http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/05/diagnosing-tivo-power-supply-problems/ The blog about the TiVo SuperStore WeaKnees Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:01:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/05/diagnosing-tivo-power-supply-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-3016 Matt Wagner Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:09:32 +0000 http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/?p=258#comment-3016 My TiVo TCD240080 still powers up, fan spins, lights come on, and I get the on-screen that says "Welcome. Powering Up...", I can hear the hard drive begin to load. However, after a minute, it stops loading and sticks at that screen. I thought it a potentially bad HDD, WK also recommended a new HDD. So I put in a brand-spankin-new hard drive. Same issue. However, when it starts to load, I hear the hard drive begin to access, BUT, while it is loading, I hear the hard drive spin down, back up, then down, and back up. Which leads me to believe it is power supply related. The new hard drive is more power hungry than the old one, or is apparently more sensitive to power low condition than the old drive. I've not connected a DMM to the PS, but, I'm sure I'd see something power related if I did. My TiVo TCD240080 still powers up, fan spins, lights come on, and I get the on-screen that says “Welcome. Powering Up…”, I can hear the hard drive begin to load. However, after a minute, it stops loading and sticks at that screen. I thought it a potentially bad HDD, WK also recommended a new HDD. So I put in a brand-spankin-new hard drive. Same issue. However, when it starts to load, I hear the hard drive begin to access, BUT, while it is loading, I hear the hard drive spin down, back up, then down, and back up. Which leads me to believe it is power supply related. The new hard drive is more power hungry than the old one, or is apparently more sensitive to power low condition than the old drive. I’ve not connected a DMM to the PS, but, I’m sure I’d see something power related if I did.

]]> http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/05/diagnosing-tivo-power-supply-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-1629 Surge in TiVo Power Supply Sales Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:41:22 +0000 http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/?p=258#comment-1629 [...] you think your power supply may have failed, you should see our post for help diagnosing TiVo power supply issues. The short recap: no video at all, not even the gray screen, means TiVo power supply failure almost [...] [...] you think your power supply may have failed, you should see our post for help diagnosing TiVo power supply issues. The short recap: no video at all, not even the gray screen, means TiVo power supply failure almost [...]

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