I'm in the process of installing a 40GB hard drive and I'm having problems getting it locked. The net says it's a lockable hard drive. So I'm wondering if there is another program I can run to get it locked?

My drive is a IBM DeskStar #IC35L040AVER07-0 40GB

Try Liveinfo, it needs the new hdd connected to pc, also the backup of the eprom of the Xbox. It will calculate the right password code to lock the hdd.

Sorry I just can't figure it out.

I keep making things worse and worse

Boot up your xbox with a copy of Slayer's Auto Installer disc. It has an option to lock and unlock the hard drive.

Will it boot a disc while unlocked ?

Should do. It's been ages but I remember when I first installed evox using Slayer's I left the drive unlocked for some reason and rebooted, and it booted the disc again fine. Then I locked it. I have a modchip though, dunno if that has anything to do with it. Can't hurt to try.

The magic word there Ice_Man. Modchip. Chipped machines dont need the lock as the bios and stuff is circumnavigated (bypassed). Softmods are a different kettle of fish so to speak. Shit better run off to google and get my facts right BP will be all over this thread if not.

The first post didn't specify chip or softmod, so I was just posting what I know. I had a feeling softmod might be problem.

So If im soft modded I'm skrewed? You know whats weird is, I went ahead and tried to just re-format and re use my stock 8 gig drive and it does the same thing. I'm using xboxhdm 1.9. I know the stock drive is lockable, so what gives??????

Im gonna throw this one in here but here goes, did you include the unlock/lock code (or at least write it down) in your iso ?

Ive never actually used the lock/unlock as ive never had it work for me. I used Kinroaches installer with no eeprom using the hotswap method, being sure to include the correct dash and kernel for your unmodded box when building your iso. Then as soon as i power down the xbox it locks the hdd anyway. From there you can update the dash n kernel once it successfully boots.

yes I wrote it down, I wrote everything down. When I reboot the drive and select option #3 in XBOXHDM 1.9, it shows the password. Is it possible I messed up in the making of the ISO image when I was backing up all the info? At lest I have my Eprom back up in like 3 different places.

This is what I'm afraid of. If that is wrong, will it not let me lock a hard drive in XBOXHDM?

If you builded correctly from scratch the new hdd in XBOXHDM using the backup of the old hdd and then you lock it with the right password, it should work. Are you sure that you lock it using the right password ? The password depends not only by the EEPROM but also by the hdd serial number. This is the reason because Liveinfo doesnt need only the XBox EEPROM backup but also the new hdd connected to pc. I think you should try this sequence:
-with liveinfo in the pc and the new hdd connected to the pc, you calculate the right password
-with the cd generated by XBOXHDM you build from scratch the new hdd
-with the cd generated by XBOXHDM you lock manually the hdd using the password generated by liveinfo

Okay, So I run LiveInfo in windows right? Also I downloaded live info and unzipped it, But I see ne .EXE file. Can you direct me to a reliable download link?

Ok I have found a good tutorial on how to lock a sotmodded hard drive:

Necessary Equipment:

1) xboxhdm 1.9 (Found at xbins’ in the directory: /XBOX/Operating Systems/linux/distributions)

not sure if you've used xbins, you will need to access it in order to get the "xbox hdm 1.9" app. Xbins is a big repository of all things xbox but must be accesed in a certain way. here is a link to utility that makes xbins very easy to access: http://www.360mods.net/index.php?name=Down...tails&id=29 - use this to go into xbins and download xbox hdm 1.9 using the path mentioned

2) Torx 10 And Torx 20 Screwdrivers - To Open XBOX

3) A Spare/Blank PC Hardrive

you may have to wipe your drive the 40gb one that is

4) FTP Program (AceFTP, SmartFTP etc.)

use this http://software.visicommedia.com/en/products/aceftpfreeware/

5) A blank CD-R/W and A CD Burner

Right, got all that? good now look at this tutorial and follow it step by step, it sounds like you already have the eeprom data etc but just go through it again and hopefully this should work mate.

TUTORIAL ON HOW TO LOCK SOFT MODDED XBOX BELOW

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/203286

You may have already done this step - taken from the tutorial:

Steps:

1. On your xbox's evox dashboard go to system utils and select backup. While your waiting for that to finish, extract all files in xboxhdm 1.9 to your PC'S hard drive and open up the folder 'linux'. In that folder is a folder called 'eeprom'. Once the backup is complete, on your PC run the desired FTP program and access your xbox. Go to E:\ backup_linux\ and download a file called 'eeprom.bin' to the xboxhdm\linux\eeprom folder of on your PC’s hard drive. Then go to the root of your xbox and download the full folders of C:\ and E:\ to your PC's hard drive to the xboxhdm\linux folder and overwrite the ones already there.

