I saw the troubleshoot your hd thread here (download software for the maker of hd and test) I can pull this and test it no problem, just making sure there is nothing else i should check before placing my order.

I dont care about whats on the tivo, starting over is fine, and seems like using one of their drives would be the best vs messing with an old hard drive i was thinking about trying to put in there.

Just want to get my tivo workin again, thanks for any input on what else i should check or do...

Bill

Broke out the Torx, took the tivo apart OMG i am sad to say it was a nest of dust everywhere, blew everything out, confirmed the case fan is working well, removed hard drive and dvd drive. I had a blockbuster dvd in there i needed to get out yet when it was in a constant reboot mode i couldn't get the dvd drive door open, taking it apart and using a paperclip saved me the hassle of having to buy the dvd from blockbuster (its already overdue) hehe.

Cleaned everything up, re-assembled figured why not try it, put everything back together again, plugged up and bam welcome, almost there, start song and dance and its working again, altho i doubt its "fixed for good" probably the hard drive failing, but i guess i am just wanting to make sure nothing else is wrong before i invest in a replacement hard drive again here.

I can say giving it a good cleanout sure makes me feel better tho, and who knows maybe ill get a bit more out of it here, at least once it dies again looks like a new weaknees replacement drive is in my future.

Bill