Reboot loop

[wsp]

Hello,

I have 2 series 2 Tivos that both recieved a service update the other night. They rebooted after the update as expected and are now both stuck in a reboot loop. They do the following:

1.) Start with the "Welcome, powering up..." screen
2.) Then, after a few minutes, go to the "Almost there just a few minutes more" screen
3.) Then, after a few minutes, they reboot and do it all over again

I've run Kickstart 57,58, and 52 multiple times, still no luck, the reboot loop just continues.

I then removed the harddrive from one of them, used mfstools to copy the hardrive to another drive I had available, and reinstalled the new drive. As I sort of expected, the new drive does exactly the same thing, stuck in a reboot loop.

I could just use InstantCake and get back up and running, but I depsaratly want to preserve the shows. When I boot to the mfstools CD I can access the harddrive and see the content is still there, just seems like the Tivo service update hosed the application.

Anyone have any ideas of what else I can try? Thanks!

[Lou Jacob]

What are the model numbers of the units in question?

Were these upgraded units and if so, how were they upgraded and what size drives did you use?

Lou

[wsp]

Lou,

Thanks! Both are model TCD540040. Each has had the single 40GB drive they came with removed and a 320GB replacement drive installed, using InstantCake. No other upgrades.
Both had been working fine for several months leading up to this.

[Lou Jacob]

Might want to follow-along and subscribe to this thread over at TCF (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=425589). It's not clear whether the only people affected are ones who used InstantCake or MFStools, but so far, all the people who have mentioned having a problem have TCD540 units.

Lou

[wsp]

Thanks, will do. That thread sounds exactly like what I'm experiencing.