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Check HDD and ATA error -32 (is there a service center?)

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jhebert:
It worked for me - for a while. Apparently I was not good enough at soldering!

The daughterboard is held at each of its 4 corners by a solder joint and a spacer (to keep it elevated from the mainboard). I found it very tricky to do juggle the boards, spacers, solder, and iron with only two hands!

It worked for about a month, then began to fail again. I found that a gentle pressure on the two boards pushed them together enough so that contact was restored... I ended up placing a few small pieces of foam rubber inside the case so that when it was closed, it placed light pressure on the boards. It's worked so far, inelegant as it may seem.

Open up your player and give it a look. See if you think it's something you can handle. You might even leave it connected to the battery and see if, like mine, it would work fine while being gently held together. That would confirm the problem, in any case.

In my case, I won't try soldering it again, though. I don't have the skill level it takes.

J

Wett:
Oh I see, it could be far easier than I thought. So I'll try to held the boards together, a soon as I find a Torx 5 screwdriver -_-

Thanks a lot  ;)

Wett:
My player works ! Yaye
In fact I just removed every screw I found, disassembed and re-assembled it. Don't really know what I did, we'll see how long it will still.

me3619:
To revive an old topic, I am getting the error

ATA Error: -32
Insert USB cable adn press a button

Can any one advise as to whats goin on?

The player works in everyday use with the original firmware, but al lthe posts ive read regarding this point to a hardware issue, but i cant see how that could be.

any thoughts appriciated

westkc3:
I am experiencing this "Check HDD Connection" error now but the message shows ATA error -1.  I opened the deviece and reset the HDD but no change.  I'm ordering a new HDD (and upgrade to bat).  Just curious to know if anyone here knows the difference between the ATA error -32 & -1?

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