Joelma Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Hello Friends. I need some help: my Original Xbox 1.6 (has an aladdin modchip and 500GB SATA HD) used to work very well. Suddenly one day it started to show error 13. Now I realized that it only works when I connect the HD on the middle connector of the IDE cable and the DVD drive on the end connector (this way it works correctly). If I connect the normal way (DVD in the middle connector and HD in the end connector) it shows error 13. I am using the stock IDE cable and I tested other 40 wire IDE cable and the result is the same. Does anybody know why this is happening? Is this happening because I am not using a 80 wire IDE cable? But it used to work with this stock cable. Can somebody help me to understand this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDShadow Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Unusual problem - and unusual error code for a problem that can be solved just by swapping the cable position. Is the HDD set to Cable Select, perhaps? Try swapping it to Master. You're using a SATA HDD adapter so I'd be thinking something going wrong with that is the most likely culprit. But you should be using an 80 wire IDE cable with a SATA HDD/adapter and as that is the cheapest option I'd try replacing your existing IDE cable with one of those before spending more on a new SATA > IDE adapter. It could be something else but without having the means to check the HDD or the DVD drive with known good replacements the best hope is what I've suggested. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelma Posted October 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Thanks @HDShadow. I already ordered 80 wire cable and will test to see if this solves the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelma Posted October 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 @HDShadow Hello. I solved the problem. Just by connecting the 80wire the error disappeared. So I concluded that the normal IDE cable was the cause. I just can't figure out was it worked with normal cable in the first place and suddenly stopped. But with the new 80 wire it is okay. Thank you for your help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 On 10/16/2021 at 7:03 PM, Joelma said: @HDShadow Hello. I solved the problem. Just by connecting the 80wire the error disappeared. So I concluded that the normal IDE cable was the cause. I just can't figure out was it worked with normal cable in the first place and suddenly stopped. But with the new 80 wire it is okay. Thank you for your help. When you clone the current IDE hard drive to a new SATA hard drive/adapter combo, the IDE bus speed was set by the DVD and original hard drive which works with the stock IDE cable. However, once you switch to the SATA HDD/adapter and DVD drive, the IDE bus speed increased to a rate the stock 40-wire 40-pin cable cannot handle without data transfer errors. Swap out the stock IDE cble for an 80-wire 40-pin high-speed IDE cable and the problem goes away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelma Posted October 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 @KaosEngineerOh. Ok. Thank you for the explanation. It is clear now for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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