Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:11 am Post subject: More HD Chit Chat
A customer of mine sent me a machine, chip, and HD for me to take care of for him. I am having issues with his mobo, but that isn't the problem here.
I am also doing another mod for someone who also is using a 160GB HD. I inadverently grabbed customer A's Maxtor HD and installed on the brand new 1.6 machine that I just chipped with a SmartXX Version 2 and flashed with the M8 bios. It is not a 1.6b by the way.
When I went to run the AI, I cannot get this puppy to format to save my life. The jumper is set fine. It's a Maxtor 6Y160P0042811 HD.
Has anyone used this HD and had issues with it? I did the ole HD compatibility search and no results were found.
Luckily, I went into my newegg order and saw that I had ordered a Samsung for my customer B and right away I recognized my mistake
It formatted like a champ and I am already FTP'ing all the goodies into it.
Any info, send it my way...
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slick_j_2002 V.I.P. Lifetime
Joined: Oct 29, 2004 Posts: 273
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:16 am Post subject:
Ugh... I hope it's not the same kind as the one I just ordered...
I'm pretty sure the HDDs have to be Ultra-ATA, not the other kind of ATA, but you probably know that already. Not sure what you're asking for, specifically, but... I guess I can't help...
TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:25 am Post subject:
Dude, I know what you are talking about. It had a funky end to it....I think those were the ATA 150's...
I ordered one of those by mistake once too..
This one actually says ATA 133 though...I have installed these before with no issues...this is why I am baffled
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TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:31 am Post subject:
I actually found some info on it, there's no reason I shouldn't be able to use this HD. I am wondering if I need to get an ATA cable instead of an IDE cable that the xbox uses.
What is strange is I know someone has given me an ATA HD before and I tried to use the ATA cable (80 pin) and the machine fragged until I swapped it with the original IDE cable.
Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Friggin Xbox's...just when you think you know all you need to know..BAM it screws with you!
TheModGod soon to be TheLesserDeity
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TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 6:19 am Post subject:
I can't believe I didn't think of this....but bobrownik set me straight. I bet he had this HD in a PC and it's been formatted already. I'm gonna have to put it in my PC and FDISK the damn thing...
can anyone say, "incidental charges".....lol.
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slick_j_2002 V.I.P. Lifetime
Joined: Oct 29, 2004 Posts: 273
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 6:27 am Post subject:
I knew you'd figure it out, MG!
Don't worry, though. I'll give you plenty more to grind your mental gears over when I go to install my new HDD.
custom-xmodz Xbox-HQ Freak
Joined: Aug 28, 2004 Posts: 796 Location: Wales, UK
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 6:58 am Post subject:
He he, i hate it when you have a problem you just can't figure out, yet you know it's something simple. I bought a 2nd hand mobo the once, took ages to figure out why it would'n work........I forgot to put the memory dimm in
djh
TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:15 am Post subject:
Dude, one time I had a machine with the older Xenium blue and 1.1 OS. I couldn't get the damn thing to work right, wasn't booting up to the OS. I mucked around with it, kept opening my machine and looking to see what i could see....
turns out I forgot to plug the controller in and the older Xeniums with that OS wouldn't boot up fully without it in...grrrrrrrr.... _________________ Good Deals: Death@Hand, funkydopenloven, StaticMind, Slamscaper, PorscheXboxter
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