Advice on Modernizing Xecutor X3 Modded Xbox
I have 3 Xboxes that were hard modded with X3 back in the day. 1 I completely restored, another I'm working on replacing the old IDE with a SATA drive (ongoing project, mostly just optimization and working out some quirks), and another whose drive is failing (07 error when booting, and the HDD sounds like absolute crap).
I'm waiting on an EEPROM reader to come in to get the last Xbox's EEPROM so I can restore it, but I'm considering tinkering more and modernizing it, and I'm mostly looking for suggestions.
Personally, my sweet spot for storage is somewhere in the 250-500 GB range, I really don't need something crazy like 2 or more TB. The drives were WD Caviar 180 GB (one still in shockingly good condition, the other is the failed drive), and a Maxtor... 200 GB I believe which still works fine (aside from some early failure signs, in which I ensured I created a working backup image of it before anything got worse). I'm planning to switch all to SSD's.
I am also very accustomed to the EvolutionX dash.
I'm mostly looking for info on modern BIOSes, dashes, applications, etc., perhaps drive recommendations as well.
I did not mod these myself (my dad did at the time), and mostly have just been working on restoration, preservation, and optimization where I can off what he built.
All advice is very much appreciated!