I'm at my wits end. The original 160mb drive was giving lots of trouble (or was it??) so everything I read pointed to the hard drive.

I went and got a pre-loaded 2TB drive and installed it... and here is what it does:

I can get it to boot, I can get it to the point where it'll run the Guided Setup... I can get the M-Card paired, etc...

Bur for some reason when all is said and done and I go back to the Main Menu -- it will show me the main menu for about 3-4 seconds and then it reboots.

So... I ran a bunch of Kickstarts... nothing...

I finally rant S.M.A.R.T. and I got a "Pass" on the first thing and then a "Fail 7" for the next 3 things. When I rant the test again, I got it to pass one more of them, but then failed two anyway... when I tried to run it a third time, it failed 3 again...

So... let me have it. Is this drive bad too? Is the HD trashed? I've tried it with the coax in, out, with the ethernet in, out, I've tried it all... nothing... I can leave it on the "Complete CableCARD Setup" screen and it doesn't lock up and the "search lights" move around and all... Same thing for "Important Message" -- I can stay there and it's fine... but as soon as I go to "Tivo Central"... Hello, "Welcome! Powering up..." cycle and then back to square one...

Ugh. Please help. Bad second drive? Bad Tivo? More tests.

What say you gurus?

Thanks,
Pete

Thought I'd post up more info... hopefully somebody can help.

I'm trying it again right now...
1) Welcome Screen
2) After a few minute "Almost There. Just a few minutes more..."
3) Then the "tivo dog" video...
4) I press Tivo button
5) I get Main Menu (Tivo Central)
6) After a few seconds (3 or 4?) it goes back to "Welcome! Powering Up..." and starts all over again.

I've tried it the M-Card in and out, I've tried it with different cable combos in and out. I've tried making sure the cables going from the drive to the motherboard are seated well, clean, ok, etc.... nothing.

I should add:

If the M-Card is out, it will let me do Guided Setup... etc. However as soon as I get to the "Tivo Central" screen it reboots...

???