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Hydra bricked my roamio ota

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I made the huge mistake of being lured to try hydra. As part of the install, you are sent to do the guided set up. My drv stops during the part where you down load. I can never complete and there is no way out. Is there any chance that putting in a new hard drive will save my box. Or is the problem on the mother board?
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Try rebooting your Router and associated Network Switches.

It will likely eventually complete Guided Setup.

-KP
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Hasn't in a couple of years. Try periodically. Always gets stuck downloading info
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Years?

Yikes!

Maybe you can get a KS52 to run on it?

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-KP
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dianebrat
Why not take the drive out, wipe it, and then put it back in as if it were fresh?
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Yeah, actually tried that earlier today. It flashed like it accepted the code. But still stopped in middle of download, same point,will probably try again.
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Tried earlier, flashed like it took but no joy. Will probably try a few times
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Lindav said:
Yeah, actually tried that earlier today. It flashed like it accepted the code. But still stopped in middle of download, same point,will probably try again.
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Pull the hard drive, run Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics on it:
  1. EXTENDED Read (Full, not Quick)
  2. WRITE ZEROS (Full, not Quick)
  3. EXTENDED Read (again; Full, not Quick; this verifies the WRITE ZEROS step)
If it successfully runs all three steps, put the HDD back into your TiVo unit, turn it on and it should format itself and look like it did on Day One.

When you pull the HDD, post the manufacturer and the model number.

Good Luck! :)
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Teeps
Don't see it mentioned above; if this has the wall-wart power supply.
I would try a new one with higher amp rating.
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brobin
This is the adaptor to get to replace thye wall wart:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KR392XQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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brobin said:
This is the adaptor to get to replace thye wall wart:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KR392XQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Is that the same one @jmbach recommends?
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