Hi everyone, new guy here. I have been doing a lot of research on replacing the drive in my 788 but now all the info is kind of blurring together. If anyone could tell what the 788 originally had in it or a drive model number that will work as a replacement that would be a big help.
The back story. About a year ago I knocked the 788 off the coffee table and it would not power up correctly. I replaced the drive with a WD PATA 320GB 7200 RPM Drive. It fired up and seemed to work properly and I discarded the original drive. When I actually tried recording a few days later I realized it was not working correctly [different tracks would skip during playing, recording would suddenly stop etc] and I thought that the mother board may have been damaged or that there was another issue. I am back to wondering if the drive I put in it is even compatible. I miss the 788 and using a MF-P01 is getting real old real quick.
The back story. About a year ago I knocked the 788 off the coffee table and it would not power up correctly. I replaced the drive with a WD PATA 320GB 7200 RPM Drive. It fired up and seemed to work properly and I discarded the original drive. When I actually tried recording a few days later I realized it was not working correctly [different tracks would skip during playing, recording would suddenly stop etc] and I thought that the mother board may have been damaged or that there was another issue. I am back to wondering if the drive I put in it is even compatible. I miss the 788 and using a MF-P01 is getting real old real quick.
