Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: Help
Hi There.
I am trying to upgrade the hard drive in my xbox by following the pirrup's guide upgrade hd with a pc (softmods) and I am getting an error "This machine is no xbox. Can anyone please tell me what this means?
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject:
Whats the error code and have you tryed a hotswap or xboxhdm?
I like to use chimp for hdd upgrades.
You can find tuts for all these ways in the tut or guides section.
Miggab Xbox-HQ Enthusiast
Joined: Apr 15, 2007 Posts: 49
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject:
It seems I am panicking a bit too early I am using xboxhdm by this way. Now I can't seem to lock the drive. I am getting a "disable automatic dectection on the primary IDE channel in your PC bios and reboot" message when I try to lock the drive.
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:27 am Post subject:
So reboot you pc and when it gives the bios screen, push f2(its f2 on most pcs might not be on yours) and turn off the second ide in there and try again.
Miggab Xbox-HQ Enthusiast
Joined: Apr 15, 2007 Posts: 49
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject:
I have disable the auto feature on the primary ide channel and set it to user. I also did the same thing on the secondary channel. I even went so far as to disable the secondary drive on the primary and the second drive on the secondary channel and still I get the same error. I then decided to try CHIMP since I found a molex splitter in my cable collection (you would believe the amount of stuff in my basement). I followed the http://www.xbox-hq.com/html/xbox-tutorials-260.html step by step and got and 07 error code. Did the research on the and found it to be a cable error. I reconnected my orignal drive to rule out the 'bad cable' theory, now I am trying th CHIMP process again. Is there anything I should be looking for. By the way I did consult the HDD locking guide before I purchased the drive.
FinalCloud Moderator
Joined: Nov 03, 2006 Posts: 2283 Location: Plymouth, UK
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject:
Could've just been the dodgey cable causing you the probs, try the Chimp tut again with a new cable and you should be fine. If you need any help with the guide, just give us a shout, I wrote it! lol
Thanks for the quick response FinalCloud. but let me asking you an interesting question. Can I use xboxhdm to prep the drive and then use CHIMP to lock it? Would that even work?
FinalCloud Moderator
Joined: Nov 03, 2006 Posts: 2283 Location: Plymouth, UK
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject:
Chimp is an app that runs from inside the dashboard and as such, the drive would need to be locked to fire it up in the first place. I would let Chimp both unlock and lock your drive for you, or do both with xboxhdm. It keeps it simpler if one app does the whole process, that way you avoid the dreaded "contact technical support" screen and error codes.
Thanks for the response. I am attempting the process again. I did it last night and everything looked ok. I saw the screen where it looked like things where hopping along fine. I have decided to try again after getting that error code. I unlocked the drive, disabled the security and scanned. However, when I get to the screen where it says 'Choose yes will wipe out and reformat this disk (/dev/hdb), BE WARNED', I choose yes and it just seems to hang. I do not hear any kind of drive activity. Any thoughts. By the way, I want to thank you for the assistance. This is an outstanting forum.
FinalCloud Moderator
Joined: Nov 03, 2006 Posts: 2283 Location: Plymouth, UK
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject:
No probs man, we're here to help.
Depending on the size of the drive, the format/rebuild can take quite a long time. My 160Gb drive took almost 40 minutes to do! It might be worth baring with it for a little while, see if it is actually doing something.
I am using CHIMP 2.14 I think. You must be a prophet, because I left it running and came back about 30 min later and it seems to be doing its thing. I'll let you know how it comes out. Thanks again.
FinalCloud Moderator
Joined: Nov 03, 2006 Posts: 2283 Location: Plymouth, UK
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject:
No probs man, glad I could help. Need anything else just yell.
I am still getting that 07 error msg. I don't know what to do. I give up.
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:04 am Post subject:
Error 7 is a lose or bad ide cable, make sure you push the ide cable all the way in the mobo hdd and disc drive.
If it still gives the error try swaping the ide cable.
Other then that im not sure of any other way to fix error 7.
ahh mate sorry to hear ur still having troubles, finalcloud and wes now a load more then me, personally on a softmod i would recoomend the xbhdm option, use this to partion and lock ur hard drive in ur pc, then u dont have to mess around with jumpers and stuff, u can leav the hard drive ur setting up at primary, i looked at the chimp tutorial when i was going to upgrade my hard drive, and found the xbhdm maker way so much easier, im sure u musta read loads of tutorials by now! i know how frustrating it can be stick in there well help u get it sorted!
edit - i also just read 07 can mean u havent set the hard drive to master, may that be the problem?? thats its still in slave ???
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