cired45
 Offline
Posts: 61
|
 |
« on: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 20:00:43 » |
|
Dont know if any of the TE techy`s can help with this, I have a Humax PVR just over a year old and the hard drive seems to have stopped working. Are these replceable, and if so where would I buy one?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
stfcinbmth
|
|
« Reply #1 on: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 20:39:45 » |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
stfcinbmth
|
|
« Reply #2 on: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 20:41:12 » |
|
Reliable stores
Misco, Scan
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Simon Pieman
Original Wanker
Offline
Posts: 36319
|
|
« Reply #3 on: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 20:44:44 » |
|
Should still be within warranty
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
stfcinbmth
|
|
« Reply #4 on: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 20:51:20 » |
|
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 20:53:31 by stfcinbmth »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
cired45
Offline
Posts: 61
|
|
« Reply #5 on: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 23:24:32 » |
|
Many thanks one and all, think I will just update to the 1TB as it looks easy enough to do
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
stfcinbmth
|
|
« Reply #6 on: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 20:03:51 » |
|
Bit more info here, you should be safe with a sata 1 or 2 drive. Would avoid a Sata3 you don't want to have to start jumpering the drive to reduce the speed http://www.astra2d.com/harddrive.html |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
pauld
Aaron Aardvark
Offline
Posts: 25436
Absolute Calamity!
|
|
« Reply #7 on: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 20:15:34 » |
|
Those instructions are for the FreeSat version. Don't think he's got one of those. And unless it's one of the HD models, it will be an IDE drive not SATA. If it's still in warranty cired, just ring Humax - I had one and they sent out a courier to take my old one away and replace it with a refurb, no quibbles. Fantastic service.
But when that finally went, that also manifested as a hard drive issue and it wasn't as simple as just replacing the hard drive at all - sadly this time it was out of warranty so ended up going SoR on ebay. Shame, it was a cracking piece of kit.
If you're not even sure what type of drive you've got, you're potentially just throwing 50 odd quid at a suitable AV compatible drive (and yes you do need to get a suitable drive, esp for IDE models), more for a 1TB, only to find there's more to it than that. Then you end up ringing Humax anyway, they send you out a free refurb but you're 50-80 quid out of pocket for an AV compatible drive you don't really need. Oh, and if you've had the lid off you may find you've invalidated your warranty so then you're an unusable drive and PVR down on the deal.
Just call Humax, their customer services folks are very good. Or they were when I last dealt with them which was about 18 months or so ago. And you'll save yourself a shedload of hassle
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Ginginho
Offline
Posts: 6868
|
|
« Reply #8 on: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 21:16:42 » |
|
pauld's back! \  / |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Batch
Not a Batch
Offline
Posts: 55565
|
|
« Reply #9 on: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 22:43:41 » |
|
HI Paul. Welcome home.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
@MacPhlea
Offline
Posts: 2321
|
|
« Reply #10 on: Monday, February 13, 2012, 07:59:17 » |
|
pauld's back! \ / He made a mistake - he thought this was a non facist AV forum Welcome back Paul...l |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
