I want to thank you for this video. My repair worked great. I bought the fan from Amazon, took about 5 days to come in, but installed. The steps where you put the mike next to the fan, told me what was wrong with my device and it all went together well. Took me about half an hour start to finish. I had the right T6, T10 etc. Good fix. My wife is very happy because my TiVo is so quiet. I did not change the hard drive. It's a 1T and I've never filled it up. Thanks, thanks, thanks.
I didn't do the bottom two fan screws either. I ordered a cheap 5 pack of fans and I just had to install a second one. came back here to a brain refresher on opening the case. I put a 1TB Samsung SSD in mine. Boots really fast and the minus load super fast. great video.
I've put a big honking 3" fan right on the heatsink of my Bolt, which I leave the cover off of now. And I learned my lesson on replacing HDs- put them on a PC SATA connection, use DiskPart to clean them, format them (FULLY, not quick, even though it can take hours), and re-clean them, THEN install them in the Tivo. Now, what would be nice is if you could have your season passes stored on a cloud and the system restores them. It would be a tiny amount of data.
I put a 3 TB hard drive in mine now will not boot up im thinking I need to copy original drive or maybe hook up either cabe to internet, any ideas mine was not plug and play.
Thanks. It's crazy to see how many customers of TiVo are facing the same issue. It seems the company knows and do this low quality parts to force the customers to buy new ones. Very bad practice. I will not buy TiVo anymore now that I know
using canned air will often rotate the fan faster than the motor would- and pooch the bearings- some try to lift the label and add oil, but really at this point the bearing surface is worn, replace for $15
Nice Gerald. Thanks. 1) When you replace the hard drive, does Tivo still recognize it and you? I have one with the lifetime subscription to the OTA TV Listing service. I would not want to lose that. 2) Also are there any problems associated with the function of the unit going to the large drive? 3) How quiet is the new fan? 4) Do you have to do a completely new setup -- or is there a way to save to the web and dl back to the new HD?
I will answer some of your questions. The subscription is recognized by the motherboard,not the hard drive. You will not lose your subscription.I have only done the Tivo HD upgrade but assume that the HD is recognized by the unit or else the poster would not go through the procedure. No knowledge of this particular fan. Yes,the new hard drive does need to initialize,the unit will go through the procedure. Hope this helps.
The OS is static in the TiVo circuitry. When you start the system back up again it must auto install the OS on the hard drive. You will have to go thru the TiVo setup screens as if it was for the first time. :-)
@@GERALD_POST what does it look like when it formats and how long does it take? I plugged it all in and the green, yellow, blue, and red lights are flashing and has been doing so for several hours.
If it’s similarly sized or smaller & can take a SATA connection, there’s no reason why it wouldn’t. The more pressing issue comes with the way that SSDs write/rewrite data that would make it not the best utilization for this use case.
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I want to thank you for this video. My repair worked great. I bought the fan from Amazon, took about 5 days to come in, but installed. The steps where you put the mike next to the fan, told me what was wrong with my device and it all went together well. Took me about half an hour start to finish. I had the right T6, T10 etc. Good fix. My wife is very happy because my TiVo is so quiet. I did not change the hard drive. It's a 1T and I've never filled it up. Thanks, thanks, thanks.
Great to hear!
I didn't do the bottom two fan screws either. I ordered a cheap 5 pack of fans and I just had to install a second one. came back here to a brain refresher on opening the case. I put a 1TB Samsung SSD in mine. Boots really fast and the minus load super fast. great video.
which model SSD and how is it now after a year of use ?
I've put a big honking 3" fan right on the heatsink of my Bolt, which I leave the cover off of now. And I learned my lesson on replacing HDs- put them on a PC SATA connection, use DiskPart to clean them, format them (FULLY, not quick, even though it can take hours), and re-clean them, THEN install them in the Tivo. Now, what would be nice is if you could have your season passes stored on a cloud and the system restores them. It would be a tiny amount of data.
I put a 3 TB hard drive in mine now will not boot up im thinking I need to copy original drive or maybe hook up either cabe to internet, any ideas mine was not plug and play.
Thanks. It's crazy to see how many customers of TiVo are facing the same issue. It seems the company knows and do this low quality parts to force the customers to buy new ones. Very bad practice. I will not buy TiVo anymore now that I know
well, I replaced fan yesterday- 7 years running 24 hours a day is pretty good for the OEM fan
Is there achance that blowing the fan withcompressed air will get rid of the noise ? If not what about spraying it then with a lubricant?
I tried both, neither worked for me.
using canned air will often rotate the fan faster than the motor would- and pooch the bearings- some try to lift the label and add oil, but really at this point the bearing surface is worn, replace for $15
Nice Gerald. Thanks. 1) When you replace the hard drive, does Tivo still recognize it and you? I have one with the lifetime subscription to the OTA TV Listing service. I would not want to lose that. 2) Also are there any problems associated with the function of the unit going to the large drive? 3) How quiet is the new fan? 4) Do you have to do a completely new setup -- or is there a way to save to the web and dl back to the new HD?
I will answer some of your questions. The subscription is recognized by the motherboard,not the hard drive. You will not lose your subscription.I have only done the Tivo HD upgrade but assume that the HD is recognized by the unit or else the poster would not go through the procedure. No knowledge of this particular fan. Yes,the new hard drive does need to initialize,the unit will go through the procedure. Hope this helps.
Yes it does
Is there any way to transfer the old recordings in the original hard drive to the new hard drive?
Not that I'm aware of sorry.
Does the operating system reside on the the hard drive? If so, what happens after you replace the drive?
The OS is static in the TiVo circuitry. When you start the system back up again it must auto install the OS on the hard drive. You will have to go thru the TiVo setup screens as if it was for the first time. :-)
Can someone post a link to the fans used for this or something similar?
www.amazon.com/dp/B07H4MSBSL?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
This is the one I used
I just came across your video very nice. The fan link says no longer available, can you recommend a different one. Thank you
How does the hard drive have to be formatted
It formats itself when the system is loading.
@@GERALD_POST what does it look like when it formats and how long does it take? I plugged it all in and the green, yellow, blue, and red lights are flashing and has been doing so for several hours.
Can I put an SSD in there?
I could not say for sure so my answer is I do not know.
If it’s similarly sized or smaller & can take a SATA connection, there’s no reason why it wouldn’t. The more pressing issue comes with the way that SSDs write/rewrite data that would make it not the best utilization for this use case.