Hey axmichigan,

I tried everything that you had mentioned. I returned the XBOX to its stock state (no mod, original hard drive, etc) and it would still 3xboot then frag. I must have tried every configuration under the sun (physically, hardware wise) but she must've been in really bad shape. I kinda feel bad for the buyer that took it off my hands, but I made sure to tell him that it was really messed up.

Oh well, I guess I have a 120GB paper weight until the hacks figure a way to bypass ATA security measures.