Alright, I've been searching around these forums for hours and I'm still not sure what I should do exactly. I was trying to upgrade my hard drive. I used a brand new lockable drive. I made a boot disc using xboxhdm. I used the disc to generate the passcode. I then created the partitions and copied the files from the disc onto the drive. I locked the drive with the same passcode. I checked it 3 times to make sure I typed it right. I stuck the hd in the xbox. I got error 6. I ran unlockhd and unlocked the drive. Now I have error 5. Where did I go wrong and what should I do? OH, also my original hard drive has crashed. I backed up the files from the drive before it crashed then realized that I used the version of Evox that uses shadowing for the C drive so really I might not even have all of the files from the soft modded stock drive. I really need some good information and help please. I am would like a software solution (any suggestions) to this problem if I can't find one than I think I might of buy a soderless mod chip that is easy to install. Will this solve the problem and which one should I buy?
5 - kernel - HDD not locked (The retail xbox bioses require the hd to be locked) When you upgrade your hard disk drive for one that is larger, you most of the times use a new hard drive that you bought in the shop. Now, when you put this hdd in your xbox and you try to boot up with your chip off. It gives you error 5. Why you ask? Well i will try to explain it simple. The original (also called "Retail") hard drive is locked by MS. Why did they lock the harddrive? Well if it wasn't it wouldve been more than easy (in the start of xbox hacking) for hackers to change content on it. Thats why MS locks it. It is just a security measure. This locking proces uses information thats on the motherboard. The "Lock" on a xbox hard drive contains information that is based on the harddrive itself and the motherboard it came with. One thing that makes this clear: You can not change a retail harddrive with another one from an other not modded xbox. With every xbox there is only ONE i repeat ONE compatible harddisk drive. That is, if they are locked. If you don't mod your xbox (tsop or modchips) you can not change harddrives. Not even from another xbox. However when your xbox IS modified you can change your harddisk for almost every other harddisk (thats UNLOCKED). This means that even when your xbox is modified, you can not just put another (retail) XBOX harddisk in your xbox. However some smart people made programs that can lock or unlock your xbox harddisk on the fly. So when does the error occur? The only time this error should occur is when you boot up your xbox in original mode AND you have a harddisk in your xbox that is not yet locked. So now you ask what do i have to do to make your xbox work again? Well the answer is pretty easy. Boot up your xbox with the chip on. Preferably with a slayer evo-x cd. Now you choose "Eeprom management." Than you choose: "Lock hdd." It takes one second. After its ready it should say something like "Done" When it is "Done" just turn off your xbox. Disable your chip and try to boot in original mode. Now there should be no more error 5. 6 - kernel - Cannot unlock HDD If you understand the above, you should be able to understand what this means. It means you are trying to boot up the xbox with an harddisk that is locked in combination with ANOTHER motherboard than you are using it with right now. What can i do about it, you ask? Well place the harddisk back in the xbox where it came from. After that, UNLOCK the harddisk with the same procedure i explained above (see error 5). Now when the harddisk is UNLOCKED, put it in the xbox which gave you the error. Now when you boot up with the chip ON it should not give you an error anymore. However when you put the xbox on with the chip OFF your xbox will give you an error. (error 5) So to make sure you can boot original and boot with the chip ON. Next do the same as above: "Boot up your xbox with the chip on. Preferrably with a slayer evo-x cd. Now you choose "Eeprom management." Than you choose: "Lock hdd." It takes one second. After its ready it should say something like "Done" When it is ready just turn off your xbox. Disable your chip and try to boot original. Now there should be no more error. **NOTE:This is for hardmodding!**
Thank you for your quick response. I realize what the errors mean, I have done lots and lots of reading. I just want some ideas for a solution. THank you in advance.
I mean, if it's going to take a chip to fix it which one would be appropriate and very easy to install? I really appreciate your help!
if you want to chip it to fix, you should go for the cheapest chip here **NOTE:REQUIRES SODERING** http://www.xbox-modchips.com/duox-chip.htm its only like 16 bucks, if you want quality go for http://www.xbox-modchips.com/xecuter-3.htm SODERLESS cheap http://www.xbox-modchips.com/smartxx-spider16.htm quality http://www.xbox-modchips.com/xapt3r.htm
