frozen trying to update XBL

i recently found my old V1.0 Motherboard and Hard Drive after i screwed my other one up and the reason i bought a new one my xbox is stuck at the "Xbox Live is updating your system. Please don't turn off your Xbox console." screen and i cant seem to get anything to work i cant get a installer disc to work nor can it boot any retail game, i would like to get the eeprom off the hard drive, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

As soon as you turn it on does it freeze?

 

yep

 

Try disconnect the cable away from the HDD and the DVD Drive...If your lucky u can get error 11 and then fix it from there

 

IDE cable or power cables?

 

IDE..

 

alright tried that it just stays xbox the xbox blob, then it goes to error 7

 

Well i dont think its to smart to flash the Drive because your xbox is going through updates just leave it on for a few minutes it may updating but just really slow....If not i guess a mod-chip is your last hope because like u said u cant launch any installers

 

well i left it on all night for a few nights in a row before i got my new xbox and it wouldnt do anything at all the bar didnt move or anything, if i unplug my IDE cable to my dvd drive it just goes to error 12 is there any fix from there?

 

ERROR 7 kernel HDD timeout

Most of the times, the IDE cable is not properly connected when you see this error. Please reattach the ide cable. Not only to the harddisk drive but also to the dvd drive. ALso try to reconnect the ide cable to the motherboard.

Press pretty hard so it goes all the way in. Make sure it is seated straight and proper in the drives and the motherboard. If you still have an error 7. Try another ide cable. If that won't work try another harddisk. If there is still no go, try to set the jumpers on the rearside of the harddisk drive. Set it to master or cable select. If still no succes, good luck and sell your xbox to me rolleyes.gif

 

hold on

 

ERROR_10-12

Its almost the same as error 6/7/8. But also make sure the yellow cables are properly connected to the motherboard and the dvd drive.

1. Make sure ide cables are connected good.
2. Make sure the yellow cables are good and properly connected.
3. Still no succes? Try another dvd drive of which you are sure it is working.

 

wow thanks so much man but i got it, i used halo 2 and let it do the FULL update and now i go straight to my nonmodded xbox dash thanks for everything though

 

Ok...thats kool