RCA DV40 dead?

[ThomasMiddlebrooks64774]

I had bought the PTVNET to enable the network connection and I think I screwed something up. After using the disk when it boots up first it shows the regular powering up message then it shows a new black and red logo. After a while, it reboots. Repeat. Over and over.

Ok here are my questions. 1, is there a fix. 2, if I get the instantcake cd and regen the drives as they are now... will it keep the already recorded shows? 3, if not... if I regen another HD from instantcake, is there anyway to get the shows from the old drives to the new one?

Thanks in advance.

[Rick Travis]

found on ccs corporation website:
"Problem: When powered, unit Cycles between the above two screens and appears to reboot.

Cause: Power Supply not correctly supplying 3.3 Volts to the Main Circuit Board."

it appears your power supply has gone bad.

[ThomasMiddlebrooks64774]

Originally Posted by RichardTravis53873

found on ccs corporation website:
"Problem: When powered, unit Cycles between the above two screens and appears to reboot.

Cause: Power Supply not correctly supplying 3.3 Volts to the Main Circuit Board."

it appears your power supply has gone bad.

Thanks for the response. I think the real root of the problem was that I used the PTVNet on a drive that was not formatted with mfstools. Evidently this is a no no, and left it in a rather sad state. I bought a new drive and formatted with instantcake and has been working like a champ ever since. I still need to research to find out if I can save the programming on the old drives (and I think I can if I can find the proper image to use with mfstools and overwrite what PTVNet wrote to go back to "standard" programming).

Thanks again

	MFStools MFStools is a linux utility developed by "Tiger" many years ago. It is a command line tool often run from a linux boot CD and it can be used to backup and restore a TiVo image, as well as manipulate the partition system of drives during the upgrade process.