andrewh1973 0 Posted March 26, 2011 Hi I know I really should know better, but I've just bought this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170609211885&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT It's generic with no model name or number on it but the seller seemed helpful and has a 100% rating so i thought it should be ok. I planned to use an existing Western Digital WD2500KS SATA drive which should have worked since the seller said any SATA drive will work. Well it doesn't, it refuses to even recognise the drive as being attached. The drive works ok in a PC and the DVR can detect the hard disk from my laptop when I tried to test it with that so I know the onboard SATA controller is working. Trouble is the user guide gives no recommendations as to what hard disk to use so I'm worried about buying a drive in case it doesn't work also. Do you think the fact that the WD2500KS is a few years old is the reason here, perhaps it's just too old for this DVR?! Does anyone have any idea what make this DVR actually is or has any experience with it at all? I'm really stuck at the moment! Thanks! Andrew/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted March 26, 2011 The drive should have a jumper to limit it to 1.5Gb/s transfer rate, try setting that. I used to have an Athlon64 motherboard that wouldn't recognize drives set at 3Gb/s but worked fine when they were set to 1.5Gb/s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SEANHAWG 1 Posted March 27, 2011 if u decide to get a new hard drive, I recommend the Seagate SV series. Havent had a problem with one yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andrewh1973 0 Posted April 2, 2011 Hi It looks like the drive is simply incompatible, I tried the jumper settings as suggested, no difference. The DVR is actually made a company called LEPTA Technologies and they responded to a tech support email saying that they've used a variety of current drives in their DVRs without issue, including WD, Seagate, Hitachi. They sent me a photo of a Hitachi Deskstar they currently use, went and bought a similar drive and it worked fine. Problem solved! However, still having problems somewhere.. i bought this to be used with it: http://www.henrys.co.uk/cctv/colourptzcctvcamera.htm And am finding that when storing presets it does not store zoom setting. LEPTA have just confirmed the DVR does normally store zoom settings so it must be something with the camera.. and this is now in the wrong forum i know! Thanks both of you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
