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Panasonic EX-77 DVD drive broken after U88 - can I swap the HDD? |
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Panasonic EX-77 DVD drive broken after U88 - can I swap the HDD?
I was transferring some recordings from my EX-77's hard drive to DVD-RAM last night when suddenly it decided to give me a U88, warning that the last recording may not have worked because of dust etc.
Since that it won't recognise or play DVD-RAMs or commercial DVDs. In fact, it doesn't seem to know whether there is a disk inserted or not - telling me the disc it's not recognised either way. I also get a lot of clanging noises from the drive as it tries to read it. The hard disc is fine. The machine is five years old now and I was wondering if, aside from a repair, an option would be to buy a second-hand E77 with a working DVD drive and put the hard disc from my machine into that? |
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You will need to clean the spindle seat that the disc sits on, take the top off of the machine and expose the spindle, there is a rubber washer at the base of the spindle, clean it off with some white spirit soaked onto a cotton bud, keep stroking until you get a clean bud. Allow to dry and rebuild. That should sort out your problem.
Dave |
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