v9.1 update revived my DVD drive!

[jgor7777]

This is going to sound crazy, but the DVD drive on my Pioneer DVR-810H, which had died almost a year ago, came back to life last night - right after my Tivo was updated from v8.3 to v9.1

The only thing that does not work is the front panel button. Everything else is back to normal - plays and writes DVDs again! Can anyone explain? Did Tivo accidently disable the DVD drive in an earlier system update?

[WK-Michael]

They never accidentally disabled it as far as we know. But it's possible that the updated contained a new version of the firmware. What version shows in your System Information?

[jgor7777]

DVD Drive Firmware: DVR-77H 1.31

[WK-Michael]

I'm pretty sure that's the same old firmware.

Hard to guess what happened there.

[jgor7777]

The truly amazing part is I had spoken to one of the Weaknees folks the day before and I was getting ready to box up the Tivo and send it in for repair of the DVD drive. Now I can focus those dollars on a hard drive upgrade from you guys!

[WK-Michael]

You might want to burn a handful of discs to be sure, but if it works, go for the upgrade!

[jgor7777]

Already burned 4. So far, everythings cool.