sony svrhdt500

[t1412]

morning fells's, anyone fixed this issue, sony svrhdt500 hard disk recorder, flashing white light, software issue, try resetting it not cured the fault, thanks

regards
shaun   

[fix2003]

found this little note

"Slow flashing front LED , on screen high definition player only displayed.
Short on 12V supply on the HDD. Faulty HDD "   if you get a short across the 12 or 5 volt line, its always worth checking the smd diodes on the PCB, I've had these go quite a few times and it a nice easy fix.    


The most common HDD i find this failure on is the Western Digital ones,it is usually one of the black sm diodes onboard the HDD firmware pcb,a general purpose diode does the job

[t1412]

Hi vince thanks for the info, would you have any circuit references, found one shorted smd diode d308 on the mainboard pcb. what diode did you use thanks

shaun

[fix2003]

only note I had but it was not mine it states general purpose diode as replacement see what you have in your spares box and try