Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Sky boxes ... (noises in the night)

[chicken]

If it's getting noisy then it could be on its way out. Get a larger capacity replacement - bit more than a standard PC one because its got funny connections but not outrageous. Alternatively, upgrade to a HD box

As for your boiler, I know you're from down under but surely even you don't need the heat on at this time of year?

[badmanners]

I have researched this one:
the hard drives which have proved to be successful in the sky+boxes are Maxtor 40/80 and 120 gig, they must be 7200 speed as the sky box needs to recognise the drive within about 8 seconds, if the disc is slow at spinning up then the sky box will reject it.
It needs to be IDE and will fit straight into your old box, it takes about 1 minute to replace and the box will format the drive itself when you do a restart.
any more info PM me.