From: Neon John <johngd_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 16:16:10 -0400

On Wed, 28 May 2003 19:20:57 +0100, "Gonz" <gonzini_at_freenet.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi Ben, send it back under warranty....Sounds like a hardware problem if
>both rockbox and archos O/S do the same.I will be on my third FM20 soon, not
>a good sign.
>Cheers
>Gonz

Before you send it back, try scandisk'ing the FM20 hard drive. I know, sounds
strange but it fixes a LOT of problem. I've had no problems with mine because
I'm very careful to disconnect properly. My friend who is computer illiterate
doesn't, and has had numerous strange, seemingly hardware-related problems.
Fixed every time by scandisk'ing the drive.

For some reason I can't get XP to scandisk the FAT32 drive. I have to go back
to my Win98 machine.

John
>
>
>>[nothing to do with rockbox]
>
>>I'm pretty pissed off. My FM20 doesn't record any more. I've had it for a
>>couple of months now.
>>With rockbox, when I record I get a track full of weird noises that sound
>>like recordings from outer space.
>>With the original Archos firmware, I get a blank track and the archos keeps
>>hanging with the red light on for minutes...
>
>>Before I sent it back to Archos, I would like to know if any of you had
>>experienced this. Do you guys think it's a hardware issue? If not, is there
>>anything I can do?
>
>>Thanks in advance...
>>Ben.
>

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John De Armond
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http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johngd/
Cleveland, Occupied TN

Received on 2003-05-28