Used Series 3 Tivos (TCD648250B) on ebay

[whitepelican]

Originally Posted by billbillw

I'm also at a loss as to the folks who are spending $100+ on 'as is', no drive units. This one had a 14 day money back guarantee.

I spent about $80 for a "no-drive" unit and about the same for a complete unit. It didn't matter to me either way because I planned to upgrade the drive on both units anyway. Both units worked perfectly and even the "heavily scratched" complete unit from Cowboom looks very nice. It has very, very minor scratches on the top of the case, but they are not noticeable at all.

[armstrr]

Originally Posted by Philmatic

The Tivo Magician just posted up another bracket if anyone is interested...

[bizzy]

Where are you guys finding these no-drive units on Ebay? I've searched several times now without finding one. I'd love to build a second Tivo!

[jlib]

The current crop of Dealtree units are complete used and "like new" units and it looks like the going price is ~$200+

You can still get the stripped models from sold_broken on eBay.

Edit: Looks like the Dealtree ones above are all gone but you can get TiVo AG0100 Wireless-G USB Network Adapters for ~$25.

[Philmatic]

Got my bracket, it fit perfectly, and I am now a happy man. Got a fully working S3 TiVo with 500GB for under $140, $40 more if you count a purchase of the Glo remote, but I didn't need it.

Thank you everybody!

[crashmann]

I also won a Series 3 TiVo with no hard drive from eBay. While waiting for the Western Digital WD10EVDS to be delivered, I wrestled with creating a drive bracket from a leftover piece of 1/8" aluminum.

tk386.com/remotepix/TiVo_Series_3_Hard_Drive_Bracket_800.jpg

(Sorry, I'm just a rookie on these boards and not allowed to post pictures or links yet, so you'll have to copy and paste manually)

The giant version of the picture can be found here:
tk386.com/remotepix/TiVo_Series_3_Hard_Drive_Bracket_1600.jpg

It took quite a bit of work with the drill, jigsaw, and sandpaper, but it is rock solid, and the screw holes "mostly" line up

For the two standoffs, I used 3x30mm screws with copper tube cut to 25mm length
tk386.com/remotepix/tivo_s3_bracket_03.jpg
tk386.com/remotepix/tivo_s3_bracket_02.jpg
tk386.com/remotepix/tivo_s3_bracket_01.jpg

If I had known about the other bracket, I would have bought one of those instead.

I tried installing my original TiVoHD drive, but as a few other folks have said, it didn't work. The TiVo just kept rebooting.

Finally, I received the new hard drive and set it up with Instant Cake. It reports 131 HD hours available, and is practically silent - awesome!

My only concerns are that the rear corner of the case near the power supply has a pretty good dent, and the RF connectors are a little bent. Hopefully they aren't damaged and this will be a good unit to replace my Series 2 TiVo.

Thanks for helping me out for all of these years while I have poked at my many TiVo's!