| Joel, you ARE living on the edge! I had problems with my HD24 until doing the washer mod. Apparently the connector on the caddy doesn't seat well in the machine and can vibrate loose. If this happens then the recorder freezes until you push the caddy back in all the way. The fix is to put rubber washers on the screws on the back of the caddy, between the caddy chassis and connector. This pushes the connector away from the caddy and gives the socket in the HD24 more meat to grab onto. I think it's a must-do mod for any HD24 owner.
As far as Alesis coming out with a new product, I don't think that's going to happen. The stand alone hard drive market is minimal and will eventually be phased out. |