New HDD Problem

[Flaming Zephyr]

OK, so i just bought a Western Digital 160gb HDD. I followed the Xboxhdm tutorial for making a Xbox HDD from scratch. It made it, but now i get error 6. I locked it. BUt i noticed that when I First made the disc, it had one password from the eeprom, and now im using a different computer, and the eeprom has changed. what happened?

[ForrrestMaster]

The CD eeprom shouldnt change. CD's are read only. You cant change them once they are final. Unless you use a CD RW but then you would need the right software.

[Flaming Zephyr]

ya, i used a cd rw because i used 5 cd-r's be putting the files on wrong, so i just used a cd-rw. so, do i just use a normal cd-r? Or can i change something on the cd-rw?

[feudalnate]

I don't think you can change something on a CD-RW, you can continue from your last writing session but not overwrite certain files. I would try remaking the ISO, throw your old HDD back into your Xbox and get a new EEprom backup, make sure you have the C partition in your ISO awsell. You can format your CD-RW, burn the new ISO and try to build from scratch again, if it's locked just go to the "Locking and Unlocking Tools" and try "unlockhd -a" if that doesnt work for unlocking it then you can use the "XBOXSCENE" password, which I can tell you how to use if needed.

Good Luck.


-FeudalNate

[Flaming Zephyr]

ok, i have the eeprom from when i first softmodded it saved onto my flash drive. i can easily unlock it. It is a Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB (WD1600AJVB-63WTAO). I saw that whenever i went on to a different computer the eeprom changed. So to fix the hard drive i need to burn an ISO that contains the original EEPROM from when i softmodded it on to a CD-R instead of a CD-RW, and use that as the boot disc, correct?

[feudalnate]

Original Eeprom and original "C" partition. You can use a CD-RW or CD-R, whichever floats your boat.

[Flaming Zephyr]

I did use a CD-RW, and that's why im having trouble in the first place. The eeprom changed when i tried to boot it from a different copmuter.

[David5534]

I had the same problem with the locking part a few day ago it would only enable the security and not actually lock the hdd, but i forgot how i fixed it...

[ForrrestMaster]

The eeprom on the CD should not change. Its not going to whether you use a CD R or an RW. Your disc may have been scratched? Make a new one with your eeprom.

[Flaming Zephyr]

A new disc with the eeprom correct?

[David5534]

Yes.

[Flaming Zephyr]

OK, so i found out my EEPROM wasn't changing but the hdd key was.

1. I got eeprom from when i softmodded it previously
2. The new HDD is 160gb
3. The HDD key changes from harddrive
4. I can lock the hard drive
5. when i plug it into the Xbox it gives me error 6
6. The previous Xbox HDD has no E partition

What should i do next?

[ForrrestMaster]

You didnt rebuild the HDD with the eeprom of that xbox. Error 6 means that the xbox cant unlock the HDD with the mobo eeprom. It has to match specifically. Plug in your old xbox hdd and run either forrresttools, or some other eeprom program to get your eeprom again.

[feudalnate]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flaming Zephyr

OK, so i found out my EEPROM wasn't changing but the hdd key was.

1. I got eeprom from when i softmodded it previously
2. The new HDD is 160gb
3. The HDD key changes from harddrive
4. I can lock the hard drive
5. when i plug it into the Xbox it gives me error 6
6. The previous Xbox HDD has no E partition

What should i do next?

When your locking your HDD it's reading the HDD key from your Eeprom file that you provided. Your HDD key will not change, unless you edited the Eeprom (which I doubt you did). Either your locking it wrong or your simply using the wrong Eeprom.





Error 6 is "Cannot Unlock HDD" which means your drive isnt locking right when your trying to lock the drive or like I said above, your using the wrong Eeprom.


After you type in "lockhd -a" a info screen should pop-up saying:

Security supported: yes
Security enabled : yes
Security locked: yes
Security frozen: no
Security count expired: no


If you get this screen then your drive is locking properly and your just using the improper Eeprom.


If you get:

Security supported: yes
Security enabled : no
Security locked: no
Security frozen: no
Security count expired: no

Then sometimes the drive freezes and you have to go into the BIOS of your computer and switch a setting for your Primary Master, which I assume is what your new HDD is on. I don't remeber how to do it off the top of my head right now, but if thats what's happening then just say and I can help you out.

Or it's not finding the Eeprom on your linux CD

Quote:

6. The previous Xbox HDD has no E partition

It wouldn't matter if your old HDD had a E: partition or not because as you stated in your first post, your "Building the drive from scratch". If no files are found in the \linux\E\ folder of the XboxHDM disc you made then the partition will be made automaticly along with "UDATA" and "TDATA" if I remember correctly.



-FeudalNate