3.5" Hdd Motherboard Modification Tutorial Options

[DEDDOA]

Would this work if I modded the conetcor inthe official drive and used an external power source, I've had a hand injury that stil gives me problems so soldering will be probelematic so this would be easier if it works. I know the connector is different, but I was thinking of cutting the wire and connecting a sata cable to it?

I appologise if this has been mentioned already, I have tried to look but our office connection is playing funny buggers and it takes about a minute per page if i'm lucky:(

[N3MIS15]

Would this work if I modded the conetcor inthe official drive and used an external power source, I've had a hand injury that stil gives me problems so soldering will be probelematic so this would be easier if it works. I know the connector is different, but I was thinking of cutting the wire and connecting a sata cable to it?

I appologise if this has been mentioned already, I have tried to look but our office connection is playing funny buggers and it takes about a minute per page if i'm lucky:(

should be fine, as long as you get an external power source.
maybe this is more up your alley
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=707673

[signum]

I finally managed to connect up a 3.5 drive after losing my previous jtag box to RROD.

Got a new one and running great so far. I currently am running the 3.5 with an external power adaptor for power to the drive and using a sata male to female cable from the sata/power adaptor which is inside the MS hdd enclosure.

I only have a 250GB for now to test and want to get get something much bigger like a 2TB!

I have seen this drive;

WD Caviar Green WD20EARS 64MB Cache

I noticed this must be a new revision from WD and I heard a few post back you need to put a jumper on the drive? This drives are around the cheapest 2TB you can get now @ £105

The only other drive I was looking at was a Samsung F2 2TB which have been out for awhile.

Can't decide which one to get, and if 2TB is overkill.

[FrostyTheSnowman]

Would this work if I modded the conetcor inthe official drive and used an external power source, I've had a hand injury that stil gives me problems so soldering will be probelematic so this would be easier if it works. I know the connector is different, but I was thinking of cutting the wire and connecting a sata cable to it?

I appologise if this has been mentioned already, I have tried to look but our office connection is playing funny buggers and it takes about a minute per page if i'm lucky:(

Here's something even easier that I just whipped up in MS Paint (no soldering required whatsoever):

NOTE: The cable in this image is called a 'Female SATA to Male eSATA' cable.



You can buy these cables here:

http://www.cooldrives.com/esexcaitolex.html

http://www.cablemax.com/detail/index.cfm?nPID=72688

http://www.satacables.com/



This post has been edited by FrostyTheSnowman: Mar 23 2010, 04:32 PM

[DEDDOA]

Thanks both

Now i won't have to worry about not only messing up my 360 due to my dodgy hand, but also the multiple burns to my hand as i get more irritated by the fact I can't hold the soldering iron properly and end up burning my fingers (I say this from experiece doiing the JTAG)

[Dannermax]

A solderless mod huh?

Hey Frosty i get the red esata to sata cable. But could you explain the other cables some more? And what is this connector that feeds out the Xbox?

btw thanks for your time and dedication

[Lurkin]

A solderless mod huh?

Hey Frosty i get the red esata to sata cable. But could you explain the other cables some more? And what is this connector that feeds out the Xbox?

btw thanks for your time and dedication

That's the HDD caddy connector that is found inside the HDD caddy. It makes the conversion from Microsofts custom sata+power to a standard sata 7 pin + 15 pin power plug found on sata hard drives. You need that to connect to the HDD plug on the 360 in order to plug that red sata cable into if you want to go solderless.



In his picture he removed the connector entirely from the HDD caddy enclosure. If you goto the post he mentioned where Casper shows the tutorial of modding the caddy for external esata you will see picture of where I connected to that same connector within the caddy.

Here's my picture where it comes from inside the HDD caddy.



This post has been edited by Lurkin: Mar 24 2010, 01:20 AM

[SlickWilly440]

Okey. Got it to work ! I used a jumper. Dont know if it dosent work with a jumper or not

Any way. EARS is now compatible Hehe .

Sweet! Thanks for the update.

Did you jump pins 7 & 8?

[Armen1er]

So it seems to be only one or the other... stock HDD or enormous 3.5" HDD... sad

hold on so if I do this mod i can still have my game saves and all that stuff on the large HDD not needing the stock anymore? because in an earlier post frosty said its either the stock HDD or the enormous 3.5" drive?


also if i were to do this mod with no soldering that would mean it detects either HDD?

Here's something even easier that I just whipped up in MS Paint (no soldering required whatsoever):

NOTE: The cable in this image is called a 'Female SATA to Male eSATA' cable.



You can buy these cables here:

http://www.cooldrives.com/esexcaitolex.html

http://www.cablemax.com/detail/index.cfm?nPID=72688

http://www.satacables.com/

[N3MIS15]

hold on so if I do this mod i can still have my game saves and all that stuff on the large HDD not needing the stock anymore? because in an earlier post frosty said its either the stock HDD or the enormous 3.5" drive?

The whole point of this mod is to replace the stock hdd, so yes, all gamesaves profile ect. can go on the larger drive.

also if i were to do this mod with no soldering that would mean it detects either HDD?

The drives will not be detected at the same time, but you can just unpug 1 and then plug the other in.

[Armen1er]

The whole point of this mod is to replace the stock hdd, so yes, all gamesaves profile ect. can go on the larger drive.

The drives will not be detected at the same time, but you can just unpug 1 and then plug the other in.

Thanks for clearing that up for me N3MISiS im going to do the mod Ill post pictures when its done thanks

[signum]

Here's something even easier that I just whipped up in MS Paint (no soldering required whatsoever):

NOTE: The cable in this image is called a 'Female SATA to Male eSATA' cable.



You can buy these cables here:

http://www.cooldrives.com/esexcaitolex.html

http://www.cablemax.com/detail/index.cfm?nPID=72688

http://www.satacables.com/

That's the HDD caddy connector that is found inside the HDD caddy. It makes the conversion from Microsofts custom sata+power to a standard sata 7 pin + 15 pin power plug found on sata hard drives. You need that to connect to the HDD plug on the 360 in order to plug that red sata cable into if you want to go solderless.



In his picture he removed the connector entirely from the HDD caddy enclosure. If you goto the post he mentioned where Casper shows the tutorial of modding the caddy for external esata you will see picture of where I connected to that same connector within the caddy.

Here's my picture where it comes from inside the HDD caddy.

I have looked everywhere so far for something like that but it seems getting the male end of the sata here in UK is very hard.

I currently am using a sata extension cable which doesn't really fit well at all with the clip removed. I am using external power for the HDD right now but I would love to use my esata case.

Where can I find a Male sata to male esata which you showed in your post Lurkin that I can get in the UK, or even shipped here.

Thanks

[Armen1er]

Hey frosty one last question I wanted to buy this WD Caviar Black becuase of the 64mb cache but the thing is it says 6.0Gb sata does that effect if the 360 is going to recognize the drive?

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Cavi...5915&sr=1-7

[FrostyTheSnowman]

Hey frosty one last question I wanted to buy this WD Caviar Black becuase of the 64mb cache but the thing is it says 6.0Gb sata does that effect if the 360 is going to recognize the drive?

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Cavi...5915&sr=1-7

That drive should work fine, because Western Digital HDDs have the 'compatibility' jumper that you can set for 1.5/3.0Gb operation.

[DARKFiB3R]

Thanks for the tut frosty



moar pics http://bit.ly/dax8uy

This post has been edited by DARKFiB3R: Mar 26 2010, 10:04 PM