Displayer hardrive upgrade questions

[llennhoff]

Well the WD Caviar SE arrived, and Sunday I'll be installing it. Is it still the case that the dishplayer needs a straight connection to the 119 satellite during and after the telephone call to WebTV, or has that been fixed? In other words, do I need to bypass the SW21 before restarting the dishplayer with the blank drive?

Also, if I were instead to use virgin.dsk, would I be able to skip bypassing the switch?

Thanks in advance

Larry

[Loose Cannon]

You don't have to be direct to 199, just connected to a phone line.

[Chris Blount]

You shouldn't have to do anything except install the drive and hookup the phone line. The only thing that you should know is that if it's a 7200 RPM drive, you might have a heat problem. I have tried 2 WD 7200 hard drives in my DP's and both failed after a month. A fan blowing on the unit might help.

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[llennhoff]

Originally posted by Zac
If you're willing to lose any warranty you may have after adding a drive:), and are handy with cutting tools, you could try adding a case fan to deal with any heat issues. Though don't say I didn't warn you you could kill your DP.... You could also kill it by overheating it. Which risk would you rather take:) Both are risky...
Well, the Caviar SE is a 7200RPM drive, but according to the review I read it is one of the cooler ones. I tried pretty hard to get an 80GB 5400RPM drive, and failed. The Caviar SE comes with a 3 year warranty (the reason I picked it out over the standard Caviar) so I'll take my chances with the heat. The DP is out in the open, not in a cabinet of any sort, so that should help.

Larry

[David_Levin]

You could always just stick a 120v muffin fan on top of the dishplayer (over the hard drive) - it would keep it plenty cool. Some of those fans are a rather noisy.

Try to take not of how hot the unit is before and after the drive swap.

I'vee been running a 120 gig 7200 rpm western digital for around a year without any problems.