frag on attempt to boot any app/game from HDD

[drsomewhat]

just fyi, my system is as follows:
xbox 1.0 modded with X3 and Xapt3r
Western Digital 250 GB hdd
Samsung modified 616T DVD drive

After i had installed my x3 w/ xapt3r, i had an issue with a frag occuring after some game play or long ftp transfers. recently, my thompson drive had broke, so i needed to replace it. While waiting for my new samsung, i had not experienced this frag once.

Yesterday, i installed the samsung dvd drive and it worked with no problems. However, today, i started to get frags every single time i tried to load anything from the hard drive. In evox, i will select an app/game, and i see the HDD led on teh x3 switch flicker on and then go off, hear the hdd spin up and then stop, and it will hang on the evolution x screen. When i go to restart the xbox, it begins a restart cycle and then frags after 3 restarts.

I am totally lost, and i am open to any help. I am going to go and resolder the lan led (as that led never has worked since i tried soldering). I see little need to resolder the HDD led though, that has been working perfectly.

Thanks to all in advance - any help is appreciated.

 

[drsomewhat]

heres something new

just now after having a reboot and frag, i waited a few minutes, tried to boot, and it gave me a black screen with red text "No Xecuter3 Chip Found"

searching for this now


does anyone have any ideas??

 

[drsomewhat]

ok got into evox, but still the crashing...

getting very annoyed - i was really hoping to play some games this weekend

 

[nutsak]

heres something new

just now after having a reboot and frag, i waited a few minutes, tried to boot, and it gave me a black screen with red text "No Xecuter3 Chip Found"

searching for this now


does anyone have any ideas??

WTF? new one on me!!!

 

[drsomewhat]

when i ftp into my xbox, i can read my hdd and stuff...

so why would it crash whenever i start a game?




Edit: the no chip found disappeared now.

 

[drsomewhat]

could this possibly just be a bad x3 chip?

edit - i dont think so, i remove the samsung, and the xbox works like normal

can this be power related? are my hdd and this dvd drive causing too big of a power drain? and how should i resolve this if so?

 

[drsomewhat]

ok, problem is solved if my xbox's case is left open... something must be getting crushed, perhaps my ide cable (considering its my hard drive that seems to stop reading whenever i try to run something)

any suggestions?

 

[EarlCrapstone]

It could be heat too, since it disappears when its open.

 

[nutsak]

i'd say it's heat, is your fan plugged in and working?

 

[drsomewhat]

fans def plugged in and working - i have it set to 50%, plus i have a xbox external hdd cooler on the side

edit - it might also be the power splitter that connects to the hdd and dvd-rom, its getting pressed where it goes to the hdd - since the problem seems to revolve around the hdd crashing when loading, i might try to fix that too

 

[nutsak]

ah, yea, try without that and see what happens.

 

[drsomewhat]

well i need the power splitter to power the dvd drive, so what im going to do when i wake up is cut a piece of plastic out to fit the wiring in

 

[drsomewhat]

ok, now even if i leave my xbox open, it frags

wtf is wrong with my xbox!! what do people need to know to be able to help me...

 

[nutsak]

your having an overheating problem. what kind of HDD do you have?

 

[drsomewhat]

ive got a wd 2500JB 250 gb hdd (7200 rpm)

i have installed a fan unit on the side of the xbox as said previously

at first i thought i fixed it when i found that my power/reset button wires were getting crushed, but no - now i get frags whenever i reboot the xbox (I can easily see these frags leading back to my hdd crashing)

let me know...