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DarkAudit
06-22-2006, 01:54 PM
I'm having increasing difficulty getting recordings transferred off the TiVo. More and more often, the TiVo will spontaneously reboot in mid-transfer. It only seems to do this during a transfer. If I use the TiVo for just watching TV and recording, it stays stable for days on end.

I just got the 7.3 upgrade today, and the reboots still happen. I downloaded the TiVo desktop as I wrote this post. Will that have any effect on these reboots?
dirtypacman
06-22-2006, 02:02 PM
Were you not using Tivo Desktop the whole time for transfers?
DarkAudit
06-22-2006, 02:15 PM
Were you not using Tivo Desktop the whole time for transfers?

I usually leave TiVo Desktop running when I'm doing transfers. Should I exit it when I start a transfer?

I also try to limit my other computer activity while a transfer is in progress. Mostly just web browsing, if anything.
TomJ
06-22-2006, 02:45 PM
I downloaded the TiVo desktop as I wrote this post.
Do you mean you downloaded the TiVo desktop upgrade (version 2.3)?

Regards,
Tom
DarkAudit
06-22-2006, 03:17 PM
Do you mean you downloaded the TiVo desktop upgrade (version 2.3)?

Regards,
Tom

Sorry 'bout that. Yes. I got the update today. TiVo still rebooted.

It's rebooted at least five times in the last three hours while trying to transfer an episode of Good Eats. If I quit trying to transfer, the reboots will stop. This is making TivoToGo damn near useless to me now.
DarkAudit
06-23-2006, 03:49 PM
Bump with more information. Left the transfer running all night. It never finished. The TiVo will reboot after anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes in.

TiVo support suggested the wireless adapter may be an issue. I tried changing the wireless channel, and am attempting another transfer. (edit: didn't help... still rebooted)

I'm going to go to Best Buy later and get a wired adapter instead. Maybe that will help?

It most certainly did! I was using an 'unsupported' Linksys wireless G adapter, and switched to a supported Linksys USB200M wired adapter. Made all the difference. Transfer speed doubled, and no more reboots. :up: :up: :up:
gman622
06-25-2006, 03:51 PM
had the same exact problem - I switched to a wired adapter and never had it occur again
dirtypacman
06-26-2006, 10:43 AM
Gots to love the USB200M

Glad to hear its worked out.