[XBOX] Modding the HD

**sean.ferguson** · October 20th, 2004

I was just wandering, am i able to throw in any size of HD into my xbox, or is there a limit to how much the xbox can 'see' im wanting to get quite a few soundtracks installed. :confused:

**Electronic Punk** · October 20th, 2004

Your best bed is to see what places like whitedog.co.uk are selling - I doubt they would even try and sell a HDD that will exceed what the xbox can read.

**Tuffgong4** · October 20th, 2004

www.xbox-scene.com/
www.xbox-modding.com

I know the first one is a good place but I don't know about the second

**Tittles** · October 20th, 2004

i think the there is a limit of like 200gb or somethin not sure has been awhile since i last read about it. but yeah xbox-scene is good

**Grandmaster** · October 20th, 2004

There used to be a limit of 137 GB. With the newer modchips, you can bypass that. Just to make sure, visit http://xbox-scene.com

mooo · October 21st, 2004

first make sure your xbox is modded.. second.. if you have an older bios then it will limit to 137. but 120gig should be plenty

if you want to use it for xbox live, you have to be able to lock it. xbox-scene.com has plenty of info on this stuff

40gig was plenty for me

**Tittles** · October 21st, 2004

i am still tryin to get my mod chip to work like it should. I cant get the damn xbox to read my cds to install evox!

...its been 9 months and still havent

**sean.ferguson** · October 21st, 2004

well... do i need to 'mod-chip' my Xbox before i can put in a larger hard drive?

mooo · October 21st, 2004

thekore, i think you have to because the software hacks won't let you bootup to the bios like a modchip would but i am not 100% sure. i know the www.xbox-scene.com tut's tell you.

best of luck

**Tittles** · October 21st, 2004

i saw somewhere on xbox-scene where u didnt have to have a mod chip. Right now i am trying to get evox installed without burning it to cd and **** cause my thompson doesnt read burn cds well.

**ming** · October 21st, 2004

i thought modding the box would stop people from connecting to xbox live. or something like that.

**Hsn** · October 21st, 2004

You'll get better help if you ask in the xbox-scene forums, honestly. And yes you need to mod your Xbox to put in a larger drive...

g00chy · October 21st, 2004

hdd limit of xbox with latest modchip and evox is 2Tb (yes 2Tb)
chips are well, cheap as chips - www.cheapmod.com get the duo-x chips ive fitted loads with no probs
although you can switch off chips there are alternative online servers that are FREE so dont bother with live

if you have a thomson drive, well first off unlucky m8!!! you will have to burn a evox bot/install disc to dvdr to get your xbox running once chipped. have a look for the slayer evox disc, very simple to use

**Tittles** · October 22nd, 2004

thomson sucks...i found a way to do it so windows detects the xbox hard drive. I will be doing that either tonight or somethin this weekend

.

mooo · October 22nd, 2004

tittlebitties, are you do thing the hotswap? i am trying to get my pc to read my old harddrive

**Tittles** · October 22nd, 2004

yes i am mooo. Cept i brought my xbox to school and took it apart and put it back together and now it restarts 3 times and on the last time it blinks red and green. I thought that was only for the mod chip but i read its also when your xbox goes poo poo

.

napalmnthemorning · November 7th, 2004

Originally Posted by TittleBitties

i am still tryin to get my mod chip to work like it should. I cant get the damn xbox to read my cds to install evox! ...its been 9 months and still havent

If your not fragging (the light thingy going off/on) have you installed the lastest BIOS (M8-x2_4983 BIOS-M8_16 for 1.6 xbox) make sure you use a new CD-RW. burn real slow and put it in the DVD tray. If it doesn't boot up then turn it off and turn on from the eject button. Are you running a operating system with your mod chip such as Xenium Ice OS 2.0/2.01 ?

napalmnthemorning · November 7th, 2004

Originally Posted by TittleBitties

yes i am mooo. Cept i brought my xbox to school and took it apart and put it back together and now it restarts 3 times and on the last time it blinks red and green. I thought that was only for the mod chip but i read its also when your xbox goes poo poo .

