Opened A Xbox To Find A Hitachi-lg Dvdrom, **MERGED TOPICS** Options

[STICKY_BUD]

thanks for the pm stail. i am not sure i will be able to do all that within the next 48 hours. in fact, it will not be very easy for me at all. i was offering to use a modified cable, but the only location i can do this process is at work and taking the whole xbox into work is a quite a bit more conspicuous than i was planning on being.

i cannot use that particular method at home because i have a sony all-in-one box(drives and i/o built into the lcd) and my wife uses an imac.

however, i have carried my xbox to work on the weekend many times in order to take advantage of the projector and t-1 line nobody uses so going into work this weekend when nobody is around will not be a problem and it will give me a reason to get ionto some serious xbl action. as long as the app works for me, i can definitely have some results on sunday afternoon.

@lentesubigo - will you please upload the app again and pm the link to me?

This post has been edited by STICKY_BUD: Jan 20 2005, 01:56 AM

[kbarton77]

If your still looking for a drive, I can get ahold of one tonight or tommorow. One of my buddies has one (I saw it when I moded his box I'm pretty sure). If you email me the App I'll hook it up to my comp tonight.

If I get the app by the time I leave work today I will stop by his house on my way home.

Post a message here if you would like as well.

kbarton77

EDIT: I removed my e-mail address, if sticky_bud can't do it I would be able too.

This post has been edited by kbarton77: Jan 20 2005, 05:00 PM

[LenteSubigo]

Both of you guys have been sent the firmware downloader link. Hopefully one of you will be able to d/l the firmware using that software.

[STICKY_BUD]

i have the app now(thanks lentesubigo!), but i wont be able to complete the task until this weekend. please send me your email addy by friday night lentesubigo so i can send you the results from my gmail account. i will check tomorrow, and again on saturday morning, to see if kbarton has already posted the results before me. i am glad i searched here on x-s before i sold the drive and i am glad to help. looks like we can have this part of the project complete by saturday evening.

stay green!

This post has been edited by STICKY_BUD: Jan 21 2005, 03:22 AM

[kbarton77]

I talked to the friend who's xbox I remember it being in, barring any brain farts on my part, I will have access to it tonight. I did two xbox's at the same time, so I'm not 100 % sure that I have the right xbox. I'm about 90% sure, but will let you guys know by 8 or 9 MST Friday. I got the program thanks LenteSubigo. I'll let you know as soon as I got it (or don't).

Kbarton!!

[valius]

My replacement drive arrived today

I'm gonna start looking for the signals later on tonight.

Fingers crossed we get this wrapped up in the next week or two

I'll keep you updated.

Val

[Speckles]

Hi all,

Have the new drive attached to the PC, can see and use the drive in DOS but cannot run the EXE under DOS, can run the EXE under DOS prompt in Windows but cannot see the drive through Windows.

Can any one assist.

Thanks.

[LenteSubigo]

Hi all,

Have the new drive attached to the PC, can see and use the drive in DOS but cannot run the EXE under DOS, can run the EXE under DOS prompt in Windows but cannot see the drive through Windows.

Can any one assist.

Thanks.

I bet there is something in the firmware that makes it not show up in windows. I am looking into a dos version of the extractor. When I get a reply I will post again.

[valius]

Leave the xbox powered off until the pc has booted up into windows then turn your xbox on, your pc will prob recognise it then.

I have been looking for the Z signal all night, so far the only thing that comes close is a point that reads 0.4v with no cd in & 0v with cd in, I'm not sure if we can do anything with the 0.4v we might be able to use a nand gate to help boost the signal but then again maybe not...

[Speckles]

Booted Windows first then turned on the drive, still no recognition.

Antthing else i can try?

[STICKY_BUD]

@speckles - which version of dos are you using? does the exe not run at all in dos or do you receive an error? what is the error? if the exe does not give you an error, i recommend trying to run it again with a help flag(like "dwld8163.exe /?" or maybe "dwld8163.exe ?").

if it still will not work for you, we can still hope the program will work properly for kbarton77. he said he would have some results within the next couple of hours.


EDIT @SPECKLES - it could also be a connection error since your dvd drive is probably set as a slave - try the ide cable at both positions.

This post has been edited by STICKY_BUD: Jan 22 2005, 05:06 AM

[Speckles]

EXE says cannot run in DOS mode, have tried the drive as Master and Slave.

[STICKY_BUD]

you need a dos boot disk to use the program in *pure dos*

dos mode is not the same thing

[LenteSubigo]

The program wasn't designed to work in dos. It was designed to work in the windows dos prompt. It will not work without being run within windows.

[STICKY_BUD]

my bad - i guess i read the instructions incorrectly!!

however, that is kind of a bummer for me because i already prepared the boot disk and thought i was fully prepared for tomorrow.

This post has been edited by STICKY_BUD: Jan 22 2005, 06:18 AM