Tivo Series 2 drive replacement

tjeter

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Tivo Series 2 drive replacement

12-20-2011, 05:24 AM

My series 2 started freezing intermittently. After 9 years I believe the hard drive is going bad. I tried replacing the 60GB (PATA/Western Digital) drive with a 120 GB (PATA/Western Digital) drive. I followed the Hinsdale instructions and saw no errors. When I installed the new drive in my series 2 it would not go past the "Powering up..." screen. I verified that jumper settings were correct - no boot. I re-installed the original drive and it boots ok. I tried doing the entire process a second time and still no boot. Any ideas?
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12-20-2011, 11:20 AM

I would suspect that the replacement drive isn't in good shape. Have you tested it?

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12-20-2011, 08:00 PM

I believe that the drive is good. I can download the western digital diags and verify that the drive is good.
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12-21-2011, 06:20 AM

That's what I'd try.

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