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Maxtor stuttering problem?
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Posted by: logic88

Hullo,

I'm a TiVo newbie with a refurb HDR112 that I just received 3 days ago. I swapped the A drive with a Maxtor 60GB (96147H8) and for awhile, everything seem fine. But yesterday night, as the TiVo was doing "housekeeping" and upgrading its firmware to 2.01, I noticed that I was getting occasional stutters when playing back a recorded program. The picture and sound would freeze for a second and then it would snap back. I know that this is an old topic but I was curious if there was any definitive findings on what settings I need to put my Maxtor at. Also, if this problem was simply because the TiVO was recording a broadcast channel, playing back a show, and upgrading/housekeeping itself at the same time.

As an aside, I noticed that v2.01 of the software cut my capacity from 75 to 63 hours. I remember reading something about this in the FAQ but was curious what the missing capacity was being used for.

Thanks!

Posted by: stephens1

bump

Posted by: LifeIsABeach

No one knows for sure what causes stutters, but TiVo crunching a new release definitely seems to be one of the culprits. Hopefully the stutters will clear up in a few days.

The missing drive space is to be used for "future features" which have not been announced as of yet.

Good Luck and Welcome to the Tivolution!

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Go TiVo!

Philips HDR112 108+ hr with 2.0.1

Posted by: logic88

It seems that my TiVO's stuttering problems are limited to when the TiVO is updating in the background. I haven't tried to set /AVSET yet but I might give that a try and see what happens. I did noticed that RUNIDETURBO=OFF since I told TiVOMAD that I was running v1.3 at the time of the HD upgrade. I dunno if that has anything to do with it or not.

Does anyone if this problem is limited to upgraded TiVO's or does it happen on normal TiVO's?

Posted by: boone

I add stutters on my upgraded Phillips with a 30 gig Maxtor. The drive finally failed after a year and I replaced it with a Quantum LCT20. All stutters have stopped and my Tivo is running perfectly.

Regards..

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