Noisy Humax

[JoTiVo]

Our Humax TiVo DVDR is making a constant hissing or shushing sound that only stops when you unplug the unit. Standby makes no difference. The unit appears to be functioning normally. Any idea? My appologies if I missed a thread. Searched through recent ones. Originally went to buy another Toshiba, but there was only one open box and found out they were being discontinued. Should have sought it out, I think.
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[wscannell]

Sounds like it might be the fan. You can open the box and unplug the fan to see if the sound stops. Weaknees.com has replacement fans for TiVos.

[JoTiVo]

Thanks for your ideas. When I can I will unplug/disconnect and take it apart. Not enough hours in the day.

[drewmack]

>>Sounds like it might be the fan. You can open the box and unplug the fan to see if the sound stops.

Mine had been noisy for a while and then I started having problems getting internal errors during burns. I opened it and the fan was FILTHY. Got a nice soft paint brush and a can of air and banished all those dust bunnies. She's quiet now, but I'm not sure that if fixed the burning problem.

Moral of the story is: better to address this sooner rather than later.