I have a modded xbox with a 120gb maxtor hd.Is there a way to add a 2nd or external hd?Ive seen a picture somewhere on the net of an xbox with 2 hd's?Thanks.
ok, yes it is posible to have a second external harddrive. its even posible to have another internal harddrive (depending if you have upgraded the dvd-rom yet or not) to have an external hard drive you need to know how to make ide cables and how to use ether a razor or a router. depends on how you will cut your xbox. i think the best place to go to get the tutorials for this would be ether http://www.xboxhackz.com and just check out there tutorials. i think they got the best for that type of stuff. or go to http://www.xbox-scene.com and check out there tuts, they got some good ones to. talk to you later, pacman33
I have a ide ribbon for 5 devices,could i just plug a new hd into my xbox with this ribbon?The one already in has all my xbox stuff on it,so i cant take it out.I dont want to lose my evox stuff n all my games either.Thanks.
if you plan on having both hd's connected to the ide cable at the same time, you will need to make a switch for the hd's...you can't run both at the same time, so the switch basically decides which hd will get the power and which will not.
How do i get or make a switch for it?If i did make this switch wouldnt my primary hd need to be hooked up all the time to run my xbox?Forgive me,xbox stuff is far harder than ps2 stuff!ta.
just a quick one, probably a silly question, i replaced the xbox fan with a cool 8cm one with 4 diff coloured led's. I switched the fan speed with the 12v mod (split the black ground wire and taped it to the heat shield), noisy as hell by the way, but the led's shine much much brighter. anyway, the fan blades face the same way round as the xbox fan did before it, but it blows a friggin gail out the back of the xbox, i assumed it would need turning around if thats the case as the gadgets inside would want all the nice air blowing over them....is this the case, do xbox fans and normal pc case fans spin the same way, am i talking out my ass...someone please advise before i take it to bits again and turn the fan round.... its just that i sat and watched the cpu temp go up right infront of me on the 'dashboard' settings screen. regards...jim
hey dandoom, im going to bed right now but when i get to school if noone has answerd your question i will go over it with you with some links that will help ya. i would tell ya now but it takes forever to get all the sites and im on dial up and im really f'in tierd lol. ill talk to you tomorrow later, pacman33
ok here is an example wire up a switch, plug your hd's in hd 1 is your stock xbox hd hd 2 is a upgraded hd say you want to play on xbox live or run the retail bios, simply set your switch to boot your stock hd...but then you decide you want to play some roms, turn your xbox off, flip the switch and your xbox will now boot your upgraded hd so you can play the roms.
Also,once i made this switch id have to use the primary first to boot,yes?.Once i switch to the new hd how would it load my evox dash and stuff?,that stuff would be on my 1st hd.Would i have to copy some files over to the new one from my primary hd?Like 2 hds with the same dash(xbox stuff)?THANKS AGAIN!
ok im here now ok first of all lets lay it out like this {1}=your xbox motherboard {2}= your xbox dvd-rom {3}= your first harddrive {4}= your second harddrive {1}--------{2}---------{3}-------------{4} |_________|00000000|0000000000| |0000000000oooooooo|__________| |_______________________|{the powerswitch is here} | | {the power suply} ok the ---- are the ide cables. goes to the mother board then the power to the dvd-rom comes from the motherboard. the power suply usualy only has one cable for the harddrive, so you need to make is so tehre is 2 and a switch on them. thats how you will lay them out. once you got them laid out both harddrives need to have their jumpers set to cable select. they need to have a dashboard of their own on them. so if you are like me i use a xecuter 3 mod chip and i have avalaunch on my first harddrive and i got some other dashbord on my other had drive. haveing daul harddrives is so if your first one gets full all you do is use yor second one for another harddrive. when your useing your second one all you do is use it like you used the first one, the only diff is it doesnt have the same stuff on it that you saved on it. to build a switch. hmmm? i am searching some sites right now for some tuts but havent got any yet. ill get back to ya as soon as i get some guides hope this was some help, pacman33
ok i am leaveing class right now but when i get back i will get you some sites to go to. ttyl, pacman33
