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I got to visually inspect the R10 and it looks like the power supply units are different. The R10 uses a 3 prong cable, and the Samsung uses a 2 prong cable. Even if it would be compatible, I don't...

I'm not looking to hack the software with any additional networking (or other) features. I'm just looking for a stock replacement software for the Samsung SIR-S4040R DirecTivo. Would the 6.2...

You mean I have to buy InstantCake?

Looking for Samsung SIR-S4040R image

Thanks for the tip. That is one route I can take.

I guess what I really want to know is if an R10 power supply would work, because this will allow me to strip an R10 and use the power supply and...

I've got a dead P/S in a Samsung S4040R. I want to replace the power supply on this unit. I know this is the one I need from the weakness site, but the price is a little too much.
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I knew that. :) Once of those cases when you say "RJ" in your mind and type "RG". I do the same with RJ-6 cable..or is it RG-6.. :rolleyes:

Anyway, check out...

The new RCA directv receivers no longer use the 9 pin serial connection, but they still do have a low-speed data port. You need to get a 9 pin SERIAL -> RG22 jack (an RG-22 looks like a phone jack,...

So your machine works, but doesn't give serial output?
Is the cable good?

I only got three garbage characters when I plugged the cable in the first time I tested it. It was probably just from inserting the cable, not from the TiVo output.

I only tried two rates as...

In Com 1 , I'm referring to the port on the PC assigned to IRQ 4. The first attempt was at 115,200bps, all other attempts were at 9600bps. As Plain Bill mentioned the cable seemed to work since it...

Sure did. Even tried CS and no jumpers to see if there was any difference.

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Well, I tested the serial cable by shorting the tip and the middle ring, I did get echo on my terminal screen when I typed. So, that does confirm that the cable was OK I guess...unless...

EDIT: Thanks

There is an unlock program available, but it will delete everything off the hard drive allowing you to use it in a PC.

I don't believe there is a way to recover anything off that drive, since it...

The access card limit (at least on the older series HU cards) I believe was 20 PPV purchases. However, there is also a spending limit set by DirecTV on the card so you either have 20 PPV purchases,...

runideturbo=false, is this required for non-Quantum drives? Should I include this line in the bootpage modifcation if I am using a Maxtor 100Mb 4W100HR
5400RPM

Excellent. I will try to short the tip and ring and see if I get echo on the terminal.

Yes, it still powers up to the grey screen "Welcome, Powering up." and I hear the drive seek (the normal...

Thanks, I changed the necessary bootpage info (console=3 and 9600) and entered the command above. I verified that was written to the bootpage correctly, by typing bootpage -p /dev/hdb, it returned...

I understand what your saying, but if its not accessing the drive at all, how is it going to read the bootpage modification I made on the drive to know to boot with serial output enabled?

I tried...

Did you get this working?

Thanks, I'm going to try that today and see if I can get any output on the terminal screen.

BTW, when I entered the above command, it accepted it OK but when I went back and typed "bootpage -p /dev/hdb"
it still reported "root=/dev/hda7"
shouldn't it have returned the new bootpage i set...

I booted the TiVo without any drive, and I get the same screen if I boot with a drive. The grey screen of death, and it just sits there. Before it used to reboot to a yellow/green screen and then...