swap hd by ftp?

[EmperadorHubaba]

i guess my question is simply this can I simply put a new hd in my box and use my slayers disk to format it

 

[MKChampion]

yes, slayers will be able to format and prepare the drive as well as rebuild the c drive

 

[EmperadorHubaba]

Problem

I have a samsung 40 gig hd and a slayers disk i set the hd to cable select and when I boot up my xbox all it gives me is the xbox logo it dsnt even give me an error unless I wait a bit when I put my slayers disk in it does the same thing xcept one half of the screen is black

I know this slayers disk works in my box because ive used it so I wonder why it wont boot

 

[Fantmx]

Is the drive good? What happens with the chip off, what error code do you get?

 

[EmperadorHubaba]

I think the drive is good its never been used for anything else I cant turn the chip off and i get error 14

 

[Fantmx]

You say you get an error if you wait a bit. What error do you get? I'm wondering if it is an HDD timeout issue.

 

[EmperadorHubaba]

My chip really looks like a piece of sh*t but im running a xecutor 4976.02 bios on it (well something like that) and I guess I can rest assured that even if it can run that bios it probably cant do hd swap with any luck though it can if not I guess im getting another chip

I got a quick little picture of my chip in the mother board at
http://www.geocities.com/emperadorhubaba/modwierd.html

 

[EmperadorHubaba]

when I set the hd to cable select I have to wait awile and then half of the screen diagonaly is black but I can see error # 14

 

[islander223]

If you can flash, reflash with X2_5035, error 14 means "Error Loading Dashboard" because you don't have the dash files on your new hard drive yet. You need to make your Slayer's disc boot to format and rebuild your new HDD. If you still can't boot with Slayer's after re-flashing with 5035, try to burn a new copy of Slayer's or swap dvd drive if you have another xbox.

 

[EmperadorHubaba]

If I dont se it to cable select it gives me error 07

 

[Fantmx]

Error 7 without the hdd on cable select doesn't surprise me. Try what islander said and see if that helps.