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The hdparms should also have shown a firmware version, which might have helped differentiate. But since you bought a prepped drive, worst case, you are just back in Guided Setup.
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smartctl -i /dev/sdX will show you the serial number. It may also be printed on the drive. If not, you can hook up one drive at a time and check each for their serial number. The serial number is a good unique identifier that should distinguish different drives, even if they are otherwise identical.
The new weaknees_sata.iso boot has smartctl. It also supports hotplug if your sata controller supports it, so you can plug and unplug the drives without rebooting. You do need to be careful to check the drive letter after hotplug, since it may change if you unplug it then plug it back in.
There's a little shell script on the bootcd, listdrives that will list all the drives attached and display their serial number and smart status ("health").Last edited by WK-JSP; 11-17-2006, 05:15 PM.Comment
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Thanks for the offer. But, I just got back to the office and the new HD is already here so that really makes no sense. And, we will just do some heavy watching tonight and tomorrow and I will do the upgrade on Sunday. That is really the hard part as I would simply like to open up the S3 tonight. Patience will win out.Originally posted by WK-Michael View Post
With the new intel chips on the Mac and BootCamp and Parallels, there should be a lot more Macs in the Tivo world of the future.Comment
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I hope so too - but I'm a little concerned that the compatibility issues aren't so much in the hardware as in the software. I'd really like TiVoToGo for my Mac . . .Been here a long time . . .Comment
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Success!
Same here, I'm working on a MacBook myself here.Originally posted by WK-Michael View Post
Anyway, back on topic....the 'dd' command just finished (took about 5 hours) and I put the new drive in the S3 and .... it works! I have all my programming transferred over and everything appears to be functioning...AND so far it seems considerably quieter than the 7200.10 750GB drive I had in before.Comment
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Excellent! Glad to hear it worked, and that the noise (or silence) is what you were expecting. These drives really are night and day from the desktop models.Been here a long time . . .Comment
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Michael:
Install is a cinch. And drive is very quiet. My only issue is that my digital and premium channels no longer come in. When I go to any digital and premium channel the initial cablecard screen comes up advising me to contact my cable provider. The cablecard number, host and data infor is shown. By the way, all of my premium channels are checked in the guide.
I have Comcast in Boston.
Suggestions on what to do? Like remove the cablecards or something similar, besides calling Comcast. Maybe it is a simple telephone call to Comcast, but I certainly would not want to have to have another installer appointment to reset cable cards.
Thanks.Last edited by gostan; 11-19-2006, 08:08 AM.Comment
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Well, some HD upgraders are having issues with encryted content and cablecards after hard drive upgrade. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...d.php?t=323639 I was under the impression that this was should not be the case as the cable cards are not supposed to be set to the hard drive, but to the Tivo motherboard itself.
Meanwhile, I have Comcast scheduled to come back out and, likely, reset the cablecards, on Wednesday.
That is, unless there is some other interim solution. And my situation seems a bit more confusing as I not only receive no premiums, but no digitals. Luckily, I do have the local HD's via cable and ota as the Patriots play the Packers at one pm today. That is why I am reluctant to just removing the cable cards and reinserting them.
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We are indeed aware that some (and for better or worse, very few) people are having issues like yours. Some have been able to solve the problem by calling their cable companies and asking for a cold hit.
Given how infrequent the problem is, we don't yet know for sure what is happening with some cable companies. There is nothing about the software that we are sending that is causing the problem. For example, we use the same software on fully-upgraded units that we sell, yet no customer of a complete unit has had the problem.
As an interim step, I would recommend that you work with Comcast. As we have more information, we will post it and keep everyone apprised.Comment
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Earlier in the day I called Comcast and asked for a cold hit. They advised me that they would have to send a technician out to deal with any cable card issues. I have an appointment for this Wednesday morning.
And, I do understand that, os far, these issues appear to be random with little uniformity between cable service providers. But, it must be likely that it is related to how particular cable companies set up the pairing of their cablecards.Comment
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That is what I am doing. I certainly hope that there is no charge from Comcast for this service.Originally posted by WK-Jeff View Post
Thanks for your response(s). I will let you know what happens.
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From what we understand, Comcast marries each CableCARD to a specific host id. Each card slot in the TiVo has a separate ID. If you swap the cards around, certain channels might not work properly until the cards are re-paired (re-married) even if the cards have been put back into the correct slot. Similarly, if for some reason the host id changes, then the card has to be married back up to the new host id.
In order to re-marry the cards, the cable company has to send out another signal. In order to re-marry the card, Comcast actually has to have the new data number that is visible in the "CableCARD(tm) Pairing" screen, and that would need to be entered into their records.
If you have trouble, you could simply tell the cable company that the S3 had to be repaired so it would need to have the cards "paired up" (married) again.Last edited by WK-Jeff; 11-20-2006, 06:01 PM.Comment
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Jeff,
I guess that I will advise Comcast that the premiums and digitals simply stopped coming in and that I do not know why - the cable cards must have been defective. If I advise them that the S3 was repaired, there will definitely be a service charge as the S3 is not Comcast equipment.
But, I did not swap cards out. I swapped the hard drive out. So, I assume that a swap out of the hard drive without a full copy of the existing disc image causes the need for a new pairing up of the new host id in Comcast cable systems as the host id is tied some how tied to the hard drive. I understand that there is no uniformity between the cable cards in the USA, but it seems to me that WK needs to advise purchasers of hard drives that a re-pairing of the cable cards might be necessary depending upon the implementation of the cable cards by each individual cable company.
Happy Thanksgiving.Comment
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You might consider calling Comcast and telling them that they need to re-pair/re-marry your cards to the host ids. Tell them that your data number has changed. You can find the new number in the "CableCARD Pairing" screen of your TiVo. Have them enter the new number in their records, and we're told that should solve the problem.Comment
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I actually did attempt this by telephone yesterday. But, regular Comcast customer service will not put you in communication with the customer service folks that deal with the cablecards. Pretty darn inefficient and costly customer service approach.Originally posted by WK-Jeff View PostComment
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