Once upon a time Kathy shaped the electrons to say... > welcome screen. I understand it might be a dead hard drive. Called > Humax and the techie had us disconnect the power and then also do > a "kick start" which involved hitting pause and then the number 57 and > then waiting 3 hours. So far nothing has worked. Looks like I need a > new one.
Ah, he had you force an MFS check. || While booting the power light will change from green to yellow as the || line 'checkpanic' in the rc.sysinit gets executed. This happens a few || seconds before the screen changes from the startup image to "almost || there" and it's your cue to hold down a button (use pause) on the || remote to trigger a panic. When the record light changes yellow, key in || one of the following sequences: || || 0 - emergency call to tivo, touchtone dialing || 1 - emergency call to tivo, pulse dialing || 9 - emergency call to tivo, touchtone w/ 9 prefix || -- I suggest not doing any of these unless explicitly instructed Kickstart code 5 1 - software upgrade Kickstart code 5 2 - emergency reinstall Kickstart code 5 3 - BER testing Kickstart code 5 4 - HDD test Kickstart code 5 5 - Tuner/AFT test Kickstart code 5 6 - software install Kickstart code 5 7 - force MFS check Kickstart code 5 8 - perform MFS cleanup Kickstart code 6 2 - initialize E-SATA drive Tray open code 111 - will open tray You could try '58', but of 57 didn't fix it, it is probably a dead drive. > I understand that the Humax is no longer being manufactured? I did None of the DVD-RW units are. > find a company online called Weaknees. Has anyone heard of them? It Yep, WeaKnees.com is one of the most respected 3rd party resellers. WeaKnees.com and DVRupgrade.com are the two big players in the 'expanded TiVo' market, both well known and respected. > looks like they do sell the Humax which can be upgraded to 80 hours. > Does anyone know about this company? Would they be a good source to > replace my Humax? Thanks! You could just replace the drive instead of the whole unit. Both WeaKnees.com and DVRupgrade.com sell ready-to-run drives you just swap with the existing drive. A less expensive option, if your (or a friend) is comfortable with basic PC hardware, is to supply your own drive and pick up an 'Instant Cake' CD from DVRUpgrade.com. That has all the tools and software you need to image a blank drive using a TV. Connect your drive, boot the CD, follow the instructions, and you'll have a drive ready to swap into your TiVo. -MZ -- megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.TiVoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