Hang in there TittleBitties. All is not lost here: Flashing red and green (fragging) means you have a bad installation or your dO wire isn't installed correctly. Make sure its in the right hole. Did you do a solderless install or did you solder. The problem with the solderless adapters is. They come loose. If you did solder make sure you didn't use too much solder so none over flowed onto any track lines (traces) pinheader install is about the best and putting that dO wire in that little frickn' hole I needed a magnifying glass to put mine in. What mod chip do you have.

napalmnthemorning · November 7th, 2004

If your not familiar with Slayers auto installer it is awesome especially for the novice users. Once you flash your BIOS after you install your mod chip then load up Slayer's and it installs all your programs for you. You do need to read the installation options before installing however. Here is a description from Slayers website: http://slayer.xbox-scene.com/forum/index.php

"New SlaYer's EvoX Auto-Installer v2.6 features (built on v2.5):

* Includes latest versions of most Xbox homebrew tools and bioses (as of release date)
* Support for >137GB HD's and the G: Drive
* XBOX v1.0 - V1.6 Support through new EvoX M8 v1.6 Bioses (possible future versions too)
* Ability to install EvoX & Apps in F: for Stealth Mode
* Ability to restore the retail Xbox HD to retail mode
* Ability to Format the C: E: F: or G: partitions independently
* Latest Stable Media Player XBMP Custom Configured with ShoutCast Radio
* Latest Stable Media Center XBMC Custom Configured with ShoutCast Radio
* Customized X2 & M8 *FC* Bioses that boot "evoXdash.xbe" 1st from F: then from C: with
failover to "default.xbe" on DVD and "avadash.xbe" on C:
* Customized X2 & M8 *FC* Bioses that continue support for >137GB HD's
* Ability to flash virtually ANY v1.0-v1.6 XBOX MOD chip & some TSOPs with 256K or 1MB
* Ability to flash an X2, X3, Chameleon, Akira or any other 1MB Cromwell based MOD chip with M8 *FC* +137G just by inserting this v2.6 installer disk. (NOT FOR v1.6!)
* Ability to restore the latest v1.0-v1.6 compatible M$ dash
* Comprehensive Step-by-Step Instalation and troubleshooting manual, released as locked & encrypted PDF 5.0 for better compatibility

Software Included (along with the unchanged tools from v2.5):

* EvoX Dash v1.8.3935
* XBMP v2.4 CVS 09-24-03 (seems to be fastest & most stable version)
* XBMC 08-18-2004
* HDDLoader v1.3a
* dvd2xbox v0.5.9
* boXplorer 0.96 G: Patched
* BiosChecker v3.2
* xbftp v0.61
* XCommander R2 G: Patched
* Avalaunch 0.49.01 (auto-updatable on-line & can download the Qwix PC ISO Manager)
* Xboxdash dvd region free patch disc v1.03 (to be used on the older 4920 dash only!) "

Now for anyone asking where to get this, you all know the answer to that one. The Usual Places

**Tittles** · November 8th, 2004

sorry i forgot about this thread
ummm...i have a solderless and even when i take it out the xbox still flashes. I really think its fooked up.

October 20th, 2004	Top \| #1
sean.ferguson OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2003 Location: Fife; Scotland Posts: 1,693 Reputation: 550 Power: 130	[XBOX] Modding the HD I was just wandering, am i able to throw in any size of HD into my xbox, or is there a limit to how much the xbox can 'see' im wanting to get quite a few soundtracks installed. :confused: Mac - 13-inch Macbook Core Duo 1.83GHz\| 1GB Ram \| 120GB Internal \| BT & AE \| OS 10.5 PC- Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz \| 2GB Dual Channel Ram \| 360GB Internal \| Lite-On DVDRW \| Radeon X1300XT \| Vista Home Premium 64-bit

October 20th, 2004	Top \| #3
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 153	www.xbox-scene.com/ www.xbox-modding.com I know the first one is a good place but I don't know about the second Home Intel E6600 \ Abit AB9 Pro \ 4 gig Corsair DDR2-667 \ EVGA 9800GT \ HDD 1 320GB sata + 1 1.5TB sata \ 1 1TB backup drive / Samsung S183L SATA DVD-RW \ Windows 7 Pro x64 Laptop Asus UL30VT\ Intel CULV SU7300 \ 4GB Ram \ Intel Integrated + Nvidia 200m \ 500GB HDD \ 13.3 inch LED \ Windows 7 Premium x64

