Tivo Series 3 - Bad capacitors in power supply

[Trogdor1083]

Originally Posted by abyars111

Thanks for the response. Tivo offered to do an exchange for me for $79 and keep my existing service intact so I'm going to go that route.

Did you have Lifetime for more than 3 years? I was told back in December 2012 that after three years the ability to transfer your Lifetime subscription to a new box (even the same model) was no longer available.

[buscuitboy]

Originally Posted by Trogdor1083

Did your exhaust fan not turn on either?

I am not sure and don't really remember checking that. I just simply pulled the hard drive, tested it in a desktop PC and then wound up replacing it. Logic would say that if your fan is not working, then it might be related to something else other than the hard drive.

[abyars111]

Trogdor1083, I have the yearly service plan that they don't offer anymore. It's setup on autorenew so I keep getting the savings. Works out to $10/mo instead of the $12.xx/mo for multi units. I also have a premier which I pay $12.xx/mo for.

[HossWTC]

I have a TCD652160 that recently began the reboot loop of heck. I cracked open the case and sure enough, I have some bulging caps on my power supply. (I've been registered here forever, but I'm normally a lurker.)

Trogdor1083, I saw your post that you have (had) two spare power supplies. I'd love to get one of them to rescue my lifetime subbed unit. Please let me know if you still have a spare that you'd be willing to part with. I'd PM you, but I don't have the necessary post count.

I'm tracking a few auctions on ebay for units in the hope that I can swap out the power supply. I'm also considering ordering the caps from digikey, but I'm hesitant to try the soldering routine.

[HossWTC]

I ordered the set of caps from digikey to see if I can repair it on the cheap.

Trogdor1083, I'll let you know if I need the P/S, depending on how my repair turns out.

[HossWTC]

The repair was successful. Back in business. Thanks to everyone that has contributed to this thread.

[HossWTC]

Oh and for anyone in the same boat, it's really not that difficult. The capacitors are soldered onto the board with "nice" sized contacts, so it wasn't hard to do with a pencil tip soldering iron.