Can I replace the HD in a 508 receiver?
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It can be done, but it is not a simple replacement. It is much easier to just add the Dish Home Protection Plan for a month and then have it replaced. They should ship you another 508 for 14.95 shipping. I have had to replace 2 508's over the years and never had a problem using the DHPP.
Thanks ... I have replaced 4 of these receivers and each time I seem to get a worse one. The HD on this one clicks so I would just as soon spend the $30 and buy a new one. I have opened up the unit and the swap is easy. However, there appears to be a proprietary format and the SW in the box looks for the HD serial number ..... so how to do this?
look for the Dishrips forum on Yahoo. The drive needs to blessed or something and it has to be a particular type and model of drive.
might be better off upgrading to a 625 dual tuner box. it can output 2 seperate tv feeds at the same time
ive done this before and its bit of work, and yes only certain h-drives will work , u also need to hook up to a pc to fix , you would be beter off getting dishes insurance and have them replace it. The noise u hear maybe normal i have sevarel 501s 508s 510s they all are kinda nosiey but work fine less u getting a h-drive error i would not worry to much about noise. they are nice reciver i like them
But if he did this, he'd have to start paying the DVR fee. The 508 is grandfathered out of that.
the 625 has a maxtor 40 gig standard hard drive.
i cant guarantee that its not formatted in some special way before it is installed. i would guess that to be the case. you may install a new drive and get an immediate error message that the hdd is corrupt, if it boots at all.
i cant guarantee that its not formatted in some special way before it is installed. i would guess that to be the case. you may install a new drive and get an immediate error message that the hdd is corrupt, if it boots at all.
Mister sca, better if you will start learning from EKB and read there before posting nonsense - "40 gig" inside 625 ?!
That's insult for all members here !
That's insult for all members here !
the one i took apart had a 40 gig maxtor in it. i saw it with my own eyes.
dont know what else to say.
how do i find ekb?
dont know what else to say.
how do i find ekb?
alright, whatever. it was over a year and a half ago i took the thing apart. apparently i remember wrong. i dont want to argue about it.