October 20th, 2004	Top \| #4
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 198	i think the there is a limit of like 200gb or somethin not sure has been awhile since i last read about it. but yeah xbox-scene is good Yo

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #7
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 198	i am still tryin to get my mod chip to work like it should. I cant get the damn xbox to read my cds to install evox! ...its been 9 months and still havent Yo

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #8
sean.ferguson OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2003 Location: Fife; Scotland Posts: 1,693 Reputation: 550 Power: 130	well... do i need to 'mod-chip' my Xbox before i can put in a larger hard drive? Mac - 13-inch Macbook Core Duo 1.83GHz\| 1GB Ram \| 120GB Internal \| BT & AE \| OS 10.5 PC- Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz \| 2GB Dual Channel Ram \| 360GB Internal \| Lite-On DVDRW \| Radeon X1300XT \| Vista Home Premium 64-bit

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October 20th, 2004	Top \| #2
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Your best bed is to see what places like whitedog.co.uk are selling - I doubt they would even try and sell a HDD that will exceed what the xbox can read.

October 20th, 2004	Top \| #5
Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 260	There used to be a limit of 137 GB. With the newer modchips, you can bypass that. Just to make sure, visit http://xbox-scene.com

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #6
mooo thecyberninja Joined: January 2004 Location: earth Posts: 886 Reputation: 310 Power: 114	first make sure your xbox is modded.. second.. if you have an older bios then it will limit to 137. but 120gig should be plenty if you want to use it for xbox live, you have to be able to lock it. xbox-scene.com has plenty of info on this stuff 40gig was plenty for me

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #9
mooo thecyberninja Joined: January 2004 Location: earth Posts: 886 Reputation: 310 Power: 114	thekore, i think you have to because the software hacks won't let you bootup to the bios like a modchip would but i am not 100% sure. i know the www.xbox-scene.com tut's tell you. best of luck

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #10
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 198	i saw somewhere on xbox-scene where u didnt have to have a mod chip. Right now i am trying to get evox installed without burning it to cd and **** cause my thompson doesnt read burn cds well. Yo

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #11
ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	i thought modding the box would stop people from connecting to xbox live. or something like that. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #12
Hsn King Joined: October 2003 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,082 Reputation: 430 Power: 119	You'll get better help if you ask in the xbox-scene forums, honestly. And yes you need to mod your Xbox to put in a larger drive...

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #13
g00chy OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	hdd limit of xbox with latest modchip and evox is 2Tb (yes 2Tb) chips are well, cheap as chips - www.cheapmod.com get the duo-x chips ive fitted loads with no probs although you can switch off chips there are alternative online servers that are FREE so dont bother with live if you have a thomson drive, well first off unlucky m8!!! you will have to burn a evox bot/install disc to dvdr to get your xbox running once chipped. have a look for the slayer evox disc, very simple to use

October 22nd, 2004	Top \| #14
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 198	thomson sucks...i found a way to do it so windows detects the xbox hard drive. I will be doing that either tonight or somethin this weekend . Yo

October 22nd, 2004	Top \| #15
mooo thecyberninja Joined: January 2004 Location: earth Posts: 886 Reputation: 310 Power: 114	tittlebitties, are you do thing the hotswap? i am trying to get my pc to read my old harddrive

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October 22nd, 2004	Top \| #16
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 198	yes i am mooo. Cept i brought my xbox to school and took it apart and put it back together and now it restarts 3 times and on the last time it blinks red and green. I thought that was only for the mod chip but i read its also when your xbox goes poo poo . Yo

November 7th, 2004	Top \| #17
napalmnthemorning OSNN Senior Addict Joined: June 2002 Location: OREGON Posts: 719 Reputation: 60 Power: 128	Originally Posted by TittleBitties i am still tryin to get my mod chip to work like it should. I cant get the damn xbox to read my cds to install evox! ...its been 9 months and still havent If your not fragging (the light thingy going off/on) have you installed the lastest BIOS (M8-x2_4983 BIOS-M8_16 for 1.6 xbox) make sure you use a new CD-RW. burn real slow and put it in the DVD tray. If it doesn't boot up then turn it off and turn on from the eject button. Are you running a operating system with your mod chip such as Xenium Ice OS 2.0/2.01 ? Windows 7 Ultimate 86/64 (dual boot) Intel Core 2 Q6600 WD 320GB/HD/Seagate 160GB/HD Asus Extreme Striker 4GB-OCZ-DDR2 GeForce 8800 640 GTS

