Hot Hard Drive

[Mikebyrne000]

My hard drive is starting to get hot really quickly. What's causing this and how can I fix it?

[Quall999]

Not much you can do about that. Make sure that the back fan is spinning when your xbox is on.

Some people usually change the fan speed in their bios, or completely replace the back fan with a better one. Some people even add a fan to the top of their xbox where the jewel is.

Changing the fan speed pretty much fixed my heating issues.

[Mikebyrne000]

I'm thinking there could be an IDE cable issue too as its not booting up regulary and when i use FlashFXP it dies in the middle of transfer

It says "INT" in the top of my screeen where it tells you if its a game or dvd

[kosmiq]

About heating problems:
It will very rarely occur if you do not mod your xbox chassis drastical.
I have never encountered it atleast. Perhaps some hdd's that you can use will produce a lot of heat.

The problem you are describing could be because of IDE cable issue. BUT it could also be due to dying HDD. Try changing the IDE cable and if the issue does not get solved try using the xbox open (without the cover on). If that fixes it, it is a heat issue. If it does not it is the hdd going cr*p on you.

[Mikebyrne000]

Would it help if i formated the drive?

[Quall999]

mmm, i really don't think so. But, you could try using a different dashboard to see if the ftp still disconnects. I mean, The HDD's heats to about 114f I think. So, how hot does your dash say it is?

btw, the INIT problem shouldn't be a problem with the HDD. Usually a dvd-drive problem. If you don't have a disk in the drive, then it should say init.

I should warn you though. If the HDD is in fact dying, you'd better unlock it from the eeprom before it dies. And if you have xbl, backup the HDD information and don't go online with it unlocked