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    Kickstart 54 timing

    HI, I've been having trouble with my Tivo HDXL. Unit would reboot every 23 minutes when trying to do service update. Went to tivo customer support where I learned of the kickstart 54. Started it yesterday afternoon. It's still running. When it started the screen was black. Went through the first 4 tests with no problem. Estimated time for the fifth test was 350 minutes. Now I'm at 785 minutes. That's about 13 hours for one test. Sometime, over night in the middle of this test, background screen went from black to pink. Does this mean anything??? Should I terminate the test or wait and see how long it will go for? I know the HDXL has a sizable hard drive, but 13 hours???? Any help is greatly appreciated.

    MIKE
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    That sounds like a bad drive to me. You can reboot and try again and see what happens, wait it out, or just try a new drive.
    Been here a long time . . .

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      Is this a common problem? Bad drive?? The unit is only 6 months old. Do you know if tivo will cover the replacement for this? Thanks!
      MIKE

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      • #4
        Drives do definitely fail - they're spinning thousands of times per minute, 24/7. On average, they don't fail that soon, but some always do, just as some last much longer than average.

        You're outside of TiVo's 90 day warranty on the everything, but they usually offer something within one year.
        Been here a long time . . .

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