Replace Hardrive C458. and color patern on scan

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I have a C458, when I scan I get a color pattern on all the scans. It prints fine. There also appear to be a problem with the harddrive as the printer refused to boot swapped the drive with SSD and the machine boot but I can not format the new drive. So do I need a specific drive or is there something else wrong with the machine?

[tsbservice]

Re: Replace Hardrive C458. and color patern on scan

Can you enter admin mode? Format can be done there.

[Duplicator]

Re: Replace Hardrive C458. and color patern on scan

So do I need a specific drive or is there something else wrong with the machine?

A blank disk is fine but it needs to be larger or the same size as the original disk removed from the machine.

If memory serves correctly, they stamp a partition table onto the disk in a set size. If the disk is bigger it just leaves empty space unused at the end of the disk.

[cube10025@gmail.com]

Re: Replace Hardrive C458. and color patern on scan

A blank disk is fine but it needs to be larger or the same size as the original disk removed from the machine.

If memory serves correctly, they stamp a partition table onto the disk in a set size. If the disk is bigger it just leaves empty space unused at the end of the disk.

[Markks]

Re: Replace Hardrive C458. and color patern on scan


try running the reset tool. but even though the hdd was able to be formatted there is a chance you could have a bad hdd. If memory is correct I believe that machine has a 328gb hdd. I have used 500gb ssd with no problem

[tsbservice]

Re: Replace Hardrive C458. and color patern on scan

try running the reset tool. but even though the hdd was able to be formatted there is a chance you could have a bad hdd. If memory is correct I believe that machine has a 328gb hdd. I have used 500gb ssd with no problem

I won't run reset tool because of bad HDD. Another one with same or bigger capacity and machine will use what it needs after format. SSD should be OK too but I never tried it on 8 series.

[Markks]

Re: Replace Hardrive C458. and color patern on scan

I won't run reset tool because of bad HDD. Another one with same or bigger capacity and machine will use what it needs after format. SSD should be OK too but I never tried it on 8 series.

Your right, I should have clarified my answer better. If you know hdd or ssd is good and machine wont boot then try the reset tool. I have put SSD in several 8 series with no problem. The way I do it is boot straight into service mode via the reset screen and do a logical format of the SSD then turn off and the load firmware

[femaster]

Re: Replace Hardrive C458. and color patern on scan

Minimum size drive would be 320GB. You can use larger, but needs to be at least that big.

[Duplicator]

Re: Replace Hardrive C458. and color patern on scan

It is possible to format bad HDDs and for the Konica to think it's "fine". It is just a computer hard disk really. All the usual sets of tools work. Things like Spinrite, SMART status utilities, ect. When we pull a hard disk it gets tested for SMART status. We find many of them that have re-allocated sectors (disk is failing). If it's going to be used as a spare it gets the partition table blanked before it goes into the next machine.

If it starts failing to boot again, Koncia has a document that contains "The Initial Operation during MFP start Up". Essentially it's a chart of lights and items displayed on the screen that help diagnose a machine failing to start.

Minimum size drive would be 320GB. You can use larger, but needs to be at least that big.

Thanks, couldn't remember the right size.