Hi Glen, I suspected the hard drive is the issue but when I googled it a number of people reported that the issue was a motherboard problem so was just checking to see if MZ had a better insight. I have got a Mac so I doubt I can burn my own drive or check the drive but I can get a replacement drive from Weak-knees and if not the issue hopefully I can return.
Thanks, Jay On Oct 25, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Glen Farney wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