If you cannot putin original xbox hard drive to the xbox to complete this step and you already have the data mentioned above you can use it to move to step 2

Good luck mate keep at it you'll get there

PS if you need any more help just pipe up, let us know how it goes mate



pps check above again if you have already just added loads of stuff

try here: http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/~xbox/xbox-scene...6-Yoshihiro.rar

Just thought better print out the instructions so you can do this without the use of the interent in DOS no-one can here you SCREAM

Right, Thank you guys for all your help! I'm following all the steps in XboxHdm 1.9 to the T, and the part I keep getting stuck on is the (lock HD) area.
No matter what I do it will not let me lock the hard drive. Just for shits-n-giggles I reformatted my stock 8GB xbox drive, and when I went to re-lock it, it would not let me. When I type in "LockHD -a" is give me "Aborted" checking HD status, and gives me some info about the drive. So I'm lost. I know my original xbox drive is lockable................Gosh I have a headace. I feel like im so close yet so far!!!!

try LOCKHD -p passwordgeneratedbyliveinfo

Just been thinking. Youve had it modded once (with old hdd). The mod you did updated the dash and kernel. This then updates the info on the machine as well i think. Then you went to mod a large HDD without complete success (hdd wouldnt lock). Now youve formatted the old HDD and trying to rebuild using your installer with your eeprom. The way i see it that eeprom is no longer valid for that motherboard as the onboard file has been changed from the original. I may be wrong but its an idea.

californidad get the xbox mod-chipped and save yourself a lot of hastle,if your going to biuld an arcade cab im sure you are probably handy with a soldeing iron.

Yes thats what I did to the T, But will the eeprom not let the xboxhdm program lock up the hard drives? Almost seems like the program is causing all my issues. atleast I did backup up all the original eeprom info to my PC. Im wondering is the Iso I made is bad, and thats why it's not letting me lock up any drive at all. What about cloning another soft modded xbox drive with my bad drive? Are there any other hard drive locking programs other than xboxhdm.

What Fu said. I had no idea that upgrading the hard drive on a soft mod could be so complicated. You could also do a TSOP flash, same effect as a modchip really.

TSOP Flash????? Oh no, I'm just going to get even more lost. I'm going to try a few of the suggestion above. I'll post my results soon.

Sorry, that's where you do a bit of soldering here and there and it allows you to flash the TSOP with a modified bios, giving you the same benifits of having a modchip, without actually having one. There a tutorials on it. You can of course ruin your Xbox if you do it wrong, but that's true of most things really.

If is some how burned the ISO or placed the wrong files in the ISO, would that make it so im unable to lock the HD?

I dont think so, lockability of the disc doesnt depend by what you wrote in it. The only problem of a bad iso or of a bad password locking would be a boot error in the console.

Okay here is the error I keep getting when I try to lock my HD. I get the same error when I try and lock my original xbox hard drive as well.
So I know it's not the hard drives, has to be something else???????

Does it refuse to lock also when you set manually the password with -p ? I remember that to lock mine it was the only way i was able to make it work.

Yes, If I select "lockhd -p password" it still saya aborting

What weird is I get a different HD password when I use LiveInfo in windows to check the hard drive, Its different than what I get in the XBOXHDM program? normal?

About the problem with locking the hdd, look at this: http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/lock-hdd.php
it seems that some pc motherboards cant perform the command hdlock. So you may also try to do it with another pc.

OOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOSSSHHHHHHHH

you guys freaking know what the whole problem was this whole time. Freaking idiot!!

Do you want to lock the hard drive (Y/N) ? = YES
Wrong you need to type = Y not YES
Freaking drive is locked up now.

I'm connected FTP to the box as we speak!! Yeah I fingered or figured it out!!!

So now when I boot up my xbox it takes me to the evoX screen
What should my next step be? (((hands are shaking)))

Wow. That's all I can say. Start installing things now.

Okay now I went to reload the Evox software and I get this error.


Batch Process failed:
the last item was: no xboxdash.xbe or existing xb0xdash.xbe
Action: rename

Looks like your new hard drive doesn't have the Microsoft dashboard on it yet. The people with softmods will be able to help you better, but I'd say if you can get a cd to boot, run Slayer's Install Disc and install the Microsoft dash. That might stop that message.

isnt the slayer disc for the mod chip?

It has features that are for modchips, like the flash bios and locking/unlocking feature, but the software installer is for anything. It contains the MS dash, and your error message is related to the the MS Dash, so installing the MS Dash from the Slayer disc may help. Can you boot discs? More to the point, CD-Rs?

I booted up the SC game disc.
Here is what I see when I FTP the box. Why are there so many driectories, C D E F H X Y Z

So you do have the MS Dash on there. Wonder why it couldn't find xboxdash.xbe then. Those letters are your partitions. They're meant to be there. C is for the MS Dash. E is for savegames. F is for you to do what ever you want with. X, Y and Z are the cache, they get used by games when you run them. I don't know why you have a H drive. That could be something to do with your softmod for all I know. Forget what I said about booting a disc, you won't be able to without a modchip. Someone with a softmod come help please.

Could the files be in the wrong folders maybe?

Could be, problem is I don't know what should be where for a working softmod.

Man where is everyone?? I guess they all got sick of me and my Issues

I'm going to try and clone and existing and working xbox hard drive. Except the eeprom. Ill use my OG

Now that you've got the hard drive lock sorted, you should be able to follow a softmod tutorial to get things working properly. There's probably quite a few by now. Search around for one. There's some at xbox-scene for sure.

What is the bare minimum I can put on the ISO when im upgrading to a bigger HD? I want it to be FRESHHHHHHHHHH

Well, I suppose the bare minimun would be just a dashboard. Evox being the smallest.