have you tried unplugging the power for a minute, and then plugging back in? Sometimes there are things that don't get "reset" with a reset ... I know it sounds stupid, but its true with dish receivers.
When you're trying to program I'm presuming you're doing that from within the menus and with your remote .. not through one of the Online methods? (reasoning, I've had reboots when HDCP protected events try to record to the drive on my 722k, when I was doing it through the web site and the TV was off .... not sure if they've fixed that HDCP problem nor not and not)