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It receives power, the fan turns on.

When I switch the TV to Video 3, the splash screen says something to the
effect of "Please wait while Tivo powers up", and doesn't go beyond that
point.

Can you suggest a (hopefully free) resource to what the start up sequence
should be so I have a better clue where to start looking.

I'm planning on ripping the box appart to see if it has drives. Then doing
research on how to install a new TIVO op system.

Suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
Seann

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In article <1173ebih58es025@corp.supernews.com>, Anonymous@no-spam.org
says...
> It receives power, the fan turns on.
>
> When I switch the TV to Video 3, the splash screen says something to the
> effect of "Please wait while Tivo powers up", and doesn't go beyond that
> point.
>
> Can you suggest a (hopefully free) resource to what the start up sequence
> should be so I have a better clue where to start looking.
>
> I'm planning on ripping the box appart to see if it has drives. Then doing
> research on how to install a new TIVO op system.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Seann
>
>
>


you should have gone to best buy... how's that for a suggestion?

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In article <1173ebih58es025@corp.supernews.com>,
"Seann" <Anonymous@no-spam.org> wrote:

> It receives power, the fan turns on.
>
> When I switch the TV to Video 3, the splash screen says something to the
> effect of "Please wait while Tivo powers up", and doesn't go beyond that
> point.
>
> Can you suggest a (hopefully free) resource to what the start up sequence
> should be so I have a better clue where to start looking.
>
> I'm planning on ripping the box appart to see if it has drives. Then doing
> research on how to install a new TIVO op system.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Seann

As it stops where it would load the OS from the HD to RAM, it sounds
like a bad hard drive.

http://www.weaknees.com to buy one or

ptvupgarde.com to buy the software to do it yourself.

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"theyak" <yak@dev.null> wrote in message
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> In article <1173ebih58es025@corp.supernews.com>, Anonymous@no-spam.org
> says...
>
> you should have gone to best buy... how's that for a suggestion?

Yeah, but then you don't learn how to fix them.

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"Seann" <Anonymous@no-spam.org> wrote in message
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>
> I'm planning on ripping the box appart to see if it has drives.

I bought a car that doesn't run. when I turn the key I here a click but
nothing else happens. Any idea whats wrong with it or where I can find out
more info? I plan on opening the hood to see if it has an engine then doing
research.

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"ZQ" <thetrinity@onetwothreee.com> wrote in message
news:1114789102.f289f10ddd0f45d46ff756008befce9e@teranews...
>
> "Seann" <Anonymous@no-spam.org> wrote in message
> news:1173ebih58es025@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > I'm planning on ripping the box appart to see if it has drives.
>
> I bought a car that doesn't run. when I turn the key I here a click but
> nothing else happens. Any idea whats wrong with it or where I can find out
> more info? I plan on opening the hood to see if it has an engine then
doing
> research.
>
Boy, I thought linux folks were hard on newbs.

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"Jack Zwick" <jzwick3@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:jzwick3-CD0D6B.07174029042005@news1.west.earthlink.net...
> In article <1173ebih58es025@corp.supernews.com>,
> "Seann" <Anonymous@no-spam.org> wrote:
>
>
> As it stops where it would load the OS from the HD to RAM, it sounds
> like a bad hard drive.
>
> http://www.weaknees.com to buy one or
>
> ptvupgarde.com to buy the software to do it yourself.

Jack, thanks for your gentle reply. I appreciate the pointers.

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it's so stupid to reply with sarcasm....the guy is simply doing what one
would do in a newsgroup...ask a question and gather knowledge....if you've
got nothing positive to say, then don't waste your so called precious time
here
"seann" <nope@wouldntbeprudent.com> wrote in message
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> "ZQ" <thetrinity@onetwothreee.com> wrote in message
> news:1114789102.f289f10ddd0f45d46ff756008befce9e@teranews...
>>
>> "Seann" <Anonymous@no-spam.org> wrote in message
>> news:1173ebih58es025@corp.supernews.com...
>> >
>> > I'm planning on ripping the box appart to see if it has drives.
>>
>> I bought a car that doesn't run. when I turn the key I here a click but
>> nothing else happens. Any idea whats wrong with it or where I can find
>> out
>> more info? I plan on opening the hood to see if it has an engine then
> doing
>> research.
>>
> Boy, I thought linux folks were hard on newbs.
>
>

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"The Eggman" <gozeuxsix@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> it's so stupid to reply with sarcasm....the guy is simply doing what one
> would do in a newsgroup...ask a question and gather knowledge....if you've
> got nothing positive to say, then don't waste your so called precious time
> here

It's also stupid to think that anyone cares about your opinion on how/what
others should post.

and I don't recall anyone mentioning that their time was precious - so you
must have pulled that information out from the depths of your ass.

