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February 12th, 2008, 04:08 PM | #1 |
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Ouch Now what ???
I know this has had to happen to someone here,
We where setting up to film a segment of our tv show and I thought the firestore cradle was attached and tight well i thought wrong I pan down and you guessed it off she goes on to the cement floor! It was off and i push power on and now all it does is power on and the fan runs no display and you have to take out the battery to turn off I called Foucus enhancements today and to my shock it would cost a min of 250 dollars just to crack it open??? Its a fs 4 40 gig with miles on it , so it isnt even worth it to fix anyone else have this happen and they fixed it themselves? any other suggestions except scrapping it! thanks |
February 12th, 2008, 06:25 PM | #2 |
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If you have a hard drive laying around, you could try swapping it out, or check the current one. I have an IDE to USB adapter that converts 3.5" and 2.5" IDE drives to USB, you could check it with one of those (cheaper than a new drive if you don't need one.)
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February 12th, 2008, 10:47 PM | #3 |
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i would open it, see whether anything is broke. Say the screen, or the HDD is killed. I like opening electronics but that does not mean you do. Next time if you get it fixed, I would strap that baby down like it was going on a hike or camping.
I would also swap the hdd like Edward suggested.
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February 13th, 2008, 07:58 AM | #4 |
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open up!
I am going to open it up and take a look! what harm can it do its already broken
I will follow the nicely detailed instructions on the HDD swap that would be nice if the HDD is just bad i can them up grade it then Thanks for the tips! |
February 13th, 2008, 02:12 PM | #5 |
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it works again, I took it apart and unplugged the Hdd and plugged it back in and it started back up ! I ran 5 min of video on it and it worked fine
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February 16th, 2008, 02:29 PM | #9 |
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Someone had mentioned one of the Black & Decker power to go packs. It's about the same size as the Firestore and you'll need to plug the AC Adapter into it. If you're running and gunning, I suppose you could improvise a portable power solution using one of those and a fanny pack/hip pouch.
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