Agent Cooper

Hmmm... Not SATA / adapter, just replacement IDE with tested 80-pin. Will pull the drive, test, echo back, sure. Also, "Disk Tools" showing "Lock Hard Drive" implies to me it either is unlocked, or the chip can't talk to it. Tried locking it as a means of verifying communication, like I did with the "Format" command. So, incorrect key is E06...haven't looked at the full table. Any thoughts on retrieving the EEPROM backup from the chip itself? This is primarily what I'm interested in here...once I have the EEPROM, I can hook it to the PC and (eventually, it's a process...) do whatever I want with it.

Oh, has this box been fun Started with no power at all, won't even blink. Opened it, 1.6 with Xenium Blue in it, bulging caps abound....bleh. Recapped (quite the adventure), but unsure of the work. Box powers up now, but red-lights with E09, HDD access. HDD sounds fine / feels fine, so it's either 1) IDE cable, 2) craptastic recap work ("recrap"? haha), or 3) incorrectly keyed HDD. Tested IDE cable, not an issue, same results. No way to test recrap, IMO. Working towards incorrectly keyed HDD, but don't have backup. Here's where the fun starts. Hitting the eject button activates the chip, boots to Xenium OS 2.3.0. Great, EEPROM tools: backup EEPROM: to the chip itself. Setup FTP / Telnet / all that, but ALL clients are showing empty when connected. How can I download the EEPROM backup off the chip itself? Have looked at disabling passive mode, etc. but can't get anything to work / show downloadable data. Remember when responding, no HDD access. Disk tools is showing "Lock Hard Drive", but doesn't work. "Format partitions" gives "Failed to format partition". Can't tell if it's recrap, HDD is actually dead, or just incorrect key. Any help appreciated, this has been quite the adventure so far. Also, if anybody in the San Diego area is doing Xbox work, PM me, zero interest in shipping. Several boxes on hand with various problems, including corroded traces, which I just can't handle at this point

You'd think that it would flash lights or something if the HDD didn't work....? Whatever, as the Debug HDDs are NOT locked: find your local copy of the XDK 5849 Recovery ISO throw a new HDD in there load the CD (small enough for CD burn...) in the drive hope your DVD drive works power off and on BAM, fresh new 5849 environment on your HDD See Adventures In Debug here: https://www.s-config.com/original-xbox-debug-console/