I switched hard drives between to Philips 6000 DTivos

[Kevin Clark]

I had switched the drives because the modem went bad in one so I switched to upgrade the software in the bad modem receiver. While I was doing that, I ordered my 1st turbonet card and installed it in the receiver that had the bad modem along with the hard drive that was in the good receiver. While I had the hard drive in the bad modem receiver, I installed telnet, ftp, tivoweb, tystudio and everything was just fine. I then ordered a second turbonet card for my good modem receiver. So while I was installing the 2nd turbonet card, I switched the hard drives back to the way they were before. I powered up the Dtivo with the bad modem and powered it up, Everything was fine. I continued to put the original drive back in the good modem receiver with the newly installed turbonet card, Keep in mind the that hard drive was set up on the 2nd receiver with the other turbonet card, and when I powered it up, it is stuck on "Welcome. Powering up...

I would think that everything would be just fine all the way around after everything was put back, but it is not and I don't know why.

[captain_video]

My first question would have to be, why change everything around if it was working OK? That being said, try reseating the small flat ribbon cable that connects the power supply to the mainboard. Just pull the cable free from the socket at each end, flip it end for end, and reseat it. If the DTivo still doesn't boot, try cleaning the contacts on the cable with a clean pencil eraser. It may take several attempts at reseating the cable before the problem clears. Don't ask me why but this cable seems to be the source of a lot of booting problems in a DTivo.