Error 21 And "xbox Live Is Not Responding" Options

[winotron]

I have a 1.0 Xbox already softmodded (which I did myself about a year ago) with Ndure. I'm trying to upgrade to a 160gb HDD (Western Digital model WD1600LB) using XboxHDM 2.2 booted from a USB thumb drive. No matter what I do, I get an error 21 after installing Ndure 3.1.

I have kernel 4034, so I selected 4034 in the installer, but I have also tried all of the other kernels including the generic. I tried with or without Nkpatcher .06, and with or without UDDAE. Another thing that confuses me... if I put a clean 5960 C drive back on my 10gb retail drive, it will boot up to the regular Xbox dashboard just fine. If I put that exact same C drive on the 160gb HDD, I get error 21.

I have also tried using UXE Complete 2.2 and instead of error 21, I get stuck on the "Xbox Live is not responding, please try again later" message, no matter which font/patcher combination I choose. I've been working on this for over a week now exhausting every option I can think of, but I just can't figure out why this is not working.

I've tried letting XboxHDM prepare the drive and install the files, and also tried just copying all of the files manually using xbrowser. Makes no difference. I have also tried all of these Ndure and UXE combinations on the 10gb retail drive, and have the exact same problem. I've gone over all my steps a million times and I have no clue what I could be doing wrong. I know this 160gb drive is fine as I was just using it in my PC without issue. Also, I have tried 2 other WD hard drives just for the heck of it, a 60gb and a 250gb, and I get the same results. I have also tried using a different USB thumb drive, just in case.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I've read through pretty much every single tutorial and forum post I have found.

This post has been edited by winotron: Apr 7 2011, 01:26 AM

[spliff721]

when using XBOXHDM2.2 set the jumper to master. then switch it back when your done.