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johnnydanger79
10-28-2009, 04:06 PM
Hello everyone. I posted this question on another forum and was recommended to check out this site for answers. I purchased a Tivo Series 2 Dual from someone and its not working. At first it wouldnt do anything, but after leaving it on for a while it starts up and stays on the Welcome! Powering Up... screen forever.

Ive been told this is most likely a hard drive or a power supply problem. Before I start taking out the hard drive to take it to someones house to test it (My PC only has SATA connections) I want to know if anyone here thinks it may be the power supply. I took some picks and I think one of the capacitors may be blown, but I dont know for sure. Can anyone tell me based on the pictures that I post if you think this is purely a problem with a bad power supply or if it could still possibly be the hard drive?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

zx9re
11-12-2009, 07:19 PM
Hi - well I'm not an expert with these units but from the sounds of what you are saying, the power supply must be fine because the unit turns on, the fan runs I assume ? Dead capacitors on the board would likely render the box very dead. You likely have a bad hard drive and have to install another one now with the appropriate image to get going again. Source a new HD (PATA) and go for it, Good luck...