I was just qwix'n a few games to the hdd over my home network. I have done this many times with out problems. I was using Avalaunch v0.49.3. It got to 40% and the transfer hung up (0k/s). I went to look at avaluanch and it was running properly, saying all the usual info and NOT locked up (i expected it to be)

I shut it off, and turned it back on ... and now it just frags.... says "loading xcecuter 2 live config... " and it fragging.... won't get past this point. I can't load a dvd or anything...

What happened??

Should I just redo the bios?

Thanks@!!!

Okay ... wtf?

I opened it up... and it looks like one of the wires on the IDE chain was damaged mildly ... replaced IDE chain and BOOYAH!!!

works now ... odd that it happened right then though

I experienced the same thing. I used Qwix while running avalaunch and the transfer froze- I eventually shut off the xbox and when I turned it back on the hard drive did not respond. Since this was a soft mod I had to redo the whole mod only to realize that the hard drive was damaged. I RMA'd it and am getting a new one soon.