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"Jack Zwick" <jzwick3@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:jzwick3-CD0D6B.07174029042005@news1.west.earthlink.net...
> In article <1173ebih58es025@corp.supernews.com>,
> "Seann" <Anonymous@no-spam.org> wrote:
>
>> It receives power, the fan turns on.
>>
>> When I switch the TV to Video 3, the splash screen says something to the
>> effect of "Please wait while Tivo powers up", and doesn't go beyond that
>> point.
>>
>> Can you suggest a (hopefully free) resource to what the start up sequence
>> should be so I have a better clue where to start looking.
>>
>> I'm planning on ripping the box appart to see if it has drives. Then
>> doing
>> research on how to install a new TIVO op system.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Seann
>
> As it stops where it would load the OS from the HD to RAM, it sounds
> like a bad hard drive.
>
> http://www.weaknees.com to buy one or
>
> ptvupgarde.com to buy the software to do it yourself.

Followup stupid Newb questions:
1) Do you have to buy the propriatary drives at weaknees.com, or will any
IDE drive do?
2) If any will do, do the drives have to be identical sizes?

thx
Seann

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On 2005-05-01, Seann <Anonymous@no-spam.org> wrote:
>
> Followup stupid Newb questions:
> 1) Do you have to buy the propriatary drives at weaknees.com, or will any
> IDE drive do?

Any IDE drive will do.

> 2) If any will do, do the drives have to be identical sizes?

They can be vitually any size.


Certain versions of the TiVo OS do not support drives larger than 120GiB so
you may want to do some research first or just get drives smaller than
120GiB

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"Seann" <Anonymous@no-spam.org> wrote in message
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>
> Followup stupid Newb questions:
> 1) Do you have to buy the propriatary drives at weaknees.com, or will any
> IDE drive do?

Any IDE drive will do. There is nothing proprietary about them.

> 2) If any will do, do the drives have to be identical sizes?

Rule of thumb is equal to or larger than the drive from which the backup you
are restoring was made.

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Seann wrote:

>>http://www.weaknees.com to buy one or
>>ptvupgarde.com to buy the software to do it yourself.
>
> Followup stupid Newb questions:
> 1) Do you have to buy the propriatary drives at weaknees.com, or will any
> IDE drive do?

Weaknees does not sell proprietary drives. The sell ordinary IDE drives
with the OS pre-installed.

> 2) If any will do, do the drives have to be identical sizes?

If you're using 'dd' or the equivalent to make a sector-for-sector copy
of a functioning drive, yes. If you are using MFStools to back up the
OS and crucial parts of the TiVo database, then no.

The destination drive can be any size (up to 137 GB for most) as long
as it is at least as big as the original drive the OS was built for.
The new drive does not have to be identical to the original when
replacing the "A" drive, adding a "B" drive, or both.
-Joe

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Joe Smith (joe@inwap.com) wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
> > 1) Do you have to buy the propriatary drives at weaknees.com, or will any
> > IDE drive do?
>
> Weaknees does not sell proprietary drives. The sell ordinary IDE drives
> with the OS pre-installed.

They actually sell Maxtor QuickView drives, which are designed for PVR
applications, and aren't that easy to find even online (although it is
possible).

To be honest, though, the differences (no thermal recalibration and faster
timeout on bad sector reads) aren't that big a deal if you buy a quality
drive.

--
Jeff Rife | "I feel the need...the need for
| expeditious velocity"
|
| -- Brain

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"seann" <nope@wouldntbeprudent.com> wrote in message
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> "ZQ" <thetrinity@onetwothreee.com> wrote in message
> news:1114789102.f289f10ddd0f45d46ff756008befce9e@teranews...
>>
>> "Seann" <Anonymous@no-spam.org> wrote in message
>> news:1173ebih58es025@corp.supernews.com...
>> >
>> > I'm planning on ripping the box appart to see if it has drives.
>>
>> I bought a car that doesn't run. when I turn the key I here a click but
>> nothing else happens. Any idea whats wrong with it or where I can find
>> out
>> more info? I plan on opening the hood to see if it has an engine then
> doing
>> research.
>>
> Boy, I thought linux folks were hard on newbs.
>
>
I guess ZQ was saying, in his less than nice fashion, was - have you opened
the case to see if there is an HDD in place. If so, is it spinning up
normally, not at all, or making clicking noises (almost a sure sign of drive
failure).

Rick

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