modessitt
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I know the red and green versions have differences in the power supply, but are there any other compatability issues?
I have a red board that was working in a game until the hard drive crapped out (kept failing detection and was making a recurring grinding noise). The header said 2005 (and like a dummy I didn't verify with the security chip) so I got my distributor to send me a cloned 2005 HD. Well, after having it hangup on boot, I checked the security chip to find it was a 2004, no matter what the marquee said.
Well, just to be sure, I sent the hard rive AND red board to my distributor so they could verify it working before sending it back. However, they could not get it to boot up with a 2004 HD, nor a 2003 or 2005 (all the HDs work with a green board, though). They verified with IT that it was a 2004 security chip, but IT just said they could send the board in and let them do it (for a fee, of course).
So, what I want to know is - is there a difference between the HD images for red and green boards? I saw this working the day before, so I'm 99% sure the red board is fine. I'd just like to get it to work with a HD....
I have a red board that was working in a game until the hard drive crapped out (kept failing detection and was making a recurring grinding noise). The header said 2005 (and like a dummy I didn't verify with the security chip) so I got my distributor to send me a cloned 2005 HD. Well, after having it hangup on boot, I checked the security chip to find it was a 2004, no matter what the marquee said.
Well, just to be sure, I sent the hard rive AND red board to my distributor so they could verify it working before sending it back. However, they could not get it to boot up with a 2004 HD, nor a 2003 or 2005 (all the HDs work with a green board, though). They verified with IT that it was a 2004 security chip, but IT just said they could send the board in and let them do it (for a fee, of course).
So, what I want to know is - is there a difference between the HD images for red and green boards? I saw this working the day before, so I'm 99% sure the red board is fine. I'd just like to get it to work with a HD....
