HR10-250 seems to be dead

[Briang113]

My sisters hr10-250 stopped working, so she brought it to me to look at.

When I plug it in the fan and the hard drive spin up but no lights on the front and no output to screen show.

I pulled the hard drive tested it and it powers up and is recognized.

I am open for suggestions. I am very familiar with and have used MFS tools to upgrade repair various Tivos in the past. Can you use MFS tools on the directv HD Tivos.

I am thinking of trying a new drive in the unit just to see what happens.

TIA
Brian

[litzdog911]

Yes, you can use MFSTools just fine. But this sounds more like a power supply problem, or defect on the motherboard.

[rminsk]

Yes, you can use MFSTools just fine. But this sounds more like a power supply problem, or defect on the motherboard.or the ribbon cable that connects the front panel. Make sure that it is clean and well seated.

[nrc]

I'm guessing power supply.

http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-power-supply.php

It may be that the voltage that spins the fan and HD are good and one or more of the others is bad.

[Briang113]

Thanks for the responses, I checked all the cable connections. I will test the power supply output to the board. If that is good I will guess the Mobo is damaged.
Does anyone know if the PC boards on the front panel go bad will that knock out the whole unit?

[TyroneShoes]

I know that Weaknees states very clearly in their DIY literature that if you don't have the ribbon cable seated properly and you boot up, even just for a minute, it can boat-anchor your Tivo permanently, so a failure of the control board would probably also have a catastrophic effect.