Hi Guys I have 2 problems,

The first is simply why wont my slim recognise any hard drive I put in it, I have a toshiba and a seagate both have been formatted in ntfs,fat32 and hfs+ but it will not find it. I have come across so many conflicting ideas and info I am totally lost. So what drive and format do I need please people.


The Second is I have a slim 4gb I took in for repair, (some kid totally mangled the av socket) I have removed the socket and pins from the motherboard just leaving the Hdmi and the console turns on and runs for about 10 minutes then red lights. I have replaced the thermal compound twice just to be sure but other than that I can't see what the problem would be. any ideas would be great on this one.

On the hard drive: read me.

You can't remove sockets just like that... please post some photos on the effected area to have clearer view of your issue.

I'll post them tomorrow if I get time, I had to remove it because although it had a picture from the hdmi there was no sound because the pins were all touching. It doesnt have a problem with anything now ie picture or sound so I don't think that is causing the issue but you never know.

Ok I have just used hex editor and replaced the hddss.bin on my WD drive my next problem is I cant get to the sata ports on my main pc and my little shed pc isn't recognising anything in the 2 sata ports that has, Is there any other option I can use other than hddhackr to format the drive so the xbox can see it.

Nope, only hddhckr can enable a non-MS-approved HDD to work on your XBOX.

Bugger! O well I'll have to dig out the main pc to get this done then. Thanks for the answer although not the one I wanted lol.