Fixing older TiVos is definitely high on the list of why people find our blog. So here is a list of areas where you can learn more about how to diagnose and repair your TiVo, or how to have your TiVo fixed professionally.
WeaKnees Flat Fee TiVo Repair page – This is the most hands-off way to get any problem on a TiVo repaired. We recently added this option to make life easier for people who want to just send us a unit and get it back, working. This is also the only way in which we’ll do motherboard repairs on the TiVo models covered.
WeaKnees TiVo Repair and Troubleshooting Info – We have many, many pages on our site dedicated to helping TiVo users diagnose problems with their units. In most cases, we are able to offer a D-I-Y solution to fixing problems, sometimes via software and sometimes involving replacement parts.
WKForums TiVo Repair forum – This is a great place to read posts from other TiVo users with potentially similar problems, and to post your own questions for WeaKnees experts and other community members to answer.
TiVopedia TiVo Repair info – A companion site offering some other information about fixing TiVos.
fixmytivo.com TiVo Repair website – A site that offers help based on starting with the symptoms of the problem.
WKBlog TiVo Repair category – Click this to get a list of all blog entries we’ve posted about TiVo repair.
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I just purchased a DirectTV-TiVo HD DVR from Weaknees Model THR22-100 and just after activation I got the flowing error message on screen.
Subject: Problem found
From: Your DIRECTV-TiVo DVR
Date: wed 12/16
A hardware problem has been detected which needs your
attention.
If you recently attached an external hard drive to this
Restart the DVR
Skip for now
Delete this message
There seems to be a hardware problem with this unit.
Bizarre to see that on a THR22. Is there anything connected to the eSATA port?
My 8 year old Tive Premiere often buffers during Amazon Prime and Netflix shows.Is that a Tivo repair issue or network issue
Recently, after I was not able to repair my Tivo Premier with a new hard drive, I purchased a new Tivo Romeo. With the new Romeo I had no audio out from my TV. After I gave The technicians at Weaknees a hard time I found an HDMI setting in my receiver for AMP only output. By switching to AMP & TV the problem was solved. Many thanks to the folks at Weaknees for their patients and please accept my apology.
I had your business install a new hard drive in my TIVO Roamio back in March of 2024. The unit is working fine, but . . . when I shut off my TV and shut down the TIVO (standby) the green light goes dark the unit is off. Then I might come back in an hour or two or maybe even less and the green light is ON ?!? And there’s not a program being recorded, which I know it can do if I program it to, so WHY is the unit turning itself back on ???