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Step 5: Remove drive(s) from Tivo
Unit
- If you have a brand new Tivo, you will want to run the guided
setup prior to upgrade. This will reduce your potential backup
problems and also reduce your backup size and verify that your
Tivo is operational.Also if it is a newly activated unit, you
will generally want to wait a day until the unit has downloaded
the latest version of operating software. Also remember that
upgrading or modifying your Tivo will void your factory
warranty.
- When you are ready to upgrade, check the software revision in
your Tivos on screen setup or administration menu and note the
version number (ie.4.x,3.x,2.5,etc), and then unplug the Tivo
unit. This is very important to prevent damage from electrical
shock. Remove the torx screws on the rear of the Tivo and
carefully remove the Tivo cover.
- Be especially careful not to touch the power supply as it can
still give an electrical shock and damage hardware even when
unplugged. Disconnect the IDE cables and power connectors to the
Tivo hard drive(s). Tivo series 1 standalone units will unscrew
the 2 screws holding the drive bracket(s) to the Tivo frame, and
slide the drives out with the bracket connected. Those with
Directv with Tivo and original series 2 units will need to remove the
entire metal drive tray holding the Tivo hard drive(s).
Temporarily unplug the fan connector and unscrew the 2 screws on
the side of the unit. On most units you will be able to slide the
drive bracket out at this point. Some Sony T-60 units however
have a third screw on the reverse side of the metal divider,
behind the power supply. Be careful not to touch the power supply
when removing. Once you have successfully removed the brackets
and drive(s), you need to unscrew the drives from the brackets.
(This may not be necessary if your PC's IDE cables and power
connectors are long enough)
- If you have more than one factory drive, you will want to
label which drive is the A drive and which is the B drive. As a
rule, the A drive is usually connected at the end of the IDE
cable, while the B drive is connected in the middle. They may
also be labeled with colored stickers. If you are unable to
determine which is which, you can also examine the jumper
settings on the Tivo hard drive, the A drive will be set to
"Master" or "Cable Select" while the B drive will be set to
"Slave" or have no jumpers.
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Series 2 Tivo Caution!!
This is for Series 2 Tivo and Series 2 Directv with Tivo Owners: When looking inside your Series 2 TiVo, you will notice a white ribbon cable running from the front panel of the TiVo to the motherboard. It is a white ribbon cable that plugs directly into the motherboard.
NEVER power-up your TiVo with this cable either slightly or completely removed from the motherboard. It must be firmly seated when you power up the TiVo.
Here's the reason: Doing so can permanently damage your TiVo. In some cases, the TiVo will power up but will not respond to the remote. In other cases, the TiVo will not power up at all (and will just click). With the HDVR2 and, potentially, the other Series2 TiVos, even if you later plug this cable back in, your TiVo still may not respond to your remote.
Therefore, when removing the power cable and IDE cable from your TiVo's factory hard drive, be VERY careful of this cable. Do not dislodge it. If you do dislodge it, just re-insert the cable before powering up.
If your Series 2 Tivo is damaged due to this problem:
Warning:
Needs very good SMT component soldering skill. Please DON'T DIY if you never work on SMT before. Ask some one with the skill or bring your Tivo to an electronics repair shop let the technician do it for you.
Who need fix:
If you power up the HDVR2 with ribbon cable unevenly plug into CN10 on motherboard and found the Remote malfunction. Most likely you need this fix.
Cause:
HDVR2 use 3 pins IR sensor (in front panel). Pin1=+5V, Pin2=Ground, Pin3=IR signal out. For general circuit design, usually direct connects pin2 to common ground. But HDVR2 IR sensor pin2 goes through a ribbon cable and Inductor L30 on the motherboard side connects to ground. When ribbon cable unevenly plug into CN10, The contact pins on cable cause shortage between pins inside CN10. When power up the Tivo, DC current from shorted pins inside CN10 goes through Inductor L30 to ground. If enough current apply to L10, it’ll generates too much heat and burned open. The IR sensor pin2 will no longer connect to ground even you plug back the ribbon cable right next time.
Fix:
Replace L30 (inside red circle on the attached picture) with a new one (any value will work). If can't find any inductor, just use a thin wire short L30 will work.
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Step 6: Connecting drive to your
computer
- Now you will need to locate our primary and secondary IDE
cables in the computer you will be using for the upgrade. As a
rule, computers with more than one hard drive will have the
master drive connected at the end of the IDE cable, while the
slave will be connected at the middle. Configurations vary,
however your Windows boot "C" drive is usually connected to the
primary IDE cable. The secondary IDE port may not be in use at
all if you have only one drive and a CD ROM. If there is only one
IDE cable on your computer, you can trace it back to the
motherboard and you will find a secondary port where you can
connect the secondary cable. The cable is only designed to go one
way, so ensure that the colored strip on the secondary cable is
the same way as the primary cable.
- For ease of installation and to minimize jumper changes, a
particular IDE hard drive connections have been selected for the
upgrade, which will leave the secondary slave port available for
the CD ROM/CD-RW drive, wherever possible. However, your TiVo
drives and CD-ROM/CD-RW can be connected to any IDE port you
wish. Just make sure to adjust the drive jumpers and all the
command options to follow accordingly. If you plan to backup your
drive (Recommended) then your DOS/Windows fat32 C: drive or
partition should be left as primary master. Here is a table of
the Linux IDE drive designations so that you can make changes to
the utility commands if you are using a different drive
configuration than I have outlined:
hda – Primary Master (DOS/Windows fat32 C: drive or
partition)
hdb – Primary Slave
hdc – Secondary Master
hdd – Secondary Slave
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