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The original drive was making a whining noise and the Tivo would freezing up while recording, live TV and sometimes while in the menus
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I'd suggest you check your cabling inside and out of the TiVo, because the flickering lines are not going to be caused by a hard drive. you might also try connecting it to another TV in your house to see if the flickering goes away....but even so, I think you may have some other problem with your TiVo (eg. a bad power supply or motherboard).Comment
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Switched to another TV and changed the cables no change Still stuck on the powering up screenComment
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So on the new TV, do you still have the flickering lines? If not, a TiVo stuck on "welcome, powering up" is almost always indicative of a bad hard drive.Been here a long time . . .Comment
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I sent the hard drive in to be checked and it came back tested good/OK and Yes I still have the lines on the screenComment
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Are you using a surge protector or something else between the Tivo and the wall? If so, try removing that.Comment
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I took off the surge protector and plugged in to the wall with no change still black/gray screen flickering screenComment
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OK - then you either have a bad power supply, or a bad motherboard.
Best bet is our flat-fee repair:
http://www.weaknees.com/tff-repair.phpBeen here a long time . . .Comment
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Right--as I said originally, flickering lines are not caused by a drive...so you might have another problem. You might consider a TiVo repair service. While what wk-michael says is accurate--that being stuck on powering up is typically a drive issue--in your case the flickering lines, plus the fact that the drive passed, indicates that you have another problem.Comment
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