bielick
12-08-2006, 08:56 AM
Summary
-Bought 54 series 40GB tivo last year
-Immediately put in second 120GB hard drive. Ran fine for 1.5 years
-Yesterday it froze. Unplugged, plugged power back in. Stuck on Powering Up screen
-Removed 40GB QuickView drive. Verified the disk was bad using the Maxtor tools
-Verified 120GB hard drive was good
-Installed instant cake on 120GB hard drive for a single hard drive. Image was successful (Supposedly)
-Installed single 120GB drive back into Tivo. Powered up. Still stuck on powering up screen.
Is there a specific type of IDE cable that you need to get this to work? I can't find the original one that came with the Tivo (for a single drive). I have a IDE cable in there now that can be used for two drives. Would that make a difference? Is there something else I should be looking at? I can hear the drive start up so I know the cable is connected correctly (the cable connectors are not keyed so you have to guess which is the correct way).
Any ideas?
Thanks
Brian
-Bought 54 series 40GB tivo last year
-Immediately put in second 120GB hard drive. Ran fine for 1.5 years
-Yesterday it froze. Unplugged, plugged power back in. Stuck on Powering Up screen
-Removed 40GB QuickView drive. Verified the disk was bad using the Maxtor tools
-Verified 120GB hard drive was good
-Installed instant cake on 120GB hard drive for a single hard drive. Image was successful (Supposedly)
-Installed single 120GB drive back into Tivo. Powered up. Still stuck on powering up screen.
Is there a specific type of IDE cable that you need to get this to work? I can't find the original one that came with the Tivo (for a single drive). I have a IDE cable in there now that can be used for two drives. Would that make a difference? Is there something else I should be looking at? I can hear the drive start up so I know the cable is connected correctly (the cable connectors are not keyed so you have to guess which is the correct way).
Any ideas?
Thanks
Brian