Well, following troubleshooting guide I found on WeakKnees, I tried unplugging the IDE cable and then powering up the Tivo. When I tried either drive, I could hear the drive spin up without the IDE cable plugged in but did not spin up with the IDE cable plugged in.
They seem to infer that it is a motherboard. Could it be a power supply? Is there anything I can do? It looks like WeakKnees wants $179 for a repair and DVRUpgrade wants about $129 but doesn't guarantee that they can fix it. That seems like a lot of money but I do have a lifetime subscription on the unit. Thanks for any ideas, Bob --- In [email protected], MegaZone <ya...@...> wrote: > > Once upon a time bobg12546 shaped the electrons to say... > > but that appears to be all. I upgraded the 40 GB drive 5 years ago > > to a 160 and kept the 40 so Installed it and still nothing. I do > > Can you tell if the drive is spinning up at all? Either one. > > > working. The other thing I notice is that I'm using a cable > > connection and then the RF out to a small portable TV. If I set the > > Tivo RF modulator to channel 3 and turn on the TV to channel 3 I get > > a blank screen. When I unplug the Tivo, I get the normal TV > > channels so the modulator must be getting power. > > Can you try one of the other outputs - composite or S-Video? It is > possible that the RF modulator died, so the TiVo can't output on RF > anymore. It is possible for one output on a TiVo to work and others > to fail. > > > Any suggestions as to what I might try next? > > If all of the outputs are dead and the drive is spinning up, it could > be a main board failure. In that case there isn't much to do. You > could try another drive, but I wouldn't spend much just in case the > board is dead. > > If another output works, then you can use an external RF modulator. > > -MZ > -- > megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. > http://www.GizmoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris > "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171 >
