Will Icake work on new drive and no original?

[jym]

Have hacked several SA Tivos. Now I am a new DirecTV customer. About to purchase a DSR704 unit without hard drive. WIll Icake allow me to buy a brand new drive and put it in this DSR704 and make it work?

Can I take the access card out of one of my receivers and make it work in the DSR704?

Thanks for any help.

[Dkerr24]

Instantcake is designed for using on a new hard drive. When I built a 160gb backup drive for my RCA, that is what I used. I didn't use the existing image on the original drive.

My understanding is the access card is tied to the unit, so they cannot be installed. You might get a different answer talking to the right CSR at Directv, though.

[bluesman64]

Can I take the access card out of one of my receivers and make it work in the DSR704?

Yes - you just need to call D* customer service and "pair" the card with the new receiver. I've done so a couple of times.