These are the details of the box at time of upgrade:
Amstrad: DRX780
Model: 780-056
Version: 4F3001
OS: 1.32A0I
EPG: 5.10.k HD
What you need
Phillips screwdrivers. No funky security bits required.
New Hard Drive
A knife
Step 1 - The Box
Disconnect the Sky HD box from the dish, TV, etc and place on a flat surface.
Remove the viewing card.
Step 2 - Take the lid off
Losen the six screws marked in Red. You can take them out if you wish.
Remove the single screw at the back of the box.
Now turn the box over and use a knife or 3 to gently lift up the plastic tabs at the front.
This should allow you now to slide back the cover to clear the anchor points for the clips. You can now turn the box over and lift the cover off.
Step 3 - The chassis
You will now be able to see the metal chassis of the HD box.
The first thing we need to do is remove the control board from the top. This panel allows you to operate certain functions of the HD box without using the remote. As its screwed onto the chassis lid, it needs to come off. Remove the four Phillips screws and gently lift the control board clear of the chassis lid. I left mine connected to the ribbon cable but you could unclip it.
You should now be able to lift the front of the chassis lid and let it hinge on the back. The hinge at the back isn't fixed so just lift the chassis lid away from the chassis and put it to one side.
Step 4 - Remove the old drive
You will now have access to the motherboard, psu and more importantly the hard drive.
Next we need to remove the hard drive from its mount. Mine was fixed with the same sized Phillips screws as the control board. However user jjirvine reports that his used torx screws so bear this in mind. There are screws on both sides on the hard disk. The internal side
And the external side. Remove all of them to proceed.
Finally you need to disconnect the hard drives power and sata cables.
Here is the hole left after the hard disk is removed.
As you can see, my box had the WD3200AVJS installed.
Step 5 - Copy+ source drive
This is where you should use Copy+ to take an image of the old drive if you want to migrate its contents. I'm not going to go into any detail as its covered in great detail elsewhere.
Step 6 - Copy+ new drive
This is where you should use Copy+ to restore your image of the old drive onto the new one. Again I'm not going to go into any detail as its covered in great detail elsewhere.
Step 7 - Install the new drive
There's a rubbery spacer on corner of the hard disk that's in the middle of the case
and I transferred this across to the new disk.
I chose the WD10EVCS as its a 1TB drive specially designed for PVR's. It also has an extremely similar spec to the WD3200AVJS.
Now its time to follow the steps backwards to install the disk and close up the HD box.
Step 8 - Replace the chassis lid and control board
When you replace the chassis lid, make sure the lid goes underneath the tabs on the back part of the chassis.
I put some insulation tape on the back of the control board as I was testing the box with the lid off and didn't want it to short out. This is an optional step and you should only test the box in this manner if you feel confident to do so.
Replace the control board.
Step 9 - Replace the lid
On to the lid. I find the easiest way is to have the chassis upright facing you. Then hold the lid again in its normal position facing you. Now drop the lid down onto the chassis about 3/4 down the length of the chassis (you may have to pull the sides of the lid out a little to ease it over).
You can then slide it back
to this position
and ease the plastic clips back into place.
Replace the six screws underneath the box.
Then the one at the back
Finally replace the viewing card.
Job done.
Apologies for the long delay in completing the guide, got distracted by work/cricket etc..
