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  • #1

    diagonal bands

    A week or so ago our old Directv Samsung 4040 started behaving strangely...

    First the color seems to flicker.
    then the color goes into almost a negative of normal and then the audio goes away and the video goes into marching diagonal colored bands.

    I ordered a new hard drive and installed it and that went fine.
    But the problem persists.

    If I turn off the power for a while, it comes back to normal for a while. (sometimes its fine for hours)
    If I play a DVD it is fine.
    other directv units in the house work fine.

    Any ideas?

    thanks
    Bill
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  • #2
    It's possible that you have a bad power supply that heats up and causes problems. If you want to try a new one, we have replacements here:

    http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-power-supply.php

    But it's just as likely that you've got a problematic motherboard, sorry to say.
    Been here a long time . . .

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    • #3
      is there any test?

      is there any test that I can do to see which it is?
      Motherboard or p/supply?


      thanks

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      • #4
        Basically, you just need to try the power supply and see if that does it.
        Been here a long time . . .

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