Hi Lawrence, I've been behind with unfun stuff. I looked at your picture. I thought I had some stuff, but I am in AWE!!!
I got my expansion drive as soon as Tivo pushed the update for my Series 3 so I'm guessing it's maybe 2+ years old. It was always mounted upright. Probably just got cranky. Thanks for the picture Sid --- In [email protected], Lawrence 'The Dreamer' Chen <thedrea...@...> wrote: > > Hmmm, that reminds me....when I originally got my TiVo HD, I had asked > if the orientation of the Expander drive mattered (was told it didn't). > Laying flat (on top of TiVo HD) rather than standing up was easier to > place into the wire shelf opening. But, I had all sorts of problems > that seemed like a bad drive type things. > > Though doing the Kickstart 54 didn't show any problems... > > Later when I was reorganizing things...I removed stuff so that I could > stand up the drive (next to TiVo HD). So far things have been much more > stable. > > http://lawrencechen.net/pict/MyHT20090920.jpg > > There is one small fan visible in this picture....there were > others....in process of replacing them... > > sej357 wrote: > > I wanted to wait a few days before reporting to make sure working properly. > > > > Thanks to all who shared, Glenn, Jay and MZ. > > > > I disconnected the WD external drive. I lost most of my recording, but not > > all. I just disconnected the drive; I did not restore the system. I > > maintained all of my season pass settings > > > > Thus far it has recorded everthing completely; no freezes. Neither have I > > seen any period of slowness changing screen or accepting commands. Looks > > like MZ was right; it almost always the hard drive. > > > > I took the other advice and installed a fan in my entertainment center as a > > preventative measure. > > > > > > >
