On 21/09/2011 17:33, John Rumm wrote:

Its not uncommon for much of this type of kit to suffer power supply voltage
drift (frequently due to cheap capacitors in the power supply) - and
that can cause a number of problems.


I've seen numerous bits of Panasonic kit with dodgy caps and this one is
unlikely to be any different
After a quick search. it seems the three caps on the board under the hdd
cause problems...

Lee