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    Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

    Firstly many thanks to Newcoppiceman for sending me a few 4u7/25V capacitors and some additional comments and guidance on making the repair and confirming that I should read all of the points made in the thread about his fix. I today removed the old cap, soldered in the new one, plugged it all...
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    Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

    Good point about swapping the HDD to the replacement unit and I would have certainly gone down the route of the decryption process with either route. I had also considered moving files a FVP 4000 device I have or onto a NAS. I will also try the repair, as it seems worth seeing if it can be...
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    Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

    The symptoms exactly match what has been described in the thread. As stated the device booted normally after disconnecting both cables to the HDD. I did also try reconnecting the HDD and slightly warming up the capacitor with a hair dryer to see if it would reboot whilst connected, but this...
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    Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

    I have the same issue identified, thanks to Ezra for pointing me to this thread. I have now proven that by disconnecting the HDD, I can get it to boot up normally rather than just rebooting. I am therefore going to attempt to install the 4u7/25V to see if it rectifies the fault. I had today...
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