Thread: 622 HDD Replacement

What model Hitachi drive worked? Just curious.

It was: Hitachi HCS725050VLA380

I got it at
Upgradebay.com

for about $90 (new).

The drive in my 722 is going south. (personally-owned unit, not Dish-owned).

Is this still the current compatible list for 500GB replacements?

Hitachi HCS725050VLA380
ST3500830SCE
WDC WD5000AAJS-57

They all seem to be as scarce as hens teeth.

Thanks!

Not sure if anyone is still following this thread but my 622 just died 3 weeks ago after installing it in Jan 2012!! I got an error saying that there was an HDD failure. I did the unplug/plug reset and did the clear NVRAM and clean the drive(menu, 6, 3, info, right, left, etc). I called Dish and they had me do the same things and they finally said I need a replacement. At this point, I was thinking of upgrading to the Hopper. However, with my current setup (leased 722/211, owned 622), I would be going from 5 tuners to 3 tuners. I decided to try to replace the HDD on the 622. As you all know, it is hard to find a compatible HDD for the ViPs. I ended up ordering the Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS 500GB 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive from newegg for less than $100 with shipping. I installed it and it works great so far. I went from 320 to 500 GB. I connected a laptop cooler under the 622 powered by the rear USB port to prevent the new HDD from overheating and dying again.

Originally Posted by z3540

Not sure if anyone is still following this thread but my 622 just died 3 weeks ago after installing it in Jan 2012!! I got an error saying that there was an HDD failure. I did the unplug/plug reset and did the clear NVRAM and clean the drive(menu, 6, 3, info, right, left, etc). I called Dish and they had me do the same things and they finally said I need a replacement. At this point, I was thinking of upgrading to the Hopper. However, with my current setup (leased 722/211, owned 622), I would be going from 5 tuners to 3 tuners. I decided to try to replace the HDD on the 622. As you all know, it is hard to find a compatible HDD for the ViPs. I ended up ordering the Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS 500GB 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive from newegg for less than $100 with shipping. I installed it and it works great so far. I went from 320 to 500 GB. I connected a laptop cooler under the 622 powered by the rear USB port to prevent the new HDD from overheating and dying again.

You may want to use
this fan

instead. Pulling the air through the unit seems to work best. You want the avg hdd temp to be under 120.