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RaceFan409
03-31-2005, 02:26 AM
I'm in the process of upgrading the 40 gig HD in my 501 to an 80 gig. I downloaded the instructions from the how-to section on here. The instructions say that when saving the virgin EEPROM file in Flashedit to enter DAWD as the build configuration. It also gives Flash 2 with a build of DCWA to be edited with Flashedit. Will these work with my receiver since it's build is DCED and the Flash is DCEA or do I need to use another Flash that has the same build as mine?
RaceFan409
03-31-2005, 07:47 AM
Went ahead and used virgin TSOP and eeprom that matched my receiver's build after editing with flashedit and it worked like a charm. Had a slight problem jtagging after I erased Flash 1 & 2 but did the OJ1 mod and the rest was a piece of cake.
mk14er
03-31-2005, 04:31 PM
i have a seagate harddrive and trying same as you

how did you format harddrive to be ready for 508

i used disc wizzard to format but took onlyt 10 seconds and i know thats not right

can i just format harddrive using windows in dos?
RaceFan409
03-31-2005, 04:35 PM
If it's brand new out of the box you don't have to format it. Just be sure it's one that's compatible with the receiver. I went to Seagate's website to get the utility program and the Disc Wizard is the right one. You want to zero fill the drive or what's usually known as a low level format on it and that's it.
thsatman4u
03-31-2005, 05:20 PM
i have a pvr 501 and charile is trying to force a update anyone know if i should take it?
skinerd
03-31-2005, 05:28 PM
A PVR hard drive requires NO format, quick zeroing is good enough for a used drive ( and is very quickly done) and new drives are already zeroed....
I use Maxblast 3 on a bootable floppy, it works with Seagate and Maxtor drives....
Some drives will not work in the PC with the jumper on CS and need to be set for master, some work fine at the CS setting....
OldTex
04-09-2005, 09:06 AM
skinerd,

Having just acquired a 501 - a hard drive upgrade is interesting.. which models of maxtor are recommended? I can't find any info doing a search here...
kwizzler
04-09-2005, 10:21 AM
Hard Disk upgrade info can be found at DISHMOD groups in Yahoo.
skinerd
04-09-2005, 01:22 PM
skinerd,

Having just acquired a 501 - a hard drive upgrade is interesting.. which models of maxtor are recommended? I can't find any info doing a search here...

These are not recommended, they are REQUIRED...
4K080H4
4R080L0
4R120L0 (resized to 160086528 LBA)
OldTex
04-09-2005, 06:20 PM
These are not recommended, they are REQUIRED...
4K080H4
4R080L0
4R120L0 (resized to 160086528 LBA)

All I can find locally are Maxtor models 8R080L0... can't locate models starting with "4"... Ugh.
skinerd
04-09-2005, 06:45 PM
The 4R drive types are coded into the flash, used to be you could edit the flash and use whatever you wanted, that is no longer true....
RaceFan409
04-09-2005, 07:41 PM
All I can find locally are Maxtor models 8R080L0... can't locate models starting with "4"... Ugh.


Try FleaBay....2 4R080L0's listed on there now
skinerd
04-09-2005, 09:25 PM
www.ewiz.com has them too..