Looking for a hard drive for a Tivo Series 3

[Mr Tony]

My Tivo Series 3 (the one without the OLED display) is on the fritz...rebooting at random times. Figured out its the hard drive that is going.

I have the Roamio OTA but where I live ABC is on a low powered analog translator and the Roamio is digital only. So I use the Series 3 for mainly ABC.

Anybody got a stock (160GB) hard drive for a series 3 they are willing to part with cheap?? If so PM me or post here. Thanks!

 

[primestar31]

Here's one for $22, or "Make Offer" and free shipping: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TiVo-Series...BSard-Drive-/331651636635?hash=item4d37fa5d9b

Here's one for $19 or "Make Offer" plus $5 shipping: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TiVo-Series...ern-Digital-/151688113923?hash=item235150ef03

Here's one for $29 with free shipping: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TiVo-Series...-WD1600AVBS-/181820496392?hash=item2a55589a08

 

[eurosport]

The one I bought from you a while ago is doing that too. I'm thinking a failing power supply, not the hard drive.

 

[Mr Tony]

Here's one for $22, or "Make Offer" <--snip-->

I know I could go the fleabay route but I threw it out here thinking someone might have one that they dont use and would part with it
In the FTA area we did that a few times as a "pay it forward" type thing

 

[StevenD]

Can you use bigger? Im certain I have a couple of 250 or 320s laying around. Does it have to be a certain brand? Or does it have to specifically be a certain Tivo drive?

 

[Mr Tony]

Can you use bigger? Im certain I have a couple of 250 or 320s laying around. Does it have to be a certain brand? Or does it have to specifically be a certain Tivo drive?

The ones that are in the Tivo's are Westen Digital. I did some looking and there are 2 different Series 3 models. One with a OLED display and one without (*the one without is commonly referred to as Tivo HD). I saw a couple on Ebayt but they will only work with the OLED one, NOT the HD. I even tried seeing if the one in my old Tivo Series 2 would work but that has different connectors.

Like as example there is a 1TB drive that says in the description
This upgrade is intended for the TiVo Series 3 (aka TiVo HD) model TCD652160 and will not work in any other model
which is the model I have

The connection looks like what is in this pic
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TiVo-Series...ern-Digital-/151688113923?hash=item235150ef03

Maybe later I'll take a pic of what mine looks like for the connectors.

 

[StevenD]

Thats just a standard SATA connection. It appears you can use any size hard drive, but you need to be able to image the boot partition of the original drive.

 

[Mr Tony]

I'm not a computer person so its all greek to me. If I get a bigger drive I know over at tivocommunity they have the instructions on setting it up.

 

[StevenD]

Will either of these work for you? The WD seems to be in a bit better shape than the Seagate.

-------------------------------------------------------------
         DFT-Win HGST HDD Diagnostic TEST
         Copyright (C) 2012 HGST
-------------------------------------------------------------
      DATE       :  09/27/2015 13:20:32

DRIVE INFORMATION
        Serial Number     : WD-WMAT14093940
        Model             : WDC WD3200AAKS-75B3A0
        Firmware Rev.     : 01.03A01
        Capacity          : 298GB
        SMART Status      : Healthy

Test Log
        ReadErrStat       : Done
        Result            : Pass
        Date/Time         : 09/27/2015 13:19:50

        SMART QT          : Done
        Result            : Pass
        Date/Time         : 09/27/2015 13:19:50
     

HD Tune: WDC     WD3200AAKS-75B3A Health
     
ID                               Current  Worst    ThresholdData     Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate         200      200      51       22       Ok    
(03) Spin Up Time                156      154      21       3191     Ok    
(04) Start/Stop Count            100      100      0        152      Ok    
(05) Reallocated Sector Count    200      200      140      0        Ok    
(07) Seek Error Rate             200      200      0        0        Ok    
(09) Power On Hours Count        64       64       0        26727    Ok    
(0A) Spin Retry Count            100      100      0        0        Ok    
(0B) Calibration Retry Count     100      100      0        0        Ok    
(0C) Power Cycle Count           100      100      0        151      Ok    
(C0) Power Off Retract Count     200      200      0        84       Ok    
(C1) Load Cycle Count            200      200      0        152      Ok    
(C2) Temperature                 110      93       0        33       Ok    
(C4) Reallocated Event Count     200      200      0        0        Ok    
(C5) Current Pending Sector      200      200      0        0        Ok    
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable       200      200      0        0        Ok    
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count   200      200      0        0        Ok    
(C8) Write Error Rate            200      200      0        0        Ok    
(F0) Head Flying Hours           100      253      0        0        Ok    
(F1) (unknown attribute)         100      253      0        0        Ok    
(F2) (unknown attribute)         100      253      0        0        Ok    

