Posted by eroy on 11/11/05 10:11

"eroy" <luliyt005@exmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Robert Nichols" <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> wrote in
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>> In article <NWuaf.92434$Vm6.21607@fe06.news.easynews.com>,
>> eroy <luliyt005@exmail.com> wrote:
>> :
>> :"Robert Nichols" <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> wrote in
>> :message news:djqosq$nsf$1@omega-3a.right.here...
>> :> In article <GBS7f.18956$aX.15549@fe09.news.easynews.com>,
>> :> eroy <luliyt005@exmail.com> wrote:
>> :> :My Panasonic DMR-E100H set-top recorder is going through the endless
>> :> error
>> :> :loop whenever I power on [SELF-CHECK > Error has occured > press
>> enter >
>> :> :change the disc > ejects > BYE...]. Doing a google search i found
>> this
>> :> was a
>> :> :common problem with some of these Panasonic units, and is likely
>> caused
>> :> by
>> :> :excessive editing and maxing out the space. I'm wondering if there's
>> any
>> :> way
>> :> :to retrieve/salvage what's on the 180 maxtor HD, is there a way to
>> boot
>> :> into
>> :> :a service mode where i can reset or maybe format?
>> :>
>> :> There's no way that I know of to recover what's currently on the
>> drive,
>> :> but there is a way to coax the E100 into reformatting the drive.
>> You'll
>> :> need another disk drive, but only temporarily. Install the
>> replacement
>> :> drive and power up the E100. It will tell you that the drive needs to
>> :> be formatted. DON'T DO IT. Just turn the unit off and re-install the
>> :> original drive. When you power up the E100 again it will see that the
>> :> drive has been changed and tell you it needs to be formatted.
>> :>
>> :
>> :Bob, I installed a brand new drive (same size) in the unit and it just
>> gave
>> :me the exact same errors with no option to format. I tried different
>> jumper
>> :settings, but nothing worked. It won't even format the new drive! what
>> to
>> :do now...? :-(
>>
>> Ouch! Sounds like it's not a problem with the drive, and the E100 will
>> have to be repaired or replaced. That's the bad news. The good news is
>> that the HD formatting is probably intact and the data on the drive can
>> be rescued if you can get ahold of a functional E100 to read it. You'll
>> need to save a complete image of the current drive (I have no idea how,
>> or even if, you can do that under MS-Windows.) and restore it to the
>> good E100's drive. Since the E100 will see the same drive reinstalled,
>> albeit with new data, I believe it will not insist on formatting the
>> drive.
>>
> This is great news if it's true. I finally got a chance to open up the
> unit and poke around a bit...i'm not sure what i was looking for--a reset
> something or other. I tried unplugging the two cables that are connected
> to the small circuit board (where the drives connect to) mounted onto the
> main electric board, then powered up... nothing happened. Put everything
> back and still the same errors. This sucks.
>
> I don't know about a replacement, i have no warrranty. But thanks for your
> replies and your help.
>
Oh, i also saw a battery (3v) on the electric circuit board...i wonder if
pulling it out for a little while would do anything.

<sigh>

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