Okay, the actual story is a bit longer than I will be discussing, but for the sake of time, here goes:
I was modding a friends x-box yesterday. I had decided (stupidly, evidently) to use my computer HDD to temporarily put the modchip bios onto the root and hopefully have the modchip OS detect and flash the .bin file onto the modchip. It didn't work, so I went to go put my HDD back into my computer and that's when the problem started occuring. I boot up, and I receive the following message:
Reboot and Select Proper boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot Device.
So I'm thinking, maybe I'll see if the HDD somehow isn't in the top of the BIOS priority boot list. I reboot, and it begins to post, then freezes (asking me to hit F4 to enter BIOS). I then manually enter BIOS and the only boot devices on the list are my CD drives and my floppy (but I think it's always been that way). I think this problem may have been caused by the reckless locking/unlocking of the HDD using the software provided with the modchip (don't know if any of you are familiar with modding at all, but unlocked = computer usage and locked = xbox usage (for backups and such)). So anyway, I figured firstly I would try to unlock the HDD on my own xbox which has a toggle unlock rather than allowing you to repeat the same action over and over. The unlock then fails, so I quickly begin to panic.
A good ole' format has always solved any problem for me, but therein lies the problem: I cannot, by any means, get the computer to boot from the Windows XP cd. With my HDD in, it sticks at the BIOS screen. Without one, it skips posting completely and goes to the "reboot and select.." error. I have tried the following in my pursuit to boot from the CD:
1. Clear the CMOS by changing jumpers, booting up, getting the confirmation, powering down, switching. Error repeats almost exactly (nothing changes whatsoever).
2. Removed battery several times. Nothing
3. Changed the IDE port to the one that the HDD uses thinking that the cable being used by the CD drives went bad overnight. Nope
4. Change the IDE cable itself, thinking something similar to suggestion #3. Same outcome.
What worries me is that even with a brand new freshly formatted hard drive, I will not be able to boot to the Windows XP CD and subsequently do a fresh install. It is POSSIBLE it is something physical, but unlikely, as the only thing I altered last night was removal of the HDD, tinkering with it in the Xbox, and the like. To prove the theory, I booted up without the HDD at all, and rather than posting it immediately displayed aforementioned error. I am seriously running out of options short of purchasing a brand new mobo and hard drive. Any suggestions are welcome. If you need more information that I probably omitted, do not hesitate to ask for it. Thank you!
-Matt
I was modding a friends x-box yesterday. I had decided (stupidly, evidently) to use my computer HDD to temporarily put the modchip bios onto the root and hopefully have the modchip OS detect and flash the .bin file onto the modchip. It didn't work, so I went to go put my HDD back into my computer and that's when the problem started occuring. I boot up, and I receive the following message:
Reboot and Select Proper boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot Device.
So I'm thinking, maybe I'll see if the HDD somehow isn't in the top of the BIOS priority boot list. I reboot, and it begins to post, then freezes (asking me to hit F4 to enter BIOS). I then manually enter BIOS and the only boot devices on the list are my CD drives and my floppy (but I think it's always been that way). I think this problem may have been caused by the reckless locking/unlocking of the HDD using the software provided with the modchip (don't know if any of you are familiar with modding at all, but unlocked = computer usage and locked = xbox usage (for backups and such)). So anyway, I figured firstly I would try to unlock the HDD on my own xbox which has a toggle unlock rather than allowing you to repeat the same action over and over. The unlock then fails, so I quickly begin to panic.
A good ole' format has always solved any problem for me, but therein lies the problem: I cannot, by any means, get the computer to boot from the Windows XP cd. With my HDD in, it sticks at the BIOS screen. Without one, it skips posting completely and goes to the "reboot and select.." error. I have tried the following in my pursuit to boot from the CD:
1. Clear the CMOS by changing jumpers, booting up, getting the confirmation, powering down, switching. Error repeats almost exactly (nothing changes whatsoever).
2. Removed battery several times. Nothing
3. Changed the IDE port to the one that the HDD uses thinking that the cable being used by the CD drives went bad overnight. Nope
4. Change the IDE cable itself, thinking something similar to suggestion #3. Same outcome.
What worries me is that even with a brand new freshly formatted hard drive, I will not be able to boot to the Windows XP CD and subsequently do a fresh install. It is POSSIBLE it is something physical, but unlikely, as the only thing I altered last night was removal of the HDD, tinkering with it in the Xbox, and the like. To prove the theory, I booted up without the HDD at all, and rather than posting it immediately displayed aforementioned error. I am seriously running out of options short of purchasing a brand new mobo and hard drive. Any suggestions are welcome. If you need more information that I probably omitted, do not hesitate to ask for it. Thank you!
-Matt
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