Lite-on HDD/DVD ??

[rickt]

Just bought a Lite-on DVD recorder with a built in hard drive [160gig] it siezed after 2 hours . I've taken the drive out and it's a Maxtor 40gig drive that's in it. I am supposed to send it back , but I'm curious as to wether I can fit another drive in . I have 2 brand new Samsung 40gig [7200rpm[ drives spare .I'll only fit 1 in though :-) If I can . I know I should send the damn thing back as it looks like the company is ripping people off . any advice chaps ?

[whompus]

This is taken from the liteon forums.

There can be some problems with the hard drive tools on the machine.

If possible use a computer to prepare the drive, fdisk and format it to fat32. Set the jumper to cs.

Hope this helps.

[rickt]

Many thanks whompus ,I should try to see if it does work but I only have 2 days left before my RMA expires , so I think I should just send it back for a refund.

[rickt]

update : I kept the thing and fitted a new Samsung 40g drive in and it's working fine now.So ,that's the warrenty up the creek but I dont give a monkeys .

Dont you just feel like that every now and again :-)

[whompus]

Glad you're sorted now, have you tried the original hard drive in another computer to see if it just needs fdisking and reformatting or is the drive totally dead?

[rickt]

Yeah , I did it straight away , it's just started to click after I accessed the drive to read the folders . I did put it back into the recorder for one last try but , it just clicked and came up with an error message. To be honest , I'm not sure if these things are re-furbished units although it didn't say that in the advert .The hard drive could be worn out .Anyway I have another new Samsung ,and a 80gig Maxtor as spares .The main thing it's working fine now and recording with no problems.

[walrus]

i have a lg dr289h dvd recorder does anyone know how to make it reion free
region 2 at the present time
most greatful
walrus

[whompus]

Cannot find much info on that model you could some of the hacks on these sites to see if any work.

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/info/m...le.asp?Page=34

http://www.dvdhacks.co.uk/hacksearch....asp?player=LG

[walrus]

thanks whompus for all you help now have multi-region
walrus