Okay, sold the broken box for $65 dollars (the buyer knew it was broken). Bought a new XBOX (Line 06, 07/25/2003, Samsung Drive, Conexant Chip... blah blah blah). Set my X2.3blite+ in place. Got a good boot with the stock Seagate 10GB drive.

Tried putting in my Maxtor 120GB (that was originally in the box that died): got a "06" HDD Error.

Tried Putting in a Western Digital 80GB drive: got a "06" HDD Error.

Suggestions? What am I doing wrong?

ALSO: anyone have suggestions for fan replacements or other cooling options? I saw some tutorials regarding "thermal compound replacement with Arctic Silver" but that seems a bit more extensive than I want to invest time and effort to.

There are 80mm Vantec fans at a store near me for $4.99.

I can never say this enough...axmichigan, sean, llamma, anyone else who cruises these boards and helps people out, "Thank you".