Swap out Legend Hard Drive

[hunterdw]

Hi y'all--

I have a Merlin Legend R3... the hard drive is making a spastic noise. To me, it sounds as if the bearings are squealing and it's getting ready to lock up. It's the original drive... 10+ years old.

How easy is this to replace? Am I limited on size of hard drive? That is, does it need to be less than 2 gigs, or 1 gig, or whatever?

What steps are necessary to replace it? I can make a completely backup in WinSPM. Do I do that, replace the drive, and then backup? Do I use Norton Ghost and just copy the current drive to a new drive? Is the drive serialized in any way? How tricky is this?

I appreciate any help you have. I looked online for a while for a "guide" of sorts to do this, but couldn't find anything. I was only avaya.com and couldn't find it either, but I'm not the most patient man when it comes ot searching

Also, I have no service contract, or, I'd just call a tech and have it done for me.

So... anxiously awaiting an answer...

--DW

 

[ken07734]

Merlin Legend's do not have hard drives in them. You may be reffering to the merlin mail perhaps? if so they have a hard drive but it is poprietary ( if spelled right) to the mail system, I beleive it's a brooktrout drive. in the later case it would have to be replaced and you would have to reprogram everything. the only other option is to replace the mail with a newer version, maybe messaging and upgrade your processor on the legend.

if you are hearing a noise from the system and you do not have voice mail it is possible the power supply is going or ready to crap on you.

Ken Hurd

http://www.shorelinetelcom.com

 

[exsmogger]

If you have a Merlin Mail R3 or 007 MLM with a failing hard drive we stock replacements if you're interested. Brian Cox
J & J Communications

http://www.jandjcommunications.com

brian@jandjcommunications.com

 

[Pepperz]

Are you certain it's not the powersupply fan? If so, lot's cheaper to fix. TipHelp@charter.net

 

[Rainman10]

Yup the power supplies are usually the problem. The Senstron model SQH4204 is a perfect match. It works in the stand-alone merlin and partner mail. You can find them cheap on the web.