622 hard disk failure - what would you do?

[SatelliteGAL]

Well, just before christmas I got the hard disk error message on my 622. I tried rebooting and all it did was click repeatedly when it tried to access the hard drive. So, I called and they sent a replacement which showed up on the 28th. However, my original 622 fixed itself that same day! To test the original one I tried a soft reset and it was fine. Then I tried unplugging and plugging it back in. It did the clicking and gave me the hard disk error message again. The next day, probably after the 3 am update, it was ok again.
The original one has worked flawlessly for the year I have had it. I have a seond 622 upstairs that I got at the same time that has been replaced twice already ... hdmi stopped working one one and the other did a constant reboot thing.

What would you do? Take a chance on the original one or change it out for the replacement figuring there must be some kind of problem with the hard disk?

 

[MikeD-C05]

Change out and use the replacement. Also make sure that all your receivers are well ventilated and get lots of air . This will cause all kinds of problems for your hard drives , like clicking and hard drive failures. Mine are all in well open cabinets with nothing on top or underneath them but air space.

 

[Hall]

Go ahead and keep your old one ..... but you'll be back here telling us that the hard drive died again soon enough !

 

[BigTimMN]

yep, drive is failing, sooner or later you wont be able to get it to reboot.

 

[Smith P.]

yep, drive is failing, sooner or later you wont be able to get it to reboot.

You mistakenly assumed the DVR is regular PC.
But it is not - it will boot w/out HDD or with _bad_ HDD and will works as regular receiver.

 

[Hall]

Most of will presume that the OP is concerned about having DVR functionality not whether or not it boots. If the HDD in my DVR dies, I do not want it. I want it replaced and don't care if it still works like a non-DVR receiver (though I would take advantage of that fact while waiting for the replacement).

 

[Smith P.]

That was _technical_ correction. By real factual base.

 

[SatelliteGAL]

Of course I want my DVR to operate as a DVR. My instincts were to replace it. My resistance is that I don't want to end up in an endless replacement cycle. I'm going to swap it out today and hope for the best. At least I got to remove the recordings to an external HD.

All of my receivers are in open areas.

 

[navychop]

Good luck. I hope your external unit isn't a WD 500 mybook. I have one that's failed on me.