MP C6501 HDD Replacement

[sandmanmac]

Re: MP C6501 HDD Replacement

You do not need to order the drives from Ricoh. I have used two 250GB drives off the shelf plenty of times.

Agreed!
They simply need to be 2 identical units (brand/size/ speed).
You cannot mix and match

[Phil B.]

Re: MP C6501 HDD Replacement

Agreed!
They simply need to be 2 identical units (brand/size/ speed).
You cannot mix and match

and they shouldn't be pre-formatted .. clean IDENTICAL Drives.

[slimslob]

Re: MP C6501 HDD Replacement

If you try all the recommendations for using 2 identical 160GB drives and it works, fine. If it goes not work it could be that instead of treating them as 2 striped 8 bit drives, Ricoh treats them as one single 16 bit drive. In order to do so there is a code sequence placed on absolute sector 0 that identifies whether the drive is the upper 8 bits or the lower.

[mga]

Re: MP C6501 HDD Replacement

and they shouldn't be pre-formatted .. clean IDENTICAL Drives.

Agreed also once in machine will need format in service mode also stamp from rom