Freesat Arris 4K UHD 2TB Hard Drive Failure Successful Repair! Hard Drive Failure?? No Problem! 😁
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- Freesat Arris 4K UHD UK 2TB Hard disk drive repair completed 💯 Upgraded from a mechanical drive to a Solid State Drive (SSD) as the mechanical drive failed after less than two years!
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Thanks for walking me through changing the drive. Drive failed after 25 months. You made it look straightforward and it was. Took all of 20 minutes to do and now up and running with a new SSD drive. All the best and thanks again.
Paul, you are very welcome.
Sir is the harddrive still working thanks for the vid
Thanks for this video.
My old Sagemcom DTR-94 500HD freesat box is getting a bit tired (freezes at times). Thinking about a Freesat Box but have been been put off by the many hard drive failures.
Can't believe how easy it is to change/upgrade to SSD.
Thanks for your lovely comments, good luck with the repair, mine is still going btw
Thanks for the video Vince. I have exactly the same box and the hard drive has packed up after 3 years of very little use. It's in the spare room and I literally only use it about twice a week when horse racing is televised so I'm not happy. Looks simple to replace but I'm just worried about it not working without me formatting it or changing the partitions or something - I know nothing about all that. Can you tell me which drive to order that will be hassle free? Many thanks
The one in the video was a Crucial 2TB SSD (Laptop Size Drive), from Amazon. Check to see if your box is 2TB or 500MB though and get one to suit. The unit probably won't read 2TB if your unit is 500MB... So pls check first. Pause the video and should have part no.
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Thank you Vince, thanks for the reply. I actually took a chance a week ago and bought a 500mb Western Digital (same as my machine) and it was easy. It was reformatted with a 1 year guarantee and was only £5.49 so I had nothing to lose. Worked fine last weekend and recorded the racing both days. Hope it lasts but I'm happy so far. Just hope there was nothing about the box that made my hard drive fail that might happen again. We'll see. (It was a Toshiba HDD).
Thanks again
Just to clarify, I bought a 500mb like for like but the original was Toshiba and I bought a Western Digital.
@@PhilipBennett-y8w Good call.
Possibly a really stupid question but would the box work as just a receiver with no recording function if the faulty hard drive is removed? I have just ordered a new hard drive but because i live in a remote island location my new drive wont be here for 5 days so I wondered if I just removed the faulty hard drive altogether until the new one arrives would that let me receive programmes in the meantime? Thanks for this video BTW it has given me the confidence to attempt a hard drive swap which i thought would be beyond me.
Hi and thanks for your comment. As far as I remember if the box doesn't see the hard drive it keeps rebooting to try and put it into recovery mode automatically.... I don't think it does work without the HDD...
Thanks for that @@CupidRoven. I did wonder if it might do something like that. Guess I'll just need to be tv free for a few days until the new hard drive shows up.
Thanks, mine died today and gave me the error, then wiped all my recordings. Just swapped out exactly this model of SSD from my PC so in it went! Will monitor over the next few weeks to see how it does. Did you get a performance increase going from HDD to SSD?
It certainly felt faster, whether or not that was just my feeling at the time, I wouldn't know as I haven't run any bench marking on it as far as file read/write etc. It's still working now, and regularly records scheduled recordings whilst unattended. The sat box is permanently on as I like to use this as my only source of aired transmission television and don't wish to wait for the Freesat box to start all of the time. It's also very handy if I've left it on a channel, and there is a programme half way through that I'd liked to have seen, I just hit record and grab the whole programme before it ends or just rewind live play. All would not be possible if it weren't for the hard disk.
Just watched your vid👍 Our box is about 15 months old and HDD has gone offline and reboot does nothing! Think I’ll be trying your suggestion of the hard drive! Did wonder whether going on your point of no fan, if it’s a problem with the hard drives overheating? If so is it a design fault or just to sacrifice space to make a compact unit! Cheers👍
Thank you for your comment. Yes, could be a design issue. However I do think the with an SSD in place of a mechanical drive, it's cooler, not using as much current etc, and I've no problems with the new SSD I put in, and box is still going strong.
Did this with the same SSD, But now I get an overheating issue...
@@liambreakspear1235 Hi thanks for the feedback, the only thing I can suggest is if you haven't already, redo all the thermal compound on all the areas shown in the video... The stuff that looks like Blutac, there may be a better more conductive thermal compound on the market now that can transfer heat quicker and more efficient.... It's a passive cooling thing so should cool using the metal in the case.... Overheating does seem odd when the SSD has no moving parts....
Thank you so much for this video - mine packed in yesterday (2nd one) - watched this, ordered new hard drive, came next day & took 5mins to do. All up & running again in less than 24 hours. Fantastic!?
Thank you for your valued comments. It's great that your now up and running. Was this an SSD or mechanical drive you installed?
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I changed the hhd in my Arris and it's coming up overheating issue now and the box is not hot what so ever
Hi, and thanks for your feedback.. I've looked into this and can only assume that if the box was ok before the swap out of the HDD then there may be a break within the thermal compound above one or more of the microprocessors. I'd recommend adding some more thermal compound above the bits that remain blue when you take the lid off. If the HDD is the mechanical type? is it trying to draw to much current from the Freesat box?
@@CupidRoven Ives ordered some this morning so will give it ago Wednesday and let you know.
Thanks for the reply
@@CupidRoven hi there I've just put some thermal compound on the parts that is blue and it's still overheating. I've tried a different plug too. I don't have anything else to suggest with it
Thanks
@@eddiemax28 There's nothing I can suggest now, only thing I would do, is ask around the forums to see if this is a known issue... Did it overheat with the original HDD? That might be somewhere to start?
@@CupidRoven yes the original HDD died. will ask around.
Thanks again
They used Seagate as they are cheap drives but sadly nasty and prone to fail.
It's a shame Manhattan don't make Freesat boxes because their Freeview boxes are the best of the best.
Thank you, yes... Freesat boxes, well reliable ones anyway are so limited now... I never know why Humax stopped making them...
Totally agree with you, the good stuff stopped being made.. I guess everything is built down to a price point nowadays... I wouldn't mind if companies offered a premium version of stuff, giving the consumer the choice to have better parts if they wanted to.
Why would you hear rattling around if you dont secure it. its a silent power supply
Thanks for your feedback, yes silent power supply topped no hard disk inertia as it's solid state, so not much chance of rattling around anyway. It's just more for knock protection. So although the rubber baby buggy bumpers weren't really needed to be put back in this particular case, I always believe that if you put bits back any future upgrades say mechanical again in the future, you won't be needing to get any spare bumpers. Also if you are going RV Mobile with this device, it will offer the knock protection.