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  • Tivo S3 not powering up

    The Tivo was working fine until yesterday when I noticed that it was stuck on the "Powering Up" screen. Interestingly the front lights were not on, which I thought was unusual. So I pulled the plug to restart it. The second time, the front times were on, but the screen was still stuck on "Powering Up"

    After I unpluged it the second time, it does not power on anymore. There is no video output to my TV. There is a faint blue light flickering on the front panel. There is also a faint clicking sound along with the the light.

    I called Tvio, but was told that it would cost me $350 to exchange the unit and keep the lifetime. It just doesn't seem worth it to me anymore, esp since how unrealiable these units have been.

    Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking that it might be the power supply. I can buy one from weakness for $100, but I don't want to waste time and money if it turns out to be more than that.

    Thanks for your help.

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    Sounds like a power supply to me - especially the gradual failure.

    We have replacements here:

    http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-power-supply.php

    and our return policy is here:

    http://www.weaknees.com/payment.php
    Been here a long time . . .

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