Help! My Tivo has died!

[andymoz]

I went to check the Tivo this morning and noticed no Green LED on front of unit.
Switched on TV and no output on screen.
Pulled out power and re-connected and hear hard drive spinning up,then nothing.
There was a power failure in our area last night like most of Melbourne was encountering.

I've disconnected it and now sitting on bench.
What to do next?

Thanks

[Darren King]

If you keep the power supply plugged into the motherboard (it needs a load to function) you can use a multimeter to test the two voltages it produces:

Yellow/black wires will show roughly 12 volts DC
Red/Black wires will show roughly 5 volts DC

When I say "roughly" I mean +/- 10% for tolerances. It won't be "spot on" the two figures quoted but near enough is good enough.

If you have these then it is most likely the motherboard.