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HDR 312 03???
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Posted by: Tivo Newbie

I just picked up a new 30hour Tivo. The model is HDR312 03. I haven't opened the box for fear there may be some reason this 03 model is not upgradable. Can anyone provide any insight?

Posted by: cc

It's a single drive 30 hour unit, 1.3 is preloaded, and has a locked A drive. Same as a HDR31202, except the drive is now a Quantum lct.15 instead of the lct.10's they used to use (and are discontinued). You shouldn't have a problem other than the nuisance of the locked A drive.

Posted by: Spire

I have just finished successfully upgrading an HDR31203 to 109 hours, using a Maxtor 60GB drive, so it is definitely upgradable!

As for the locked drive: At least in my case, the drive was definitely not locked. Rest assured that I do know what a locked drive looks like, since I also have an HDR31202 (bought one month earlier) whose drive is locked.

Posted by: HTH

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Originally posted by cc:
Same as a HDR31202

Careful. There are some reports about some -02s having two drives.

quote:
You shouldn't have a problem other than the nuisance of the locked A drive.

As long as you don't install 1.2.1 or earlier in it. http://www.avsforum.com/ubbtivo/wink.gif

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Posted by: cc

What? HDR312's are the only dual drive 30 hours I've ever heard of. HDR31202's are single drive 30 hours with 1.3 preloaded.

Posted by: TheAmigo

Is there a way for me to tell which model I have from the shell?

I'm at work and my TiVo's at home (I just bought my first one on the Mercata power buy 2 weeks ago). I've got DSL so I can telnet into my linux box and use minicom to connect to my TiVo (until I get ppp working). I'm logged in right now, but don't know how to tell what model it is.

From this command, I can see that I've got a single drive:

code:bash-2.02# dd if=/dev/hdb of=/tmp/z bs=512 count=1
dd: /dev/hdb: Device not configured

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Posted by: RadVen

My 312-03 also did not have a locked drive.

So - has anyone actually gotten a locked lct15? Or are false truths being spread?

Posted by: sjf

False Truths?? http://sam.wood.tripod.com/smilies/confused.gif

Posted by: HTH

quote:
Originally posted by cc:
What? HDR312's are the only dual drive 30 hours I've ever heard of. HDR31202's are single drive 30 hours with 1.3 preloaded.

See Two Drive 30 hr unit upgrade, first article by NYC1:

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Originally posted by NYC1:
though my unit is an HDR31202 it is a two drive 30hr unit unlike the stats in the FAQ...

I have yet to encounter such a unit so I can't confirm it. My TiVos are 14hr units.

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Posted by: cc

Personally (and no offense to him), I think he's just a bit confused. I'd be really surprised to see a 2 drive HDR31202. It makes no sense.

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