Support and General Use > Hardware

help!! h120 hd broken!

(1/2) > >>

dr.pheel:
hi,
I am scared to death (almost...) my iriver h120 seems to be broken -  when I startup it takes for ever until finally showing "ata error: -1  insert usb cable and press a button"
unfortunately I then cannot go into usb mode...the red light stays on all the time, and it doesn't show up on my pc.

I still have warrenty, but it is obvious that rockbox is installed because the bootloader  starts...but how do i erase rockbox without being able to enter usb mode???

any suggestions on what I can do???

help!!

thank you, ph

Davide-NYC:
what happens if you turn it off, then insert the usb cable and then turn it back on?

dr.pheel:
I had tried that of course...
it just tries to boot for a long time then shows the same thing...

in iriver firmware it will say check HDD connection underneith the startuplogo and then finally go into normal mode,  I can even navigat to the setup stuff, but as soon as i try to access the root it will show me some chinese signs and freeze

I tried to format the disc while in iriver firmware, but it says "cant format" eventually

does anyone of the european users out there know if we have 12 or 24 months of warrenty (I thought it was generally 12 for electronics...) but it says 12 on the iriver homepage...

what do I do without warrenty?

can I buy a harddisc and put it in myself?

is there a guide how to do this somewhere on the rockbox page?

I can't imagine life without my h120 (I use it all the time as I am a musician - rec, database, listening...)

westkc3:
I had the exact same error message.  Just this week I received my new hard disk and replaced it.  Works like a champ again.  The process is simple and only requires a #5 torx wrench which can be purchased for less than $3.  I got the hard drive for $60 from Computer Giants.  Here's illustrated guide to the replacement

http://www.pdainternalbattery.com/iriverinstall.html

Once the new HD is in you need to format it.  Instructions here

http://www.misticriver.net/wiki/index.php/H1xx_Hard_Drive_Replacement

Two cautions;  1) the screws are VERY small, be careful not to drop one into the headphone jack or similar 2) don''t attempt the replacement after drinking a grande double expresso

dr.pheel:
hi,

I have already acepted the fact that I will have to replace the HDD - now I was wondering if I should go for a 40gb HDD as I am at it...

I checked with mystic river and found out that a
Toshiba MK4007GAL
should fit - now I could only find a Toshiba MK4009GAL 40GB ZIF over here in europe so far...

does anyone know if that will fit? or what else I could/should buy?

thanx ph



here are the tech. spez for the MK4009GAL:

Features
Part number HDD1622  
Formatted capacity 40,002 MByte
Form factor Short FF, 1.8 inch
Interface type 1.8 inch ATA (ZIF)
 
Supported interface standards ATA-3
ATA-4
ATA-5
ATA-6
 
Head/actuator technology "Ramp-Load" Technology
GMR head
 
Shock detection Shock sensor circuit  
S.M.A.R.T. The SMART command set is supported.  

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Bytes/sector
Bytes/sector 512  

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Physical parameters
Number of platters 1  
Number of cylinders 62,640  
Number of heads 2  

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Access times
Average seek time 15 ms
Maximum seek time 26 ms
Track-to-track seek time 3 ms

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Transfer rates
Internal From 165.0 MBit/s  to 356.8 MBit/s  
PIO mode (Host) PIO mode 4 (16.6 MByte/s)  
UDMA mode (Host) UDMA mode 5 (100 MByte/s)  

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Rotational speed
Rotational speed 4,200 rpm

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Buffer
Buffer size 8,192 kByte
Cache Read-ahead cache
Write cache
 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Reaction times
Start time (Spin-up time, typical) 3.5 s
Start time (Spin-up time, maximum) 20 s
Recovery time (from stand-by, typical) 3 s
Recovery time (from stand-by, maximum) 20 s

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Reliability specifications
Seek error rate 1 error per 10^6 seeks  
Non-recoverable error rate 1 error per 10^13 seeks  
Power-on hours

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page