3.5 hdd mod on rgh help needed please

brian0812

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hi all ive just done the 3.5 hdd mod on my rgh done like the images below

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but my rgh will not show the hard drive its powers up as i can feel it power on but i just can not see it any of you got any ideas formatted the drive as fat32 primary and put games folder on it got to setting on xbox but no joy

my wiring

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I've only done this once on s phat before and to be honest it wasn't worth the trouble. Also I don't recommend drawing power for the HDD from that point as it's not regulated and can easily fry your HDD. The guide I used was similar to this, for GND point you could use any good contact point on the board just notice the 12V live point used marked in yellow.

PS. for HDD to be recognised by the console it needs to be formatted under the dash settings, FAT32 format will not work for internal drives. Obviously to format the HDD it needs to be showing in storage devices!
 
thanks mate but ive got it all sorted now mate and im sure the power point will be fine did this as i just lost my usb drive think one of the kids must have dropped it
 
well there it is 1TB drive fitted inside

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well there it is 1TB drive fitted inside

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I know you only posted that today but hows it running? May do this with my phat and keep my slim retail. Is it a hard mod? Or just strip one end of a sata cable, solder a/b+and - and wire the 4 ground points together, run cable in front of fan and too hdd. Get a power cable for hdd and strip and solder the 4 points to the points in pic 1 and fix to place and boot?
 
edit-decided to add sata cable in prep for when i do eventually rgh my box but random question, would an internal hdd of say 320gb not be able to be formatted by the xbox to read as an official hdd? Im just asking as its joined to the official sata points. Makes no diff as i will be rgh just curious
 
yes it works fine ive had to remove the drive off the side as the 1tb is wired to that and it will not let you have 2 on the same port but my 1tb formatted fine never done it on a standard one so can not comment on that
 
You can use any HDD using an RGH console. Simple to swap out the 2.5 one in the caddy if that option is available.
 
yes you can i just wanted to use the 3.5 inside as my kids droped my 1tb 2.5 one so i lost all my 120 games gutted
 
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