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    New hard drive won't spin

    I purchased an upgrade kit for my old Series 2 TiVo 240080. It was stuck on the "powering up" screen, so I assumed it was the hard drive. I replaced this drive with the new one, and now I get nothing. The new hard drive doesn't spin at all. The only indication of power is a flashing red light on the SATA adapter and the fan barely wiggles.

    I have unplugged and replugged everything several times, but no change.

    I also reinstalled the old hard drive as a test. It will still spin up and get to the "Powering up" screen.

    Any ideas?
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  • #2
    Probably, the new drive is actually spinning, but it's just almost silent.

    Does your power supply have any burst capacitors? See the pictures here:

    http://www.weaknees.com/bps
    Been here a long time . . .

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    • #3
      The capacitors look OK. Any idea why the fan runs OK with the old hard drive, but it barely wiggles with the new one?

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      • #4
        It may be that the new drive draws a bit more current on boot, but either way, it still sounds like a bad power supply.
        Been here a long time . . .

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        • #5
          You were right. It was the power source. I swapped it out with the power source from another old Tivo I had, and everything booted up fine.

          Thanks.

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          • #6
            If you need a replacement for the other unit, we have most here:

            http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-power-supply.php
            Been here a long time . . .

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