November 7th, 2004	Top \| #18
napalmnthemorning OSNN Senior Addict Joined: June 2002 Location: OREGON Posts: 719 Reputation: 60 Power: 128	Originally Posted by TittleBitties yes i am mooo. Cept i brought my xbox to school and took it apart and put it back together and now it restarts 3 times and on the last time it blinks red and green. I thought that was only for the mod chip but i read its also when your xbox goes poo poo . Hang in there TittleBitties. All is not lost here: Flashing red and green (fragging) means you have a bad installation or your dO wire isn't installed correctly. Make sure its in the right hole. Did you do a solderless install or did you solder. The problem with the solderless adapters is. They come loose. If you did solder make sure you didn't use too much solder so none over flowed onto any track lines (traces) pinheader install is about the best and putting that dO wire in that little frickn' hole I needed a magnifying glass to put mine in. What mod chip do you have. Windows 7 Ultimate 86/64 (dual boot) Intel Core 2 Q6600 WD 320GB/HD/Seagate 160GB/HD Asus Extreme Striker 4GB-OCZ-DDR2 GeForce 8800 640 GTS

November 7th, 2004	Top \| #19
napalmnthemorning OSNN Senior Addict Joined: June 2002 Location: OREGON Posts: 719 Reputation: 60 Power: 128	Slayers 2.6 Auto Installer If your not familiar with Slayers auto installer it is awesome especially for the novice users. Once you flash your BIOS after you install your mod chip then load up Slayer's and it installs all your programs for you. You do need to read the installation options before installing however. Here is a description from Slayers website: http://slayer.xbox-scene.com/forum/index.php "New SlaYer's EvoX Auto-Installer v2.6 features (built on v2.5): * Includes latest versions of most Xbox homebrew tools and bioses (as of release date) * Support for >137GB HD's and the G: Drive * XBOX v1.0 - V1.6 Support through new EvoX M8 v1.6 Bioses (possible future versions too) * Ability to install EvoX & Apps in F: for Stealth Mode * Ability to restore the retail Xbox HD to retail mode * Ability to Format the C: E: F: or G: partitions independently * Latest Stable Media Player XBMP Custom Configured with ShoutCast Radio * Latest Stable Media Center XBMC Custom Configured with ShoutCast Radio * Customized X2 & M8 FC Bioses that boot "evoXdash.xbe" 1st from F: then from C: with failover to "default.xbe" on DVD and "avadash.xbe" on C: * Customized X2 & M8 FC Bioses that continue support for >137GB HD's * Ability to flash virtually ANY v1.0-v1.6 XBOX MOD chip & some TSOPs with 256K or 1MB * Ability to flash an X2, X3, Chameleon, Akira or any other 1MB Cromwell based MOD chip with M8 FC +137G just by inserting this v2.6 installer disk. (NOT FOR v1.6!) * Ability to restore the latest v1.0-v1.6 compatible M$ dash * Comprehensive Step-by-Step Instalation and troubleshooting manual, released as locked & encrypted PDF 5.0 for better compatibility Software Included (along with the unchanged tools from v2.5): * EvoX Dash v1.8.3935 * XBMP v2.4 CVS 09-24-03 (seems to be fastest & most stable version) * XBMC 08-18-2004 * HDDLoader v1.3a * dvd2xbox v0.5.9 * boXplorer 0.96 G: Patched * BiosChecker v3.2 * xbftp v0.61 * XCommander R2 G: Patched * Avalaunch 0.49.01 (auto-updatable on-line & can download the Qwix PC ISO Manager) * Xboxdash dvd region free patch disc v1.03 (to be used on the older 4920 dash only!) " Now for anyone asking where to get this, you all know the answer to that one. The Usual Places Windows 7 Ultimate 86/64 (dual boot) Intel Core 2 Q6600 WD 320GB/HD/Seagate 160GB/HD Asus Extreme Striker 4GB-OCZ-DDR2 GeForce 8800 640 GTS

November 8th, 2004	Top \| #20
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 198	sorry i forgot about this thread ummm...i have a solderless and even when i take it out the xbox still flashes. I really think its fooked up. Yo