C64MidRezzie Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) So I got a STartech Sata to IDE adapter and successfully made and locked a new SATA 500 GG hard drive using HDM v1.9. i got an 80 pin cable and connected my SATA drive and sure enough it booted to the Xbox dashboard. I had my Rocky 5 softmod files and Splinter Cell diskready to go but I can’t load Splinter Cell - I get a message reading - “Your Xbox cannot recognize this disc. Make sure it’s an Xbox game, DVD movie, or audio CD. Also check to see if the disc is dirty or damaged.” I have tried a different dvd drive from another Xbox that I know loads the game and I get the same message. In fact I get the same message if I try to load any other Xbox game disk. Any ideas greatly appreciated Edited June 16, 2019 by C64MidRezzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidmank Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 Do you have the master slave setup correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C64MidRezzie Posted June 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Acidmank said: Do you have the master slave setup correct? Yes - it turns out it was the figure of 8 cable - once I switched that out it all worked perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 3 hours ago, C64MidRezzie said: Yes - it turns out it was the figure of 8 cable - once I switched that out it all worked perfectly. Which cable? The DVD drive's power/signal cable. I think of the AC power cord being a figure of 8 cable. The DVD power cable has 12 pins on the DVD drive end and 14 on the motherboard end, not 8. Poor graphic as the motherboard end has 14 pins, not 12 as shown. However,the last 2 pins - 13 and 14 - are N/C (not connected). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C64MidRezzie Posted June 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 5 hours ago, KaosEngineer said: Which cable? The DVD drive's power/signal cable. I think of the AC power cord being a figure of 8 cable. The DVD power cable has 12 pins on the DVD drive end and 14 on the motherboard end, not 8. Poor graphic as the motherboard end has 14 pins, not 12 as shown. However,the last 2 pins - 13 and 14 - are N/C (not connected). No - sorry I didn't make myself clear - I meant I just changed the external power lead (figure of 8) to a different figure of 8 with a plastic barrel on it - the other lead I used mustn't have emitted enough power to run the new SATA drive and the DVD drive - all working perfectly now - thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 I find it odd that changing the power cord affected the operation of the DVD drive. But, whatever works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C64MidRezzie Posted June 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 4 hours ago, KaosEngineer said: I find it odd that changing the power cord affected the operation of the DVD drive. But, whatever works... Very strange - I know but glad it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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