Repair or replace ?

[Nutter]

Recently one of my DTivo's started having a problem. Its a Hughes DRV40 unit that I added a 60GB drive to a long time ago. When watching LiveTV, recorded shows or even just in the animated menu it will play fine for 10 - 15 sec then pause/freeze for 2-3 sec then play again. When I listen to the unit I can hear a high pitched whine. Now I called DTV and got them to send me out a new DVR for $20 shipping. Well when it showed up it is an R15 unit. So I thought I'd try it out. Lets just say it does not work for me and leave it there, so Im sending the R15 back to DTV and now I have as I see it 2 choices that I need help with.

1. Repair the DVR40 by replaceing the bad drive/drives (if that is the real problem). I have a new 100GB drive spare to hand but is there an easy way to identify the bad drive ?

2. Give up on the DVR40 and buy an R10 off ebay ?

thanks in advance for your feedback.


John

[Nutter]

No one ! what did I say to upset everyone ?

[Dkerr24]

That's the problem with dual drive systems, you have to take each one out and run diagnostics on it to figure out which one is bad.

I'd recommend going back to a single large drive which makes the unit run cooler and quieter and more reliable over the long haul.