5040 is dead what now?

[coach2win]

stuck on please wait....tried everything no luck called replay.
Do I send it in and let replay fix it? or do I try and replace the hd myself?
Im no tech guy
Any good info on replacing the hd? what to get and how to?
thanks for any help

[adone36]

You can either put in a new drive yourself using RTVPatch and following the directions, or you can buy one ready to install from Mikeyboy.

[coach2win]

Who is mikeyboy and how do I contact them.
thanks

[Ace987]

Check out his website:

http://www.ReplaytvParts.com

That should help

[ReplayTV]

Its is really simple to replace a hard drive. You can buy them on ebay preprogrammed for your model and just pop it in.. it only involves unscrewing a bunch of screws and unpluging the drive and power cables. The software to program a blank drive to replay is pretty simple too. if you look around you will also find a documents with pictures shows which screws to unscrew etc. I recommend the seagate db35 drives. They are made for dvrs.

[dyker]

dont' ship it to replayTV. Just ship to Mikeyboy if you are not wanting to unscrew it yourself.

[coach2win]

Thanks for everyones help. Bought a new hard drive from Mikeyboy http://www.ReplaytvParts.com
followed the install directions and now my replay is working again.
thanks