XBMC4Xbox

trying to usu xboxhdm to lock stock hdd ,,i do have eeprom etc on the dicsc i made
problem is i keep getting no disk drive found on /dev/hda (primary master )! error
computer hdd and cd drive have there seperate ide cables...
tried even with 160 hd still getting same error
xbox hd have set jumper to master ...
thank you

Sounds like a BIOS order or incompatible drive issue.... does the HDD and CD ROM show up on the boot screen or in the BIOS?

drive is a 8 gig stock drive thst was with the xdox ,the box was chipped ,but fried ,,hdd ,,getting error 05
using xboxhdm to try and lock it again.dvd drive is detected by bios unsure about drive
its a Dell computer that i borrowed for the programme
does the error mean computer is no detecting the stock hdd ....no disk drive found on /dev/hda (primary master )!

Yeah I've had a lot of problems lately with xboxhdm - my trusty old piece of crap PC I used specifically for this job finally died and I'm getting nothing but grief trying to get it to work in my newer computers. What I had to do on my old IBM/Compaq was only attach the IDE cable once the xboxhdm menu appeared (and you had to be quick!). If you're lucky your bios might allow for NOT auto-detecting hdd's - if this is an option select this but not every bios has this option available.

could i use xboxhdm on my new puter
problem is the hdd and dvd drive are connected by sata not ide

http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewt ... t=109#p778

That's I do with my old Dell specially for xboxHDM. No idea if its applicable for all Dells though.

asbo wrote:http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewt ... t=109#p778

That's I do with my old Dell specially for xboxHDM. No idea if its applicable for all Dells though.

It's not. I keep an old Dell GX270 for this usage (amongst others). It doesn't need any special treatment, just make sure BIOS is set to auto detect the hard disc on the relevant IDE channel and set to boot from the DVD drive on the relevant IDE channel.

does the hdd and dv drive need to be ob same ide cable
are seperate cablesthe

comber wrote:does the hdd and dv drive need to be ob same ide cable
are seperate cablesthe

They need to be on the same cable, with the hdd on the master plug (usually black) and the cd drive on the slave plug (usually grey). They are other wise denoted by lableig on the cable, usually a 1 and 2

GhostlyGamer wrote:

comber wrote:does the hdd and dv drive need to be ob same ide cable
are seperate cablesthe

They need to be on the same cable

Not for me. In my Dell GX270 they're on separate IDE cables.

same on my dell seperate ide cables too ..no master are slave lettering
i do have a new ide which does have master and slave lettering will tryh that on it
i got a aladdin chip this morning ,,and a made a pigs ear of soldering..so back to plan a again xbmchd
bound to get it to work some time ..........................

I ran in to this before couple years ago. I don't know if I was using v1.9 or not. But the program would run and say it had locked the drive when it hadn't. Turned out my newer computers had some Virus protection built into the PC BIOS the prevented it from writing to the part of the disk that XboxHDM wants to.

So as someone said above, you have to hang on to an older computer that does not have this BIOS feature to be able to continue to use XboxHDM.

BIASOPINION

When I lock My Hard Drive I MUST go into the bios and disable the hard drive detection completely for it to work. It actually changes to "NOT INSTALLED". For some reason when it detects the drive in the bios it cannot be locked with my older 2005 PC. Good luck.