Power On Time         : 26727
Health Status         : Ok



-------------------------------------------------------------
         DFT-Win HGST HDD Diagnostic TEST
         Copyright (C) 2012 HGST
-------------------------------------------------------------
      DATE       :  09/27/2015 13:30:22

DRIVE INFORMATION
        Serial Number     : 9ND1B5ZG
        Model             : ST3250824AS
        Firmware Rev.     : 3.ADJ
        Capacity          : 232GB
        SMART Status      : Healthy

Test Log
        ReadErrStat       : Done
        Result            : Pass
        Date/Time         : 09/27/2015 13:30:18

        SMART QT          : Done
        Result            : Pass
        Date/Time         : 09/27/2015 13:30:18


HD Tune:         ST3250824AS Health

ID                               Current  Worst    ThresholdData       Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate         117      78       6        123376922  Ok    
(03) Spin Up Time                90       90       0        0          Ok    
(04) Start/Stop Count            97       97       20       3389       Ok    
(05) Reallocated Sector Count    100      100      36       8          Ok    
(07) Seek Error Rate             68       60       30       850641738  Ok    
(09) Power On Hours Count        43       43       0        49949      Ok    
(0A) Spin Retry Count            100      100      97       0          Ok    
(0C) Power Cycle Count           100      100      20       281        Ok    
(BB) (unknown attribute)         100      100      0        0          Ok    
(BD) (unknown attribute)         100      100      0        0          Ok    
(BE) Airflow Temperature         69       53       45       521535519  Ok    
(C2) Temperature                 31       47       0        31         Ok    
(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered      70       46       0        184380272  Ok    
(C5) Current Pending Sector      100      100      0        0          Ok    
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable       100      100      0        0          Ok    
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count   200      200      0        0          Ok    
(C8) Write Error Rate            100      253      0        0          Ok    
(CA) TA Counter Increased        100      253      0        0          Ok    

Power On Time         : 49949
Health Status         : Ok

 

[Mr Tony]

Will either of these work for you? The WD seems to be in a bit better shape than the Seagate.

The western digital one is pretty much what TivoCommunity recommends (except they show a 500GB) so yeah that would work.

 

[StevenD]

The western digital one is pretty much what TivoCommunity recommends (except they show a 500GB) so yeah that would work.

Its yours. Send me a PM where to send it. I need to make sure its wiped well, so it will be Tuesday before I send it out.

 

[Mr Tony]

Its yours. Send me a PM where to send it. I need to make sure its wiped well, so it will be Tuesday before I send it out.

PM sent

Thanks!

 

[Claude Greiner]

Weaknees.com

 

[Mr Tony]

Weaknees.com

I guess you missed the part where i said CHEAP

But its not a biggie as StevenD has one that he is willing to part with

 

[Corrado]

When I was into the Tivo stuff I used to have a cloned backup drive ready to go. It was easy on the earlier series models with WinMFS. No Linux required. I lost track as the models got newer about the utilities and tools. It was always a good idea to have the image copied before the drive failed to boot the machine.

 

[Mr Tony]

put the new drive in and it works

 

[Mr Tony]

The one I bought from you a while ago is doing that too. I'm thinking a failing power supply, not the hard drive.

Hook the drive up to your computer. If the drive is failing your computer should tell you on boot up. My old Vista did

 

[eurosport]

Hook the drive up to your computer. If the drive is failing your computer should tell you on boot up. My old Vista did

My desktop computer is running Vista. I think I'll try that!

 

[Mr Tony]

My desktop computer is running Vista. I think I'll try that!

I just powered off the computer and used the cables from the DVD drive. When I booted up the computer it gave me a screen that showed 2 drives hooked up and the 2nd one was "failing" (the Tivo Drive). I hit F2 to continue and the computer booted up fine. When I copied the Tivo stuff over and plugged in the new drive I didnt get that message

 

[Keystone7]

Hey Iceberg, I have been looking at the TIVO boxes. If I get one for the man cave, what would you recommend? I have an external hard drive hooked up my vip211k and use dish. The locals just give times but no programs so I don't know what's on ME channel and few others. I seen you use TIVO! Never used these before. I'll have to google what a TIVO Series 3 is? Thanks!