Guide: Hooking Up Esata Hdd To Jtagged 360 -no Soldering-, how i hooked up my external 2TB drive to a jtagged 360 Options

[freshman26]

hiya,
I'm having a question. Went to the store today and only could order a estata to sata female, could that be a problem? so it will be like: hdd->esata to esata->esata to sata female->sata to sata male->xbox. lol, getting little bit long but hope this will work.

[chrysilis]

Having issues now that I've moved from a genuine Microsoft HDD cable to the one from dealextreme, I've got http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25939. Everything worked great as per the OP using the eSata Panel Mount to Male Sata Adapter from cpustuff on the official cable but the dealextreme cable just shows unformatted with no info on size. It works with 2.5" drives connected directly and I've retested on the official cable to make sure things didn't die and all is well there. I am thinking they skimped somewhere and assume something will be connected to the power... Any ideas? Thinking I might just get my friend to use the DX cable while I use his official one

Cheers!

[wang_chung]

it's the DX cable. i had the exact same problem. i ripped open my original, and swapped the connectors, and they both work now. seems the extra couple of feet coupled with the shitty build quality of the DX cable makes the xbox not detect it properly.

[OneStepAhead608]

yup, its the DealExtreme cable. I had problems with it as well, I kept getting Dirty Disc Errors when playing games from the hdd. Switching to an official cable fixed the problem. I can no longer recommend ordering the dealextreme hdd case. Just get a 20GB hdd off eBay. Even a broken one should work, as long as its not broken because the cable is damaged.

Im also now using the cable below, instead of the adapter from cpustuff:


http://www.esatacables.com/detail/index.cfm?nPID=72687

you will have to break off one of the plastic tabs around the internal sata connector on this cable, but thats no biggie.

You could leave the Esata cable in the 360 HDD enclosure on cut a hole in the back. Then mount the cable facing out the back.

this is what i ultimately ended up doing. i used my dremel to cut a hole in the back of a 360 hdd enclosure that I got from dealextreme. it looks much cleaner.

[Twis7eD]

Would there be any way to do this without eSATA? Because I have an external HDD that I would love to do this with, but it doesn't have eSATA and I don't really feel like buying another external HDD.

[40_ounce]

Thanks for sharing.

[omegastar]

Im also now using the cable below, instead of the adapter from cpustuff:


http://www.esatacables.com/detail/index.cfm?nPID=72687

I found the exact same cable here for about the same price but with cheaper shipping options plus they accept Google checkout which made it even easier. Was able to get the cable shipped for cheaper than shipping alone was on your link.
www.cooldrives.com/esexcaitolex.html

This post has been edited by omegastar: Jun 16 2010, 04:15 PM

[Dra60nSlayer]

if you dont wanna hack-up an microsoft cabinet to get the sata connector i have created one



http://www.dragonslayer.se/shop/index.php?...ils&prod=36

I created a SATA adaptor for use with any SATA HDD on jtag-hacked xbox360
Solderless installation

not included: powersource for your drive, SATA-cable

This can also be used with an external eSATA harddrive ... use an eSATA to SATA cable

8€ including shipment WorldWide
PayPal only, for non swedish customers.



Please look at the top link before ordering (availibility)

This post has been edited by Dra60nSlayer: Jun 17 2010, 01:43 PM

[Fretz]

Wouldn't you just be able to open an empty 360 HDD case and put in a 2tb, connect it to the adapter, close it and plug in into the top of your JTAG like you would an official HDD?

[madarfakar]

sorry to revive the topic but l gor no answer on the other topic:(




2 questions only:)
l'm planning to do this mod on my hdd enclosure but lm not in the states and cpustuff.com wants 16 bucks just for shipping the sata to esata bracket l decided to buy this cable : http://cgi.ebay.com/SATA-Male-eSATA-Cable-...=item3cafe0d87a

Question no.1: My external hdd is 1tb and l would like to use only 500gb for the xbox and the rest for pc storage, is this possible with this mod?

Question no.2:If yes, how?

Regards from Sweden!

ps. yes its jtagged!

[Dra60nSlayer]

http://www.kjell.com/content/templates/sho...aspx?item=98427
for example in sweden

[turnerfromdover]

if you dont wanna hack-up an microsoft cabinet to get the sata connector i have created one

http://www.dragonslayer.se/shop/index.php?...ils&prod=36

I created a SATA adaptor for use with any SATA HDD on jtag-hacked xbox360
Solderless installation

not included: powersource for your drive, SATA-cable

This can also be used with an external eSATA harddrive ... use an eSATA to SATA cable

8€ including shipment WorldWide
PayPal only, for non swedish customers.



Please look at the top link before ordering (availibility)

Id like to buy one (if you still make them?)but my internet security won't let me onto your site
could you let me know if you have any left please
cheers