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[QUOTE=&quot;Kirbert, post: 237861&quot;]OK, it's a year later, and my CCM-7000PAL has malfunctioned again.&nbsp; I opened it up and found a different blown capacitor -- this one within a metal shielded case surrounding the main processor chip -- and replaced it, but no joy.&nbsp; I *suspect* my problem this time is my HD has died.&nbsp; I see from another site that replacing the HD is pretty much a matter of just swapping it out, easy peasy -- and I can put in a 1TB instead of the inadequate 250GB while I'm at it.Problem is, I really wanted to confirm the symptoms before I dedicate a HD to it.&nbsp; It quit working, and when I shut the power off and then power it back up, it goes through the boot process, but when it gets to the point where it's downloading channel information, that green line never starts moving.&nbsp; At that point, it won't respond to the remote other than the little green light flickers a little.&nbsp; Just have to power it down again.So, anybody know what a HD failure looks like on these machines?I may go on EBay and try to buy another couple of these things.&nbsp; Replace caps and HD, they still can't be beat by anything else I've found.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Kirbert, post: 237861"]OK, it's a year later, and my CCM-7000PAL has malfunctioned again. I opened it up and found a different blown capacitor -- this one within a metal shielded case surrounding the main processor chip -- and replaced it, but no joy. I *suspect* my problem this time is my HD has died. I see from another site that replacing the HD is pretty much a matter of just swapping it out, easy peasy -- and I can put in a 1TB instead of the inadequate 250GB while I'm at it. Problem is, I really wanted to confirm the symptoms before I dedicate a HD to it. It quit working, and when I shut the power off and then power it back up, it goes through the boot process, but when it gets to the point where it's downloading channel information, that green line never starts moving. At that point, it won't respond to the remote other than the little green light flickers a little. Just have to power it down again. So, anybody know what a HD failure looks like on these machines? I may go on EBay and try to buy another couple of these things. Replace caps and HD, they still can't be beat by anything else I've found.[/QUOTE]

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