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[QUOTE=&quot;Kirbert, post: 237881&quot;]Answered my own question!&nbsp; Swapped in a known good 1TB HD -- which only takes about ten minutes -- and my CM7000PAL works perfectly once again!&nbsp; And as a bonus, it now has 146 hours of storage capacity instead of the 37 or so.&nbsp; The only downside:&nbsp; The 1TB HD I installed isn't perfectly silent, in a quiet room you can hear it rolling -- 24/7, because in a CM7000PAL the HD never stops unless you actually unplug it.So, for the record:&nbsp; If you plug in your CM7000PAL and it goes through the boot sequence and then just sits when it's supposed to be loading the channel information, and will not respond to the remote, that means your HD is dead.&nbsp; And it's shockingly easy to replace, just buy a 1TB HD with the same type connectors, pop the top off the case of the CM7000PAL (three screws and four places where you have to insert a screwdriver and pry), and three connectors and three screws lifts the HD right off the top.&nbsp; Four screw posts secure the HD to the bracket, just swap and reassemble.&nbsp; Note that all three connectors -- including the ground connector -- have little buttons you have to press to release.Might as well look around for capacitors that have little domed tops while you're in there.&nbsp; Replace those.&nbsp; That's harder, because you have to disassemble farther to get the boards out, and you have to warm up a soldering iron.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Kirbert, post: 237881"]Answered my own question! Swapped in a known good 1TB HD -- which only takes about ten minutes -- and my CM7000PAL works perfectly once again! And as a bonus, it now has 146 hours of storage capacity instead of the 37 or so. The only downside: The 1TB HD I installed isn't perfectly silent, in a quiet room you can hear it rolling -- 24/7, because in a CM7000PAL the HD never stops unless you actually unplug it. So, for the record: If you plug in your CM7000PAL and it goes through the boot sequence and then just sits when it's supposed to be loading the channel information, and will not respond to the remote, that means your HD is dead. And it's shockingly easy to replace, just buy a 1TB HD with the same type connectors, pop the top off the case of the CM7000PAL (three screws and four places where you have to insert a screwdriver and pry), and three connectors and three screws lifts the HD right off the top. Four screw posts secure the HD to the bracket, just swap and reassemble. Note that all three connectors -- including the ground connector -- have little buttons you have to press to release. Might as well look around for capacitors that have little domed tops while you're in there. Replace those. That's harder, because you have to disassemble farther to get the boards out, and you have to warm up a soldering iron.[/QUOTE]

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