Thread: 622 HDD Replacement

Any of you geeks out here know which hard drive to buy these days to replace the existing one in a 622. At last check the Seagate ST3500830SCE was listed as the best possible replacement, but it seems to be unavailable these days.. My 622 went into the dreaded clicking and lost all DVR functions. It is my 622 and I am not going to get it replaced through DISH.. I just want to drop in a new drive.

Any help on this would be appreciated.

If you are going to replace the drive yourself, it's a tradeoff between speed/space and heat.

Any Sata II drive will work but the faster (of course) the better. But the faster you go, the hotter it will become and the VIP series seriously has some issues in heat dissipation. So if you go with a 7200 RPM drive at a higher density it will be much faster and have much less latency but it will also get pretty hot.

But I do have a suggestion. There are 3.5 to 2.5 SATA adapters. Take a look at the Western Digital Scorpio BLACK (Make sure it's BLACK, don't get the Blue or, heaven forbid, the Green editions, they will not stand up to the DVR) Edition 2.5 notebook drives. These new monsters come up to a terabyte (I just got a 250G for my Mac, 7200 rpm, 16meg of onboard cache, for $69 bucks!).

You could get a 500 or higher model. The black edition not only has the 16meg of on-board cache but also 2 processor to control the mechanics and caching. The 3.5" versions can come with 32meg of cache on board.

The nice thing about the notebook drive, if you can figure out a mount (probably pretty easy) is that it won't get as hot as the 3.5", the latency will get better the more data you pack on it (less seek time and less movement) and the best thing is that it won't be jammed into the current 3.5" box. If you can free float it and support it by the sides, you will create an air cushion around it further enhancing the cooling capability.

Just what I would try to do if I was my 'owned' 622 and I wanted to super-charge it.

P.S. Before anyone asks an SSD (Solid state) won't work because the dish software has no idea how to issue the trim command.

Ed: Guess what, I paid $69 2 months ago for the 250. The 320 is now the same price!


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The OP is talking about the internal drive in the 622 - not the EHD. Just any drive won't work.

The Seagate is the only one I found recently from the list but its sold out from where I bought it.

You will need to get an one off the approved HDD list. I would personally never put a lap drive into this kind of constant use.

Originally Posted by peano

The OP is talking about the internal drive in the 622 - not the EHD. Just any drive won't work.

The Seagate is the only one I found recently from the list but its sold out from where I bought it.

Yes that is what I am looking for. I want to replace the internal hard drive which has failed. The switch out is simple.. It's finding the drive that seems to be the issue.. The Seagate (ST3500830SCE) drive seems to be the best according to all I have heard but seems to no longer be available.. Guess I was looking to see if anyone knew which drive replaced this. Or a comparable one to drop into my 622.

Just my curiosity, why would you, as a dish dealer, be opposed to letting them swap out the receiver? Unless you've done something like Smith's heat modifications where they'd reject it, I don't see a reason not to.

FYI, from post 8831 at the yahoo group "dishmod" which seems to contain the list as of Nov 2007, I have not seen anything newer. These nine seem to be the usable choices, if you can find them:

<320>
Hitachi HCS725032VLA380
Maxtor 6L320S0
ST3320820SCE
ST3320832SCE
WDC WD3200AAJS-57
WDC WD3200JS-57PDB0

<500>
Hitachi HCS725050VLA380
ST3500830SCE
WDC WD5000AAJS-57

Dealer Showroom unit.. No warranty. It's mine.. So I would have to buy another one.
Or just replace the hard drive.

Found these guys, but its expensive.


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