Functionality of Xbox : Hardrive Issue

[vodanh]

Power box is a foxlink and i have read about how faulty they are, but i checked the smoldering on the pins and they seem ok.

when i push power there is no video response, nor audio, i only hear the xbox start up and the hardrive start to make the noises, the power button flahes green 3 times and then frags. Now that yo mentioned it you're probably right that i's in a coma now.. aroudn the time before all this happened the xbox was having problems booting up the xchip bios, i had to try to flash it again a few times and check the D0 pin but the xchip was operating fine. The D0 slot is not damaged im very careful with my hardware. I was hoping the problem was small so i could fix it i didn't want the whole xbox to go to waste. i was just about to buy a convertor for the 20 pin power boxes to 12 pin that the version 1 uses to try and revive it but since u said that it should boot without a hardrive anyways it is probably dead, thanks for the correspondance. Hardrive is definately busted though.
-_- At the time I really didn't know what the best mod chips were and I got the x-chip and i must say it works well so far when the xbox is operating normally. Its running quite well on the new xbox even after being in a burnt one, but yeah Xecuter next time ?

[kosmiq]

IMO the chip does not matter THAT much as some wants you to think...
I have an Aladdin Advance 32 in my xbox and it does its work great... Got it installed before the clone rush though... So aladdin is no good choice today...
DuoX 2 has gotten real popular as the #1 cheapmod today.

But if you want to be on the safe side and make sure that you get a good chip that works I would recommend Xenium or xecuter...

I think that the xbox could be revived if you would have some expert take a look at it or something... But that could cost some money and may not be worth it.