dirtykash Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Ok so I have two v1.6 consoles, both had LPC rebuild and an Xblast modchip installed with LFRAME cut. Both boot fine from my chosen bios in Xblast The issue I have is I cannot get either of them to boot a dvd, either an original game or Hexen,OGXboot2021,Slayers. I know the disks are all fine as they boot in other consoles. I know the dvd drives are fine as I have rebuilt them all and they work fine in other consoles too, tried changing IDE cables and sata adapters this has no effect, so that leads me to think its the actual modchip that is stopping disk being read, no-dvd and standard bios's give the same results too. My next step is to reconnect LFRAME and boot from onboard and see if disk's will boot. Anyone come across this before or have any ideas? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Did the Evoxm8 bios come from a Hexen 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...
dirtykash Posted January 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 I used the bios's from the new OGXinstaller2021 and then some more downloaded bios's all have the same results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtykash Posted January 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just tried putting back in the original HDD for this console, so removing the IDE to SATA and it boots OGXinstaller DVD, so it looks like a ide to sata issue, got two more connectors on the way today from Amazon so i'll do some more testing with my 500gb hdd and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Is the Sata2Ide adaptor set to master? 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...
SS_Dave Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 And are you using a 80 way IDE cable? 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...
dirtykash Posted January 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 The the adaptors I was trying to use have no header to switch from master to slave they work and boot but stop the dvd drive working, just took another adaptor with a header switch on and it boots anything I throw in there. So definitely dodgey adaptors, good job I have more on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 It sounds like they are set to slave only. at least it's a easy fix. 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...
dirtykash Posted January 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) This is the adaptor giving issues, its does look like it has a place for a pin header to be installed might see if I can install one and get these working https://www.hexin-technology.com/SATA_22-PIN_Female_to_3.5_inch_IDE_Adapter_M2_JM20330-Product-422.html Edited January 24, 2021 by dirtykash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 You have nothing to lose by trying. 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...
Mashau Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Hi, I am having the same problem as you with the exact adapter, did you try bridging the pads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 4:29 AM, dirtykash said: This is the adaptor giving issues, its does look like it has a place for a pin header to be installed might see if I can install one and get these working https://www.hexin-technology.com/SATA_22-PIN_Female_to_3.5_inch_IDE_Adapter_M2_JM20330-Product-422.html [Image removed by KaosEngineer - see in original post above] Do you have a PC with an IDE interface that you can connect this adapter to? The PC's BIOS should show if it's acting as a SLAVE or MASTER device in the IDE bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtykash Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 I did try bridging the points and it had no effect, I don't have a pc with a IDE interface to try. If its acting as a slave would using a no-dvd bios and removing the dvd drive allow the xbox to boot?? I still have these adapters and it would be good to make use of them if anyone knows how to get them working... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 3:31 PM, dirtykash said: ... If its acting as a slave would using a no-dvd bios and removing the dvd drive allow the xbox to boot?? ... No, the hard drive has to be the MASTER device and the DVD the SLAVE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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