can use a 3rd party hdd install in Ricoh mp5000b?

[neocozhu]

can use a 3rd party hdd install in Ricoh mp5000b?
somesone said some of the new machine the controller board read the hdd sn , so the hdd must called from Ricoh, someone can tell me something about that,thanks

[unisys12]

yes... a third party drive is fine. Our shop has been using drives from tigerdirect.com for about 2 yrs.

[neocozhu]

thanks for ur answer ! i am in China maybe will not buy from tigerdirect.com ~~

[unisys12]

If you check Device Descriptions, you will find that all our machines exact anything less than 80g's.

So any dealer, anywhere that selll hard drives that are 80g's or less will work

[neocozhu]

more than 80g will work

[neocozhu]

160g will work???

[unisys12]

yep... just be sure to perform HDD Format from SP's.

[Smee]

Do they need to be formatted or partitioned on a PC before fitting them to a copier? Or can they be fitted straight from the shop then formatted and stamp data download straight thru the SP modes?

[neocozhu]

yep... just be sure to perform HDD Format from SP's.

Thank you ! i love this place !

[neocozhu]

Do they need to be formatted or partitioned on a PC before fitting them to a copier? Or can they be fitted straight from the shop then formatted and stamp data download straight thru the SP modes?

i suggest u SP modes , if can not be read do the overwrite" FDISK/MBR"

[jonezy999]

the last mp5000b i looked at didnt even hav a hard drive.

[tcs04]

can use a 3rd party hdd install in Ricoh mp5000b?
somesone said some of the new machine the controller board read the hdd sn , so the hdd must called from Ricoh, someone can tell me something about that,thanks

I Haven't looked, but you may need brackets!

[zyqwiz]

I bought a Ricoh drive for an MP8001 as I wasn't sure about the new machines with their SATA drives - when it arrived it was a standard Hitachi disc drive!

[Prodigal Son]