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Yes, data will be overwritten once you hit the 1TB point corrupting files already on the drive. Actually, the corruption point will be determined by the cluster size used on the partition - 64KB max partition size is 1TB, 32KB max partition size is 512GB, 16KB cluster 256GB. Even though the HDD access patch is called LBA48, the cluster counter remained 32-bits thus cluster size * 0x100000000 is the max size accessible. The cluster counter range is from 0x000000000 to 0xFFFFFFFF. When you go past the max value, the counter wraps back to the beginning writing data over already present data.

Hi everyone! I am absolutely thrilled that the original XBOX scene is still alive! I modded a bunch of XBOXs back in the day and I kept one of them. It's a nice crystal XBOX with an X3 (with a 1MB 3294 BIOS) and the nice LED control panel. I don't know why but back then I put a version 1.1 mobo in the crystal case. Back then a popular addition was a little fan underneath the HDD when you did an IDE HDD upgrade so it still has one of those still. (Nobody does that these days?) The other day I started it up and it was okay but it froze on a half a dozen or so games. At a closer glance, some of the file or folder names had some funky symbols so I thought to myself that I better replace the aging HDD. I'm so happy to see the new hardware available. I ordered a nice 80-wire cable and the SATA to IDE adapter and that arrived today. I didn't have a single DVD-R in the house so I couldn't do the HDD installation easily. Sure, hooking everything up was a charm. I did a quick cleaning of the interior of the case and removed the clock cap. Started it back up and I could only use the X3 BIOS to handle the HDD prep. I had to use the X3 BIOS to FTP the new dash. That was terrible but it worked in the end. Huge problem trying to get the partition correct. I recently flashed a bunch of different (and recommended) BIOSes and when I switched from one to another, it deleted what I had on the HDD and the partition size was different. All BIOSes that I selected, to my knowledge, supported LBA48. I used XBpartitioner 1.3 and also tried XBPTableWriter to write the table for those BIOSes that needed it. It looks good right now but I'm hesitant to change to a different bank to try a different BIOS. Anyways, in the near future, I'm doing that Noctua 80mm silent fan installation and I'll replace the thermal compound on the CPU and GPU. Glad to be here! Cheers!

I have been contacted about a huge project for the og xbox scene but we will need the communitys help with it so what the project is. is that we were going to go out and find the og xbox passport.live server keys which would bring back the og xbox servers to play online again but since that is not possible to get them we are planning on making a new dashboard for the og xbox with party chat intergration online services and much more but we will need your help so please contact me if you are interested in helping out in the project.

Yes, original MS black cases. https://photos.app.goo.gl/HSKvCwHzCifYK9eu9

Outstanding... I should get off my fat ass and get back into this project..LOL

All of the xtender kits i've seen have an 80 wire IDE. I've seen 2 different versions of an xtender IDE cable. One has a block With a pcb junction in it that goes on the back of the dvd drive and has 3 ribbons coming out. The other variant I've seen is one continuous line, like a normal IDE cable but longer, and with 5 plugs on it rather than the normal 3.

Ryzee, you moved to asia?