 250GB HDD, is that one lockable?

 

Wow it has been a LONG time since I have helped on this forum, but I think I'm gonna start getting back into it. If your 250 GB Hdd is lockable, then you can write down the key you generated and just type lockhd it should then prompt you to enter the password and you should be good. Let me know if this helps I wrote a tut way back on like the 7 page or something which I'm gonna go look at. TTYL

 

yeah i can generate a hdd key and pass ...for the 250 gb hdd..but when i put lockhd-a it wont...says I=-a: comand not found...root@xbox-hdm...-p just puts a > in the line below...-f errors out also...mabey i just got lucky on the 160 gb...had no probs didnt even have to mess with lockin it...so to get the drive to work on his i have to put his emprom in the drive? i also have a 20 gb hdd and a 40 gb hdd i can generate keys and passes for all of them just cant use the keys...so yeah i guess they can be locked and unlocked...but cant get it...thanks very much for the help....

 

dont type the -a, just type lockhd and that should work, the -a makes it look for a file with the password.

 

Yes, to be able to use the HDD in your friend's XBOX you need his EEPROM, not yours.
Can't help with XboxHDM, my experience is limited. The only time I tried to use it, kept saying "command not found...cannot find the "Linux CD", so I had to use Chimp to make my new HDD and lock it. Chimp turned out to work very easy on 2 HDD that I made.

 

Reapllied the softmod, all works perfect now. Thanks for your help

 

ok i have read just about every tutorial i have 2 hard drives that ARE compatible everything works correctly it locks/unlocks formats ..whatever

when i drop in in my xbox i keep getting code 06 for both of them. i have done xbhdm and chimps .. what the hell is going on?

as far as i know the eeprom is correct (so says evox)

help please

 

After applying the softmod, did you lock the hard drives?

 

this is what i did in a nut shell

soft modded original xbox hdd with mechassault
ftp info over to desktop (eeprom c/e)
created linux disc with xbhdm
read step by step instructions 3 times untill i understood it
applied instructions to hard drive
formated/locked hard drive
put in xbox turned on got code 06

tried chimp2.8 followed 1.6 instructions as i have a 1.6 box
had alternate power source for slave hard drive
cloned hard drive as said by instructions
locked it via motherboard (tried 3 times all 3 times locked but still code 6)
then tried to lock w/ eeprom.bin

now what is wrong with what i am doing, i am going step by step nothing i do is wrong. my hard drives are 100% lockable but neither one can get passed that code06 shit. garrr its getting irritating

 

can you use a fake eeprom without a mod chip , is there any other way to flash mobo and change eeprom without one.

 

what's happening folks..
i've got a usb to xbox adapter been shipped over and i'd like to know if there's any way for a softmoded xbox to read usb drives...
my specs: softmoded xbox, xbmc dash, 500gb hdd, etc...
cheers..

 

The latest releases of XBMC will read FAT formatted USB devices as will Xbox linux. Keep in mind speed is limited to USB 1.1 tho... 1.5 / 12 Mbit/sec

 

no

you can change the eeprom chip if you feel upto soldering - otherwise, no