My Xbox is hardmodded with a solderless X3. The current HDD is an "unlocked" 3.5" PATA (IDE) drive.
I'd like to upgrade the drive with an extra SATA drive I have. I'm curious about IDE to SATA adapters, and if that's an option that I could consider. I understand that it wouldn't increase speed because of the bottleneck on the IDE end, but I'd like to take advantage of the increased disk space. With all that in mind here go my questions..
1: Do the IDE to SATA adapters cause compatibility issues?
2: Is there a Harddrive memory cap limit that I need to worry about?
3: Is there a "number of games" limit per partition?
4: I haven't modded an Xbox in a really long time. How would I go about formatting the new drive? My current one has a bunch of different partitions, and I don't remember how they got there.
5: The games I currently have installed on the drive are extracted. Has anyone come up with a way for the Xbox to read .ISO's?
6: I have a bunch of physical games that I'd like to rip and backup. Is there an easy way to back them up that doesn't involve using my Xbox Disc Drive?
7: Do the various X3 firmware versions effect the playability of game backups? I ask because I remember in the past having some games where the discs were perfect, but the backup just wouldn't play. What could be causing compatibility issues?
My info just in case....
-X3 Kernel Version: 1.0.5034.1
-X3 BIOS: 3294
-DVD Model: THOMSON-DVD
-DVD Firmware Version: 1.24
-Xbox Version: XBOX V1.1
-EvolutionX: V+3935
I'd like to upgrade the drive with an extra SATA drive I have. I'm curious about IDE to SATA adapters, and if that's an option that I could consider. I understand that it wouldn't increase speed because of the bottleneck on the IDE end, but I'd like to take advantage of the increased disk space. With all that in mind here go my questions..
1: Do the IDE to SATA adapters cause compatibility issues?
2: Is there a Harddrive memory cap limit that I need to worry about?
3: Is there a "number of games" limit per partition?
4: I haven't modded an Xbox in a really long time. How would I go about formatting the new drive? My current one has a bunch of different partitions, and I don't remember how they got there.
5: The games I currently have installed on the drive are extracted. Has anyone come up with a way for the Xbox to read .ISO's?
6: I have a bunch of physical games that I'd like to rip and backup. Is there an easy way to back them up that doesn't involve using my Xbox Disc Drive?
7: Do the various X3 firmware versions effect the playability of game backups? I ask because I remember in the past having some games where the discs were perfect, but the backup just wouldn't play. What could be causing compatibility issues?
My info just in case....
-X3 Kernel Version: 1.0.5034.1
-X3 BIOS: 3294
-DVD Model: THOMSON-DVD
-DVD Firmware Version: 1.24
-Xbox Version: XBOX V1.1
-EvolutionX: V+3935
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