wooodyii2 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Hello Everyone. Since I found this site I have dug into my basement and uncovered all my xboxs and ready to get back to them after many years of just sitting. One thing I found was me X-tender kit made by Farmer. Does anyone have any insite on this kit or advice? I am excited for getting this going..Also, I was wondering, with the appropriate adapters, could I possibly put in SATA drives? Potentially 6 TB...Oh my!!LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooodyii2 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Also, I tried youtube and could not find anything on this mod. I thought that was a bit odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blobby85 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/xbox/xtinstall.htm Found this installation guide. Maybe IT helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooodyii2 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Thank you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapa988 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Would you be interested selling that? I'm located in Europe, but will pay any shipping costs of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neighbor Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) put there 3 x 8TB HDDs Edited August 16, 2018 by neighbor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooodyii2 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, lapa988 said: Would you be interested selling that? I'm located in Europe, but will pay any shipping costs of course. Sorry but no. I am looking forward to getting it hooked up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooodyii2 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, neighbor said: put there 3 x 8TB HDDs I thought the xbox can only see 2tb at a time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosEngineer Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) Xbox limits the HDD size to a maximum of 2TBs. What type of IDE cable is supplied with that kit? I know it has 5 connectors: 1 host, 1 Slave for the DVD and 3 masters for the HDD's with only 1 powered on at any given time. But, is it a standard 40-wire 40-pin cable or an 80-wire 40-pin cable? For reliable SATA HDD/IDE-to-SATA adapter use, a high-speed 80-wire cable is necessary. Edited August 16, 2018 by KaosEngineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wikati Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Wasnt the largest IDE HDD 1TB? I dont have sources, but im pretty sure thats the largest i've ever seen.... all of a sudden the xtender mod makes sense. If you can get good money for it i'd sell it!! LOL 2TB SATA is more than anyone ever needs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooodyii2 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 I THINK..I remeber you could only uses eide drives up to 1 gig if they made them that big. But I was thinking if you used sata adapters yoy could go up to 2tb for each drive..BUT I am not positive. This will be a fun project 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anarchy42085 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) I am currently working all the final bugs out of my triple 2tb x3ce x3cp Xtender box. i am having problems with all 3 drives having a constant ground connection From the Xtender PCB and am getting ready to re-engineer the 3 hard drive power lines with 12v relays in them to cut the ground on the 2 drives that aren't active. Having all 3 drives grounded is making the x3cp's hard drive light stay on constant. as far as drives though, all 3 are working and loading software just fine and I'm just using the cheap IDE/SATA adapters in it for now. I have changed the lights in my Xtender PCB and attached a set of 3 relays to control my RGB lights with the Xtender. All of the lit jewels on the xtenders have LED RF controllers to power them on & off, set a pattern, or dim them. The 6tb box took 3 controllers to control the jewels lights as the lighting package is in 3 different circuits. Its turning out to be my best build but i do have others too. my other 2 xtenders are more standard though, running on 1.6 boards with triple 500 IDE drives, no chip, softmod all the way. My other 3 Xboxes all run with a 2tb (or 3 2tb's for the big one) with x3ce's, on 1.0 boards. All 5 of my boxes have Xerc's, with relayed DVD receiver PCBs attached to port 4 (except the 6tb box, i didnt want to mess with the usb ports on the x3cp so i connected my built in, relayed, dvd pcb to port 2). One of my best friends has an xtender that i built for him too (1.6 - 500 IDE/500 IDE/750 IDE -- But he wants to upgrade to 6tb 1.0 Tsop when i work out all the bugs on mine). i also have a couple kits in the boneyard to pick spare parts from (non complete kits). I am currently working this kind of project so if you have any questions we can talk and bounce ideas off of each other. I have a lot of knowledge, info, and experience with these kits and LED lighting that i can share. Hit me up if you wanna chat! Edited March 15, 2019 by Tony Kuberka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anarchy42085 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) On 8/16/2018 at 4:25 PM, KaosEngineer said: What type of IDE cable is supplied with that kit? All of the xtender kits i've seen have an 80 wire IDE. I've seen 2 different versions of an xtender IDE cable. One has a block With a pcb junction in it that goes on the back of the dvd drive and has 3 ribbons coming out. The other variant I've seen is one continuous line, like a normal IDE cable but longer, and with 5 plugs on it rather than the normal 3. Edited March 14, 2019 by Tony Kuberka 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooodyii2 Posted March 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Outstanding... I should get off my fat ass and get back into this project..LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anarchy42085 Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, wooodyii2 said: Outstanding... I should get off my fat ass and get back into this project..LOL Yes!! You should. Ask me anything you need, I'll even open my boxes and take pics or videos if you need the visual aid. We can use this forum, Skype, youtube, teamviewer, text, call, whatever you need. I got you on this one Bro! I have a real passion for this system and i love these xtender kits!! Edited March 15, 2019 by Tony Kuberka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooodyii2 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Hey, I really appreciate that!! Thank you very very much 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidmank Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 So, If i understand correctly this kit is basically Long IDE Cable with Multiple headers and a multi select power switch. ( and a bunch of plastic parts to mount HDD's ) Im guessing you cant switch HDD's Hot and needs to be powered down? If i only had a 3d printer and knowledge how to use 3d software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anarchy42085 Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 28 minutes ago, Acidmank said: So, If i understand correctly this kit is basically Long IDE Cable with Multiple headers and a multi select power switch. ( and a bunch of plastic parts to mount HDD's ) Im guessing you cant switch HDD's Hot and needs to be powered down? If i only had a 3d printer and knowledge how to use 3d software. Yes, it really is just a 5 plug ide cable (80 wire) with a switching pcb for the power to the 3 drives, And then a bunch of metal panels. All of the parts are Aluminum, not plastic, although they could probably be 3d printed in plastic and work just fine. The PCB that controls the hard drive power automatically power cycles the system when you change the drive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooodyii2 Posted January 17 Author Report Share Posted January 17 Fyi and update..still sitting on my fat ass and have done nothing but I am thinking about jumping on it once again. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikeymikey Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 56 minutes ago, wooodyii2 said: Fyi and update..still sitting on my fat ass and have done nothing but I am thinking about jumping on it once again. Lol Lol just sell the Xtender kit and profit from it if you havent used it after all this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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