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Title: Hard drive
Post by: augwest71 on December 16, 2012, 10:41:28 PM

not sure if this is the right spot, but i need to know if the 722 can hold a 500 gig hard drive or if i need to find a smaller one..  and could someone repost where the instructions are on how to change out the hard drive? :)

thanks for any help
augwest71

Title: Re: Hard drive
Post by: JasonR on December 16, 2012, 10:52:33 PM

Here's the instructions: http://www.sounddevices.com/notes/recorders/drive-replacement/

The 7-series can address up to 2TB per: http://www.sounddevices.com/download/guides/xlsata_en.pdf

I pulled the drive from my 744T when it failed, and haven't picked up a replacement yet.  It works fine as a 704T (ie: CF only) for now.  The only advice I have is this -- do not pick up the unit itself while the top lid is removed.  Aligning just the top is easy.  Trying to align more pieces of this puzzle is a lot harder and may result in excessive swearing.

Title: Re: Hard drive
Post by: mmedley. on December 17, 2012, 10:20:32 PM

Be sure you order a 2.5" PATA drive unless you plan to also upgrade to a 2.5" SATA drive and then you will also need the XL-SATA adapter from SD.

Title: Re: Hard drive
Post by: augwest71 on December 19, 2012, 11:08:11 PM

thank you for the info