SS_Dave Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Salts said: Strangely, when MS dash boots the DVD drive won’t open, light just flashes. Is the drive making any noise when you press eject? I would suspect the drive belt is slipping. There is a manual open hole in the front panel. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 24 minutes ago, SS_Dave said: Is the drive making any noise when you press eject? I would suspect the drive belt is slipping. There is a manual open hole in the front panel. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Not even a click, stays silent. Of course on an error page, it opens like a dream. I think my machine is cursed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Salts said: Strangely, when MS dash boots the DVD drive won’t open, light just flashes. Is it booting to the MS dash from power on or are you running the MS dash as an app? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, SS_Dave said: Is it booting to the MS dash from power on or are you running the MS dash as an app? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Booting from power on. Will try try to rebuild c drive again with clean files and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Do you have a splinter cell disk? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 18 hours ago, SS_Dave said: Do you have a splinter cell disk? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. NAh, But I was able to access the original drive through hdmaker2.3. It’s got all the original files and game backups and everything! For shits and giggles I want to try to clone the original hard drive to the new one, in the hope that it all works. Can I clone in windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Salts said: NAh, But I was able to access the original drive through hdmaker2.3. It’s got all the original files and game backups and everything! For shits and giggles I want to try to clone the original hard drive to the new one, in the hope that it all works. Can I clone in windows? Have cloned the original hard drive, and now it boots into black screen. No green blob and led stays solid green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 So I have managed to get home brew dash to boot, but it’s incredibly slow. ie 5mins+ to load dash, then another 5 to load anything. Many idea what may be causing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 You've probably already mentioned it but which hard drive type: IDE or SATA? If SATA, which IDE-to-SATA adapter are you using? Also, are you still using the stock IDE cable or have you swapped it out for a high-speed 80-wire 40-pin IDE cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 6:23 AM, KaosEngineer said: You've probably already mentioned it but which hard drive type: IDE or SATA? If SATA, which IDE-to-SATA adapter are you using? Also, are you still using the stock IDE cable or have you swapped it out for a high-speed 80-wire 40-pin IDE cable? Now that im using it a little more, the speed is actually ok now once it's booted. The problem im having is that it will only boot 1 in every 5 or 6 attempts, every other time will give error 16 or freeze the flubber. I want to do a fresh install as it seems the dash isnt loading properly. I can boot hexen off E: but if i do a clean install off hezen on e: wont that delete hexen on e: in the process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 If you can't use the DVD drive that's probably why it has problems booting as it's dead or dying. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 Just to have a crack though, is it worth running hexen from E: for new install or is it not possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 Can you put Hexen on F drive and run it from there ? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 30 minutes ago, SS_Dave said: Can you put Hexen on F drive and run it from there ? Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Can’t see why I couldn’t if I FTPd it to F drive. Worth a try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 You have nothing to lose. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 Well unleashx boots 1 in 6 tries, don’t want to lose that haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 It sounds like your hard drive is about to drop dead or you have failing caps on the main board. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted May 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 So ended up changing the ide cable to 80 wire, and it now boots unleashx much more consistently. Many thanks to all who assisted!! The help is much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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