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===Replacing the HDD=== | ===Replacing the HDD=== | ||
In case of a malfunction, the original hard disk can be exchanged for a Compact Flash card. Make sure that the replacement card supports the ability to be used as a "fixed disk". Usually these are called "industrial grade" cards.<br> "Consumer grade" CF cards are usually detected as "removable drives" and won't work in the scope. Since the scope supports FAT16, the maximum partition size is roughly 4GB.<br> | In case of a malfunction, the original hard disk can be exchanged for a Compact Flash card. Make sure that the replacement card supports the ability to be used as a "fixed disk". Usually these are called "industrial grade" cards.<br> "Consumer grade" CF cards are usually detected as "removable drives" and won't work in the scope. Since the scope supports FAT16, the maximum partition size is roughly 4GB.<br> | ||
A PCMCIA to CF card adapter can be used to convert the PCMCIA style HDD option to CF card. | |||
A standard 2Gb Transcend TS2GCF133 card has been verified to work in both the 2.5" HDD and PCMCIA versions of the HD option.<br> | A standard 2Gb Transcend TS2GCF133 card has been verified to work in both the 2.5" HDD and PCMCIA versions of the HD option.<br> | ||
A standard 4Gb Transcend TS4GCF133 card has also been verified to work, but only once it was partitioned to 2Gb and formatted with FAT file format. | A standard 4Gb Transcend TS4GCF133 card has also been verified to work, but only once it was partitioned to 2Gb and formatted with FAT file format. | ||