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tappy
09-12-2006, 06:23 AM
I removed my PC's hard drive, did a low-level format using maxtor utility(powermax.exe). Successfully, installed oztivo image on it. Now when i connect it to tivo, it freezes at the startup screen

"Please wait for a moment, your recorder is starting up"

Any inputs greatly appreciated.

petestrash
09-12-2006, 07:34 PM
The screen it hangs on is loaded from the prom on the mainboard and for some reason the TiVo cannot access the drive.

It does sound like a classic case of either a missing jumper or a jumper set to Slave or Cable Select.

It must be set to Master with a jumper.

Other than that, the usual suspects of both IDE connectors amd PSU connector.

Is the drive spinning up ?

Peter.

tappy
09-12-2006, 09:54 PM
i remember removing all the jumpers from the hard drive. I'll set the jumper to master and trying booting up again. Will let you know.
Thanks for your input.

tappy
09-12-2006, 11:32 PM
Peter,
i just added jumper to the drive and made it master....its up and running again!!!...awesome......thank you very much....
Tappy

petestrash
11-12-2006, 02:47 AM
Glad it helped.

Peter.