TiVo dead? It's making a rat-a-tat-tat sound.

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I can't really describe it better than that, and if it's not a familiar sound for a problematic TiVo, I can record it making it, although I've unplugged it now and would rather not plug it back in again.

I first noticed no Freeview signal (which is the source) was being passed through, as the RF aerial loops through to a second TV in the room, thought it might be the Freeview box, as that had crashed again, then saw the TiVo was no longer functioning.

It's making a constant rat-a-tat-tat sound, akin to New Order's Blue Monday. The screen is blank and the unit is unresponsive. I know it's happened in the last 24hrs.

I've had it a few years, but is it a new PSU that'll fix it, or is it the hard drive or motherboard, and if the latter then I may as well replace the unit?

Thanks in advance.

 

Ta. It's similar to that, but faster, just slightly faster than Blue Monday.

I just tried to plug it back in, waiting for it to power up and start clicking again but I'm getting absolutely zilch out of it now.

If it's the hard drive, then will a new, properly-configured one get the unit up and running again?

Most of the programmes on there I'm not fussed about, as it had become a second unit to record stuff on, and the quality from Freeview isn't as good as when I recorded from Sky - oddly, a bit of a darker picture - but it's still a handy thing to have.

The only thing I'll miss (although it'll be online somewhere) is when C4 accidentally broadcast the U2 Simpsons episode uncut, complete with two w-words which rhyme with "bankers".

 

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Wow, that'd be amazing, thankyou. That's very kind of you. It'll be great to test it before splashing out.

 

You're a star, thankyou. I've just PM'd you