One to tell if it reboots, is to enable the on screen clock (select-play-select-9-select). If it reboots, the clock will no longer be enabled.
series 2 single tuner rebooted when connecting wireless
Do I need to worry about this Tivo rebooting once?
Last night I ran a tcd240080 Tivo through some tests and everything worked fine, except it spontaneously rebooted while downloading the tvguide data. It was the first time that I had it connected via wireless. But then when I connected wirelessly with the same adapter it connected fine and didn't reboot. It hasn't given me any problems since rebooting last night at 12:30am.
I just talked to Tivo tech support and he just kept saying 'well if it
is working then we can't troubleshot it." He really wasn't much help. Usually the techs are much more helpful.
I ask him if there was some place that I could see if it rebooted again
during the night, but he said 'no'. I also ask if he could troubleshot
the Tivo remotely or have me download a file for him to look at. (I read
about this on tivocommunity) but he said 'no'. He said he didn't see
that it was a problem. He said that he couldn't see that that the Tivo
had connected to Tivo.com till the file had updated. He said Tivos do
occasionally reboot, especially when the configuration is changed. My
Premieres do occasionally reboot or lockup, but I can't ever remember
any of my Series 2s rebooting spontaneously. I do have two Series 3
tivos that reboot and believe that it is a problem with the capacitors
going bad in the power supplies from what I have read on
tivocommunity.com
Does this Tivo have a capacitor problem too? It was manufactured 18jan03
This isn't a Tivo that I have used. It has been sitting on the shelf because I have better Tivos, and now I want to sell it, but don't want to sell a broke box.
Maybe I should open it up and look at the capacitors?
I was reading another thread and it mentioned pixelation associated with a bad hard drive, and I noticed pixelation on one channel, but that cleared when I went to another channel.
Last night I ran a tcd240080 Tivo through some tests and everything worked fine, except it spontaneously rebooted while downloading the tvguide data. It was the first time that I had it connected via wireless. But then when I connected wirelessly with the same adapter it connected fine and didn't reboot. It hasn't given me any problems since rebooting last night at 12:30am.
I just talked to Tivo tech support and he just kept saying 'well if it
is working then we can't troubleshot it." He really wasn't much help. Usually the techs are much more helpful.
I ask him if there was some place that I could see if it rebooted again
during the night, but he said 'no'. I also ask if he could troubleshot
the Tivo remotely or have me download a file for him to look at. (I read
about this on tivocommunity) but he said 'no'. He said he didn't see
that it was a problem. He said that he couldn't see that that the Tivo
had connected to Tivo.com till the file had updated. He said Tivos do
occasionally reboot, especially when the configuration is changed. My
Premieres do occasionally reboot or lockup, but I can't ever remember
any of my Series 2s rebooting spontaneously. I do have two Series 3
tivos that reboot and believe that it is a problem with the capacitors
going bad in the power supplies from what I have read on
tivocommunity.com
Does this Tivo have a capacitor problem too? It was manufactured 18jan03
This isn't a Tivo that I have used. It has been sitting on the shelf because I have better Tivos, and now I want to sell it, but don't want to sell a broke box.
Maybe I should open it up and look at the capacitors?
I was reading another thread and it mentioned pixelation associated with a bad hard drive, and I noticed pixelation on one channel, but that cleared when I went to another channel.
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It can't hurt to take a look at the capaitors but it's likely a "time will tell" thing. That is, leave it plugged in for a week and see if it reboots during that time. Another way to know that it rebooted is to set the banner to something other than the full detail. If it reboots, it goes back to the full detail banner. As a side note, every S1 I've had (4 altogether) goes through several reboots while trying to install the downloaded data and it has nothing to do with the type of connection it has. The S2s and above have all loaded just fine.Maybe I should open it up and look at the capacitors?
I was reading another thread and it mentioned pixelation associated with a bad hard drive, and I noticed pixelation on one channel, but that cleared when I went to another channel.
Good idea on the clock. Wish I would have thought of that so I would now know if it had gone down since the first time. But at least I will know now.One to tell if it reboots, is to enable the on screen clock (select-play-select-9-select). If it reboots, the clock will no longer be enabled.
I think I forsee the purchase of a 2200uF 16 to 25 Volt 105 degree Celsius Low ESR electrolytic capacitor in your near future.Do I need to worry about this Tivo rebooting once?
Last night I ran a tcd240080 Tivo through some tests and everything worked fine, except it spontaneously rebooted while downloading the tvguide data. It was the first time that I had it connected via wireless. But then when I connected wirelessly with the same adapter it connected fine and didn't reboot. It hasn't given me any problems since rebooting last night at 12:30am.
I just talked to Tivo tech support and he just kept saying 'well if it
is working then we can't troubleshot it." He really wasn't much help. Usually the techs are much more helpful.
I ask him if there was some place that I could see if it rebooted again
during the night, but he said 'no'. I also ask if he could troubleshot
the Tivo remotely or have me download a file for him to look at. (I read
about this on tivocommunity) but he said 'no'. He said he didn't see
that it was a problem. He said that he couldn't see that that the Tivo
had connected to Tivo.com till the file had updated. He said Tivos do
occasionally reboot, especially when the configuration is changed. My
Premieres do occasionally reboot or lockup, but I can't ever remember
any of my Series 2s rebooting spontaneously. I do have two Series 3
tivos that reboot and believe that it is a problem with the capacitors
going bad in the power supplies from what I have read on
tivocommunity.com
Does this Tivo have a capacitor problem too? It was manufactured 18jan03
This isn't a Tivo that I have used. It has been sitting on the shelf because I have better Tivos, and now I want to sell it, but don't want to sell a broke box.
Maybe I should open it up and look at the capacitors?
I was reading another thread and it mentioned pixelation associated with a bad hard drive, and I noticed pixelation on one channel, but that cleared when I went to another channel.
The Tivo hasn't rebooted anymore and the capacitors look good.
Is the wireless adapter still plugged into it?The Tivo hasn't rebooted anymore and the capacitors look good.
Have you checked the networking menu to see if it's connecting and downloading guide data regularly and successfully?
Yes, it was connecting to Tivo with the wireless and no more rebooting. The hard drive was a little noisy, but it seems that all the hard drives on that model are noisy.Is the wireless adapter still plugged into it?
Have you checked the networking menu to see if it's connecting and downloading guide data regularly and successfully?
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