Just a day or two ago MZ surmised that 90% or so of all tivo issues are the hard drive failing, which is also my experience. My folks had a modem get fried by a lightning strike, but other than that, 90%+ of what gets discussed here also seems to be about hard drive issues.
I have two spare tivo drives, but being SATA I don't think they work in S2 boxes, nor if the software that is on them will work since mine are from an HD box. I think modest size ready to install drives are about $100-150, and big upgrade drives are $250 or so. If you can make your own the drives are under $100, and if you have a spare hard drive you can donate to the effort you can set it up for almost nothing as a test, and then buy a suitable replacement drive to make a final fix. Glen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Abraham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 11:47 AM Subject: [TiVo Central] Series 2 problem - Stuck on grey powering up screen > Hi all, > > I went to watch some recorded shows on the Tivo this morning. When > TV turned on it looked like it was frozen on a Live TV picture and > the remote could not control the TV. I unplugged unit and tried to > repower but it goes to grey screen saying powering up and never > leaves it. > > Is this indicative of a failed hard drive or of a failed mother > board? If just a hard drive, I could get a replacement drive and > install it but I don't want to waste the money if this is a > motherboard issue. Anything I can check to see what the issue is? > > Thanks, > > Jay > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
