The clicking noise you are hearing is due to the head of the hard
drive being off the platter. You basically have damaged the hard
drive. Power it up and when it starts clicking, tap it on a flat
surface to see if you can knock the head back. Can't make it any
worse now.... I had to slap mine on the desk once or twice to get it
to work again. If it doesn't work, find someone who can replace the
hard drive for you. All they need is a new hard drive, the correct
screw driver to remove the back, a soldering iron and some electrical
experience. You can even put a much bigger drive in....


--- In rca-lyra-mp3@yahoogroups.com, "mlboatwright"
<mlboatwright@...> wrote:
>
> One day I turned on my Lyra X3000 and it started this clicking
noise
> and the message on the screen says "firmware problem. see user
manual"
> when it finally came up. I did the reset and that didn't work. I
tried
> recharging it and plugging it to my computer. I was able to format
it
> but that still didn't work. Now, my computer just recognize the
memory
> card but not the Lyra hard drive itself. I tried installing the
> firmware again but my computer did recognize the Lyra hard drive.
The
> RCA website didn't help nor calling Audiovox. The person was
useless.
> Didn't offer any kind of assistance. I love this thing and I want
to
> keep it forever! Can anyone help me?
> I've dropped this thing so many times in the 3 years I've had it
that
> it kept right on going afterwards. What is wrong with it now?!!?
>