Did my 622 die, and if so, any way to save recordings?

[lutton]

So I'm watching TV the other day and I lose the picture to a black screen, and the 622, upon inspection is 'off' (no lights, fan, hard drive sound, etc). The power button receives no response, so I unplug, and replug to reboot the system. After a few seconds all the front panel lights light up for a second or two, and the unit shuts down except for some intermitant hard drive activity. I wouldn't call it a grinding sound, but it's not the usual hard drive sound either.

There is no video out put via component, HDMI or modulator.

If have not explored hooking a display up to the regular old composite video to see if there's anything there, but I'm not hopeful.

1) Has anyone experienced the 'death' of a 622, and is this consistant with that?

2) Is there anyway to watch what is saved on the hard drive? Nothing is irreplaceable and/or PPV, but it sure would be nice (and higher quality) to watch the HD programs already recorded.

 

[gdarwin]

If it is dead, you have lost your recordings. No way now to backup the drive.

Try leaving it unpluged for about 5 minutes to see if it will come back.

 

[Drone35]

Sounds like its dead, go bury it in the backyard,lol! Call Dish and they send u a replacement, but all will be lost. Too bad we don't have external storage then it would have been saved. Come on Dish give us external storage capabilities!

 

[lutton]

It's a shame there's no way to drop the drive into another unit and power up...

what does happen if you put an old drive in an uninitialized unit?