Subed Tivo OOO?

[Lumprod]

I have a Hughes gxceb0td. Installed 25 extreme (NO HACK) no problems.Used for two weeks then unplugged and disconnected for about 2 weeks. Went to use it again. reconnected, it started and worked fine. Made its daily call that night. worked in am when I went to work I put it in standby. Now It won't boot. I've tried unplugging it with the same result. Any ideas? What effect would taking out the battery on the motherboard have? I wonder if it took some kind of update or something

[T_RJ]

Try and reseat the ribbon cable between the MB and the Power Supply. It seems that this ribbon cable seems to "act up" reseating seems to fix it.

[Lumprod]

I reset the ribbon cable and that did the trick! Thanks. Now for another question. These boxes seem to run kinda warm. Has anyone looked into modifying the cooling fan? I was thinking of adding a second fan by cutting out the back of the case in a blank area mounting a small fan on the exterior and plugging it into the power connector for the hard drive. I could probably use a small PC fan or something.

[T_RJ]

It is your DTiVo hack it all to hell!

[Lumprod]

Well I already have one of those. This is my Subbed box, both DTV and Tivo.

[T_RJ]

So it's not yours?

[Pointfreak!]

>>I was thinking of adding a second fan <<

The stock DirecTiVo fan is a The Delta (AUB0612L) - rated 14.1 CFM @ 22.5 dB. Since it is a standard 60x60x25mm fan, you can replace it with any similiar sized fan.

Depending on your personal noise/cooling ratio, here are several that will work. (http://www.coolerguys.com/cpucool/medfans.shtml)

Something to consider: I was able to lower my unit by 10degrees Centigrade, just by putting an exhaust fan in the rear of my glass front stereo cabinet. If you dont get rid of the hot air, bigger and/or multiple fans wont do anything but just swirl that air around, cooling nothing!

[Lumprod]

Thanks for the info on the fans Im going to buy a couple. I thought why not use a hole saw and carefully drill a hole in the back of the case and surface mount the fan (inside or out). There is a square blank area where a fan would fit. It would exhaust the air directly out of the back. You could get power from a Y connector from the HD power cord.

[Pointfreak!]

Yes, people have done what you describe, but you may not have to go that far to get a decent drop in temp. Replacing the internal fan with one that has double the CFM will help immensly.

If you decide to go so far as to cut the case, be very careful of metal shaving, etc that can/will short out your unit. I would remove everything (drives/motherboard, etc) before doing any drilling/hole punching and vaccum it out thouroughly before re-installing.

Some folks also just run it with the cover off, and claim a great reduction in heat!