Can't Boot Past Xbox Logo Screen Options

[Parawata]

Hi, been reading tutorials and threads on xbox scene the last 2 weeks since I decided to mod my xbox. Anyway first time to post and yes it's cos I've run into a problem . To cut a long story short after a failed attempt at a hot swap got a guy who I know sort of from another forum to do a hard mod, replacing the existing hd with an 80gb drive and installing xbmc as well. Just got this done Thursday night and spent Friday evening and Saturday morning ftping a load of movies & music across from my pc.
Had watched a few divx's Friday night no problem but yesterday ran into a wall. Went into settings and checked the option to load subtitles from rar's and started a movie I'd transfered onto the hard drive, no problem at first, but then went to fast forward past the credits when it froze. Screen looked like I'd pressed pause, still had the time counter displayed up in the left hand corner but stuck at where I'd fast forwarded to.
Tried stopping the film, backing out of it, going to main menu none of which worked so decided tp reboot. On restarting I get as far as the xbox logo and that's it. Can hear a sort of rhythmic clicking coming from the box, think it's coming from the hard drive, but I don't get any error codes displayed.
I'm tried starting the xbox with a game and that works, goes straight to the game menu, but the minute I take it out I'm back to the logo and clicking sound.

Any help would be really appreciated, only had the thing for a day and miss it already!!!

Cheers

[Taco Supreme]

kinda sounds like a dying hard drive

[Pikkon]

Try switching the jumpers on the back of your hdd.And give it a go.

[89c4l98]

kinda sounds like a dying hard drive

sounds like a dead hard drive... open the xbox and make sure ide and power cable are snugg and in place correctly... if so you got a rma on your hands for hdd if it's clicking...


also once you open the xbox you can put ear to hdd and see if thats it.

[Parawata]

cheers for the replies guys, yeah dead hard drive is what I was thinking, just posting to see if there was an alternative explanation. IDE and power cable are snug, and clicking is definitely coming from the hard drive. Iwas just wondering, now that I've had the box chipped, could I just get a new ide hd, format and install xbmc on it by hooking it up firstly to my pc and then putting the new drive in the xbox?
Most of the tutorials I've read til now (admitedly soft modding tutorials), assume that you have an unchipped box and need to use the expolits. Is there anything to stop me just setting up a hd through my pc and installing it into the xbox after?

Note: I'm a total newbie in this area so if that's a stupid question my apologies

cheers