i guess. what are my options for gettin it sent out for repair? contact pioneer? i woner how much that will cost...

thing is shouldn't i get the hardrive error message? i checked the hardive with a computer and it was detected and looked working? i wonder fi theres a fuse or bios reset inside the z1?

Are you connecting this HDD to a laptop directly? Is it possible that your laptop gave it its password?

i connected the hard drive to a PC. using this connector.

Did you make certain that the black wire on the power wire lined up with th "B" on the connector?

on some of those connectors the power wire can be removed and put on reversed, so they put a letter "B" on it to show proper connection + /-.

i guess. what are my options for gettin it sent out for repair? contact pioneer? i woner how much that will cost...

If the problem is only with your HD, then you might consider buying and automotive grade drive and copy someone's iso image onto it. Might be cheaper/easier than Pioneer.

i dont know if its the hard drive for sure though. the harddrive seems to be fine, since it was recognized by my computer. and it was readable...... why am i noty gettin the error message when i start the screen??