DSR6K Rebooting

[channelz]

My DSR6K has been unplugged for a while due to remodeling. I just reconnected it. It comes up fine and I get video and audio. Then within about 30 seconds it reboots. It does this continuously.

I took out both hard drives and ran diagnostics and they check out perfect.

Any ideas?

[GREEK]

I cant tell you how many drives I have here that check out "good" and are shot. Run a low level if you can lose your recordings and you might turn up something. If you have another tivo or spare drive try that and you can rule out a power supply issue if it works............

[channelz]

At this point, I'll probably do the low level and re-image. I hate to lose the recordings but I can't watch them anyway. I don't have a 2nd unit.

What leads should equal what voltage levels?

I want to try and rule out the power supply before doing the low-level and re-image.

[genericuser]

Channelz... Listen to Greek :-)

What disgnostics did you run? Was it the powermax? Did powermax show any smart errors?

The fact that it boots and runs is a good sign that it is not the power supply. Did you pull the flat flex connector, recondition it and then switch it end for end? That might do something.

It should like a bad hard drive. But test the flat flex connector before you start low level formatting...

[channelz]

genericuser thanks for the info and nudge.

I have 2 drives. A WD 1200 JB and the original 40GB Fireball. I ran the Western Digital complete test on the WD with no errors and the Maxtor advanced diags on the fireball with no errors.

I'll try the power ribbon cable. It doesn't seem to reboot at the same time. Just somewhere within the first 30 seconds to 1 minute. It just seems like it may be a corrupted image.

What do you mean by reconditions the flat flex cable? Use an eraser on the contacts?

TIA!

[genericuser]

An eraser is a start. There is some spray you put on it too, but I forget the name.

Run the powermax diagnostics and see what they say.