I've been using a 120gb hd for about a month but lately its been playing up.

From cold it would sometimes not boot up, giving me a error 7 or 9. But I found if I leave it running for a few minutes and restart it would boot up

Does anyone have the same problem or anyone know why this is happening?


Thx

I worked on a box that had that problem and eventually the drive went bad
120 gig maxtor

as it would seem that ya hdd going to go tits up ..
out of courosity .. did ya have any type of extra coolin' ??

QUOTE (Booger Bob @ Aug 23 2003, 08:18 PM)

I worked on a box that had that problem and eventually the drive went bad 120 gig maxtor

Thats not what I wanted to hear

My hard drive is also a Maxtor How do I transfer all my stuff to a new hard drive? I've over 60gbs worth of data.

QUOTE (-Gadget- @ Aug 24 2003, 01:03 PM)

did ya have any type of extra coolin' ??

No I don't have any extra cooling. The CPU temp is about 60c.

QUOTE (Smoke dog @ Aug 24 2003, 08:14 AM)

QUOTE (-Gadget- @ Aug 24 2003, 01:03 PM) did ya have any type of extra coolin' ?? No I don't have any extra cooling. The CPU temp is about 60c.

I've had ALOT of people bring me Xbox's that where getting error 7 and 9. All of them where upgraded 7200 RPM HDD's with no cooling fan.

EVERY Xbox I've put a fan under the HDD, there has been NO over heating and no error codes 9 or 7.

If you spend $100 on a HDD, you might as well spend another $10 to protect your investment. A $10 fan will make your HDD last the life of the system.

Thats why I only charge $10 (includes the fan) to add a fan under 7200 RPM drives... because you WILL have problems down the road. And if they can't afford $10 extra, I'll try to work something out.

You really, really, really should have a fan under a 7200RPM drive.

how about just the 12v mod to the exsisting fan ??
and also what fan do u get ?? from were that is

thanks Mick ..