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    Tivo Bolt - Not booting and blank screen

    I bought a used 500GB Tivo Bolt when plugged in the red lights comes on for 1 second then then goes off. After that nothing else happens. I can hear the fan spinning and the hard drive spin up. I also tried plugging in a network cable to see if the Tivo gets an IP address but it does not. My thinking is that the boot ROM may be corrupt.
    • Is there a way to verify this?
    • If the boot ROM is corrupt, can it be re-flashed?
    • Could something else be wrong?



    Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank in advance
    Andy
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  • #2
    I've never seen corrupt boot ROM on a TiVo. Ever. I really doubt it's that.

    That sounds like a bad drive. We have replacements here:

    https://www.weaknees.com/bolt.php
    Been here a long time . . .

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    • #3
      Thanks WK-Michael...I have a drive that I can try. I will change it out and see if that works.

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      • #4
        @WK-Michael I replaced the hard drive, however that did not fix the issue.

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        • #5
          What drive did you use?
          Been here a long time . . .

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          • #6
            I had a WD 1TB drive laying around. I bought another used Bolt and put that same 1TB drive in it and it works fine so I know the drive is OK. The bad Bolt is acting like it isn't booting. Just a 1/2 second flash of red light and then nothing else. The fan runs and that is all I can tell. I would really like to get the bad Bolt back to a good state if possible.

            Thanks for your help.
            Last edited by ando1011; 11-06-2018, 12:47 PM.

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            • #7
              OK - I can't really say that's the definitive test of a drive working, but in any event, if you have another Bolt, have you tried the power supply from that other Bolt on the bad one?
              Been here a long time . . .

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              • #8
                Originally posted by WK-Michael View Post
                OK - I can't really say that's the definitive test of a drive working, but in any event, if you have another Bolt, have you tried the power supply from that other Bolt on the bad one?

                Yes I tried a PS from a good Bolt. Didn't help. I also tried the original 500GB drive from the working Bolt I have. It still did not help. So I think I can safely say it is not the drive in this bad one. I just don't know what else could cause this. Since you are able to put a blank drive in the bolt and boot it, I assumed the TiVo OS is on a ROM chip on the motherboard. My first hunch was that ROM is corrupt and needs to be re-flashed since this unit does not boot.
                Last edited by ando1011; 11-06-2018, 01:29 PM.

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                • #9
                  Sounds like it must be a bad motherboard. We've only seen a couple of those on Bolts, but that sure is all that's left.
                  Been here a long time . . .

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