Can a TSOP 1.4 with ind-bios boot with a SATA adapater? I took the adapter and drive from my X3 chipped system (boot super slow when using an adapter + sata drive) over to my TSOP'd system. It never initializes it seems. Just fails. I understand that the X3 works, but timing is off or the X3 isn't o...

Agreed. Once loaded, XBMC and Games seem to run fast. Makes me wonder about adapters with a better or faster controller. I'd gladly pay for a higher priced one if it corrected the delay.

Nice thread. I am using an X3 with: Rosewill RC-A-SATA-IDE SATA to IDE Adapter Seagate Barracuda ST320005N4A1AS-RK 2TB My XBox is a 1.4 (Canadian blue if it matters) and seems to work great, aside from a 30+ second boot time to reach XBMC. Launching games on the HDD from XBMC takes a long time too. ...