OG xbox plz halp!

aha2940

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Hi

I got an OG xbox with a broken hard drive. Doing some research, I know a couple things about it:

1. It's a version 1.3 xbox
2. The hard drive is broken beyond any repair
3. DVD seems to work
4. It's unmodded (maybe soft-modded).
5. No, I do not have a backup of EEPROM.BIN

So, any idea what can I do to fix this? I am planning on getting and installing an xecutor2.6 modchip, but what about the hard drive? can I get any hard drive or should it be a specific one?

Thanks for any pointers on this.
 
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aha2940 said:
Hi

I got an OG xbox with a broken hard drive. Doing some research, I know a couple things about it:

1. It's a version 1.3 xbox
2. The hard drive is broken beyond any repair
3. DVD seems to work
4. It's unmodded (maybe soft-modded).
5. No, I do not have a backup of EEPROM.BIN

So, any idea what can I do to fix this? I am planning on getting and installing an xecutor2.6 modchip, but what about the hard drive? can I get any hard drive or should it be a specific one?

Thanks for any pointers on this.
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If you install a mod chip you will be able to drop in any hard drive and then boot slayers from a disc and use it to format the hard drive. That's pretty much your only option as you would need the key off the hard drive for all the soft mods.
 
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Your only way for that one is modchip. The moment you restore the xbox again do a tsop and unistall the chip you're not going to need it again. The hdd is a little problem if you are going the sata way because the converters are a pain to work with the xbox, just a few work fine and you have to deep search for them. So find an IDE drive restore the xbox and do tsop then work with the sata ones to find a working one. With tsop is the same as having a chip installed but better.

Saludos
 
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kuze

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kaicer said:
Your only way for that one is modchip. The moment you restore the xbox again do a tsop and unistall the chip you're not going to need it again. The hdd is a little problem if you are going the sata way because the converters are a pain to work with the xbox, just a few work fine and you have to deep search for them. So find an IDE drive restore the xbox and do tsop then work with the sata ones to find a working one. With tsop is the same as having a chip installed but better.

Saludos
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The following SATA adapter works perfectly fine; I picked one up for $6 at Fry's:
http://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-SATA-Bridge-Board-ADP-06/dp/B002SZDOM6

Just wait until you get the modchip and don't bother with finding a IDE hard drive. Any non-green SATA drive should do.

As said before, if your hard drive is dead and you don't have your EEPROM.bin, a modchip is the only way you are going to be able to restore the Xbox to a functional state.
 
aha2940

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Thanks for the help guys, I'll get the modchip and see how this goes. Any recommendations on where to get the modchip? is modchipcentral.com a trustworthy source for it?

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Just wait until you get the modchip and don't bother with finding a IDE hard drive. Any non-green SATA drive should do.
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What's a non-green drive?

Edit: Nevermind, I checked what's a green drive: http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=649&p=5605

Thanks!
 
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aha2940 said:
Thanks for the help guys, I'll get the modchip and see how this goes. Any recommendations on where to get the modchip? is modchipcentral.com a trustworthy source for it?

Thanks!
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Check the sales forum on Assembler Games. That will be your best bet.
 
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