TiVo series 1 Randomly PAUSES

[DynamiteGuy]

TiVo series 1 Randomly PAUSES


After installing InstantCake (SW-ICAKE-S1SA-DL-002) 2 Weeks ago to replace my failing Seagate 120GB with a Seagate 320GB on my TiVo series 1 Phillips HR312, then 1 week ago when it is in PLAY Mode, it Randomly goes into PAUSE Mode once or twice an hour or two. Anybody have any ideas how to Fix???
Thanks
DynamiteGuy

[Darren King]

Where are you located? You do not say in your profile and InstantCake is not a supported software package for OzTiVo users.

[DynamiteGuy]

HI
LINCOLN ALABAMA USA
Thanks
DynamiteGuy

[petestrash]

Please add those details to your profile, so we know you are not from this region and will answer questions accordingly.

Have you done a low level scan of your new hard drive before installing the instantcake software?

Peter

[DynamiteGuy]

HI Peter
Thanks for the info, but
NO, as this was a NEW hard drive out of the Seagate box
DynamiteGuy

[Darren King]

NO, as this was a NEW hard drive out of the Seagate box


That don't mean a thing. I've seen brand new hard disks with problems. Granted it is not common but it does happen.

I suggest getting the utility SeaTools from the Seagate website and ruling out an issue with bad sectors on the hard disk before anything else.

[DynamiteGuy]

TiVo series 1 Randomly PAUSES UpDate

I ZEROED out and Formatted a 200GB Maxtor HD, Installed InstantCake
Been Working for one day now, will see this next week
Anybody have any other ideas let me know
thanks
DynamiteGuy

[Darren King]

Appears to be hard disk related if you are seeing an improvement.

Did you happen to run SeaTools on the 320GB and see what it says?

[DynamiteGuy]

Darren King thanks for the info on SeaTools from Seagate

[DynamiteGuy]

did not get time to run SeaTools yet