Well ill have to start form the beginning on this on. So suddenly one day i get the 21 error, keep in mind that i did nothing to my xbox to warrant this no modding or nothing. So i unlocked the hard drive using a program and then proceeded to format and reinstall all the necessary data. now that I finished that I plugged in my hdd and got the number 5 error now this means i need to lock my hdd, the problem here is that I dont have a mod chip or anything i dont know how to lock it otherwise, because every method ive seen requires you to have a mod chip. So does anyone know of a solution to my problem?
Here is a easy tutorial you can follow, it involves hotswapping the drive and plugging it into your computer and using a special version of linux/dos to lock/unlock the drive... http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=244043
Eh...I just responded to your other post.... Why do people refuse to read previous posts or search? I would think that would be the first thing you do if you need help... anyway enough of my ranting Simply put i helped someone 2 weeks ago with the same exact problem, i had him build an eeprom reader and now he has a working xbox. To quote myself :-D http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/548462/4181791 it's even a hotswapping tutorial Link for the eeprom reader http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/357863 Thanks for trying to help CademiaX but hotswapping will not fix this error. And that version of xboxhdm looks stoneage... The only way to fix this is to build an eeprom reader, make a xboxhdm cd and lock your drive.
I understand ive already done a hotswap doesn't matter I still get the 21 error, what im asking is do i have the wrong dash or something. because correct me if im wrong but the 21 error relates to missing dash files.
Im sorry , i need to be more detailed. Ive done the hot swap, and relocked it. Now i have the 21 error again. what i think im going to do is just copy the c drive files from my friend hd and just relock mine and hopefully everything will work alright.
did you use these dash files from the xbox software thread? http://rapidshare.com/files/14478719/ms-dash-mik3h.rar
