grey screen on series 2

[livingdeadchild]

Here is my story. I have a series two model number TCD140060. I put a new hard drive into it as I thought the hard drive had gone bad. I used instant cake and am very familiar with computers.

After putting in my new hard drive I went to the settings > channels and it would cause the system to reboot. I thought this was odd.

I downloaded all the info into my TiVo it needed and here is what happens. I will plug it in, it will boot normally, but after about and hour if I turn on my TV it is a grey/black screen. Then I reboot.

Last night this happened and hung on the reboot, it did reboot fine this morning however.

I doubt I have another bad hard drive, and possible the first on was not bad either, but it is sent back now so I don't know.

I don't belive it is the power supply as if it just shut down the passthough should work and I would see whatever was being broadcast on channel three at the time.

I also put in a new fan I had laying around last night and it still happened, so I do not belive it is overheating.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you.

[skibbey]

I had a similar problem, but with the 649080 Series 2 dual turner model. I tried different hard drives, different power supplies, multiple reinstallations using InstantCake, etc.

After searching through dozens of threads on multiple sites RE Tivo problems, I found one that said some people had experienced problems with S-Video input. I then realized that my problems had started at about the same time I started using S-Video on one set of Tivo inputs, and that I had changed the other input to S-Video at the same time I installed the new hard drive. Since nothing else had worked, I yanked the S-Video cables and went back to the RCA video cables.

Voila! My Tivo has now been working flawlessly for two weeks, though I must admit I am afraid to put the cover back on even though it seems clear that the S-Video was the culprit.

[skibbey]

It has now been a few months since I got rid of the s-video cables, and my Series 2 Tivo is still going strong. In fact, I even put the cover back on a couple of months ago, though I did add a second fan just on general principles.

It's possible I would have had to replace the hard drive and rebuild the power supply anyway, but I can only conclude that the s-video cables were causing most or all of the post-rebuild boot and operation problems. I would strongly encourage anyone who is using s-video cables and is experiencing similar problems to see if getting rid of the s-video cables solves their problems too.