Hardware My xbox 360 hard drive is not recognizable

[bob1212]

Soo I’ve bought a hard drive case for the fat Xbox 360 and I popped a 500gb hard drive and putted it back together and when I attached it to my Xbox it didn’t show up on the storage

 

[godreborn]

iirc, you have to format it with the system using the serial number. it's been years since I did that with a 1TB hdd.

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if it's not being detected at all, make sure the hdd (the back of it iirc) is underneath the little lip on the hdd bay.

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also, if it's not a jtag/rgh, you need a wd scorpio drive, I believe, still. then use hdd hacker from what I remember. I did that with official system, and it worked.

 

[bob1212]

iirc, you have to format it with the system using the serial number. it's been years since I did that with a 1TB hdd.

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if it's not being detected at all, make sure the hdd (the back of it iirc) is underneath the little lip on the hdd bay.

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also, if it's not a jtag/rgh, you need a wd scorpio drive, I believe, still. then use hdd hacker from what I remember. I did that with official system, and it worked.

So uhh if I rgh my console I can use the hard drive I have right now?

 

[godreborn]

yes, iirc, any up to 2TB hdd should work with an rgh. it's for a 9.5mm hdd, the phat caddie, but you can fit a 12.5mm in there like I did by bending those four metal tabs that go over the hdd until they break off. just bend them back and they'll snap off. it might save you some money.

 

[bob1212]

yes, iirc, any up to 2TB hdd should work with an rgh. it's for a 9.5mm hdd, the phat caddie, but you can fit a 12.5mm in there like I did by bending those four metal tabs that go over the hdd until they break off. just bend them back and they'll snap off. it might save you some money.

Ok I have a 500gb I’ll look into rghing any suggestions on what chips

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yes, iirc, any up to 2TB hdd should work with an rgh. it's for a 9.5mm hdd, the phat caddie, but you can fit a 12.5mm in there like I did by bending those four metal tabs that go over the hdd until they break off. just bend them back and they'll snap off. it might save you some money.

like what is the cheapest way to rgh

 

[godreborn]

I'm not all that familiar with rgh itself as I have two jtags. I was planning to sell one when they were going for a lot of money, but then rgh came out. @DinohScene or @aadz93 know a lot about rgh.

 

[bob1212]

I'm not all that familiar with rgh itself as I have two jtags. I was planning to sell one when they were going for a lot of money, but then rgh came out. @DinohScene or @aadz93 know a lot about rgh.

Ok thanks

 

[godreborn]

if you can get ahold of a wd scorpio (might require specific sizes), you can put the hdd on an official system. I did mine a very long time ago, so 500GBs I think was out of question. I think microsoft increased the size an internal hdd could be over the years. I'm not sure what the max is officially.

 

[DinohScene]

You'll need a specific 500 GB drive if you want to use it on the retail side yes, a security sector needs to be written to the drive.
RGHing it indeed removes that feature.

Max size for retails is 500 GB yep

I'd go for a Ace v3 or TX coolrunner chip.
RGH 1.2 is what you'll want to do.
However, why limit yourself to 500 GB with RGH, FATX supports up to 2 TB.

 

[tech3475]

So uhh if I rgh my console I can use the hard drive I have right now?

To be clear, you are aware that if you RGH you can't use XBL without being banned?

What model HDD do you have?

 

[DinohScene]

To be clear, you are aware that if you RGH you can't use XBL without being banned?

This yeah.
You can invest into stealth servers but I wouldn't do it.

That being said, 360 servers are infested with fuck children that cheat.
Imho, you lose nothing by ditching XBL.

 

[bob1212]

To be clear, you are aware that if you RGH you can't use XBL without being banned?

What model HDD do you have?

I know I will using the hard drive saving games and for game backups if I rgh,also I think I have a Samsung hard drive

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You'll need a specific 500 GB drive if you want to use it on the retail side yes, a security sector needs to be written to the drive.
RGHing it indeed removes that feature.

Max size for retails is 500 GB yep

I'd go for a Ace v3 or TX coolrunner chip.
RGH 1.2 is what you'll want to do.
However, why limit yourself to 500 GB with RGH, FATX supports up to 2 TB.

I’m probably going to pick up a 1tb

 

[godreborn]

Samsung won't work officially. It has to be wd scorpio.

 

[bob1212]

Samsung won't work officially. It has to be wd scorpio.

Alright I guess I’ll just rgh

 

[DinohScene]

Alright I guess I’ll just rgh

You won't regret it!
Trust me, I'm a GBAtemp mod 8^)

 

[bob1212]

You won't regret it!
Trust me, I'm a GBAtemp mod 8^)

How hard is rghing

 

[DinohScene]

How hard is rghing

If you have some soldering skills, not that hard.
If you can't, you could contact @brickmii82 he's US based and does RGH.

 

[bob1212]

If you have some soldering skills, not that hard.
If you can't, you could contact @brickmii82 he's US based and does RGH.

How much does he charge

 

[DinohScene]

How much does he charge

I've honestly have no idea, I'll personally ping him for you.

 

[bob1212]

I've honestly have no idea, I'll personally ping him for you.[/
what are the average price for a cool runner and a jr programmer