Hi, need a bit of advice! I have an XBox V1.6 which I am installing a larger drive into. Hiccup I have is I modded the original drive fine and ran config magic to obtain serial number, DVD Drive Number, Confounder, etc, etc which I have written down. Following this I made a backup of the eeprom, the issue is before I could copy ftp the backup to my pc we had a power out. On rebooting the xbox keeps giving error 9. This has not allowed me to hotswap the drive succesfully so I am in limbo on thsi and ask for any ideas on what I might be able to do prior to buying a mod chip. I have all the details written down as mentioned and I am wondering if I was to get a bios from the same version xbox (V1.6 not V1.6B) would I be able to edit it and enter the serial, confounder, dvd region, etc and save this to use with xboxhdm 1.9 to generate a hdd key for my large drive since the original one is refusing to do anything btu show error 9! I have prepared my large drive with xboxhdm 1.9 but since I have yet to generate a hdd lock key for it (due to no eeprom backup) it returns error 5 until I lock it. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated as I am sure there is a solution. If anyone thinks my idea would work could you point me to where I would be able to get the correct bios from. Thanks, modnbox
Something are wrong with the hdd. That is why you get error 9. Is that the original hdd? if not, then put the original hdd back into xbox and turn it on. Did yoy ftp eeprom.bin to PC yet? if not, then you need modchip. Also you need to download autoinstaller disk too. Follow the link in my sig to download AID 3.0
The original drive returns error 9. Did not get time to ftp the eeprom.bin, etc to my pc as had a power blackout just after I ran config magic. I did get all the info from the xbox that config magic had on screen, xbox serial, confounder number, etc, etc, etc so wondering if I can use that information with liveinfo or eepmod on another eeprom.bin and change the details (serial number, etc) to use with my xbox. Regards, Martin
well, all the serial, confounder number, hdd key, etc.. are only for that hdd. For other hdd, you have to have eeprom.bin
The serial number, dvd region, etc that config magic gives is the xbox's from what I can make out. It also gives you that hdd drives unlock key but most of the other info is what is in the eeprom from the box not the hdd hence I was hoping to be able to change relevant details in an eeprom form the same V1.6 series xbox, set dvd region etc and then use that to generate a hdd key for the new drive. Thanks, Martin
Look, each eeprom generates a different key for each hdd and each xbox has different eeprom. So the hdd key that you have now will not work on any other hdd and eeprom.
I realise that the hdd key is only for the original drive but the other information from configmagic I am refering to is the xbox's serial key, mac address, dvd zone, online key, video mode, ebe region. These relate to the xbox not the hdd as they remain the same when changing hdd's. They are part of the information used to generate the new hdd password. Can an exisiting eeprom be edited and updated with this information and used to generate a new hdd password in xboxhdm 1.9 is what I am wondering! Regards, Martin
That is the magic of xbox. Even though you have eeprom.bin from other xbox, then you use xboxhdm to make a new hdd for your xbox. YOU XBOX WILL NOT READ THAT NEW HDD. That is why I call magic. And I dont know why either.
9 - kernel - HDD parameters (PIO/DMA/or size {debug}, certain size minimum is required for debug) Not very common error, please try another harddisk. http://www.teammodders.com/viewtopic.php?t=130 error codes defined link.
Have tried 3 8.4 western digital drives (all from 1.6 boxes) with error 9 on all 3. Can access and prepare all 3 on pc with xboxhdm 1.9, then locking them but I still get error 9. Tried not locking the drives to see if I could get error 5 but still only error 9. Have a 13 gig seagate that gets error 5 but this drive does not support locking so drive not able to be used. Waiting on a new large drive to arrive in the post to see how I go but frustrated about the error 9 as the drives were taken from working boxes and the only thing done was prepared with xboxhdm using various options like ndure 2.1, ndure 3 and still all I get is error 9. Any thoughts or suggestions on this would be appreciated. Thanks!!
from what i know if you use a HDD from another Xbox you need to have the EEPROM for that xbox for it to work. But if i was switching HDD's it would be for one much,much bigger than what your trying to put in there. the 8GB drives are almost worthless, and 13GB is not much better you need something 160GB or above. and i am hoping that you checked a HDD compatibility chart on the web before you bought your next one.
I have a larger hard drive (Western Digital 200 gig) that I have bought for it, just waiting for it to arrive in the post. I am one of those people who is stubborn and the fact that 3 different drives (working perfect when removed) from working xbox's now all give error 9 and yet an old 13 gig seagate gives the expected erro 5 as it can not be locked is what my puzzle is mainly about. I know the old drives are worthless but it is the principal that bugs me, there is obviously a reason for the error 9 and I want to work out why? I am sure MS knows but I don't see them sharing that information any time in my life. I mean if it was just the original drive I would put it down to being a fault with the drive but for 3 working drives to all give error 9 when the 2 from other xbox's I believe should return error 6 (can not unlock drive) as I initially connected them prior to the xboxhdm prep. Anyway I am sure someone can see while it is not critical to fix these drives an understanding of why something like this would bug you. 1 drive fair enough but 3 different ones same error?????????? Regards, Martin
Like i said, could be a problem with you not hab=ving the EEPROM from those Xboxs that the drives came from.
