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TIVO freezes when antenna for cable is plugged in

I've recently upgraded my TIVO to a larger hard drive. I'm not sure if the problem is from the hard drive. When I plugged the unit in after the upgrade, I'm able to see the new hours. After an hour or so into the show, TIVO starts to freeze. I would unplug and plug the unit back in. TIVO would work once again but the pictures starts to freeze after an hour again. I tried to reset and delete everything but the same problem still occurs.

Then I tried to unplug the antenna cable to watch the shows I recorded and notice that it didn't freeze on me at all. As soon as I plugged the cable back in, it will freeze within an hour. So, I'm wondering what could be the problem with my TIVO unit. Please help!!!

~Vivian

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Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Carson City, Nevada
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Sounds like there is a bad sector on the portion of the drive where the Live TV Buffer is stored. Since it is hacked the first thing I would do is restore your back-up to the A drive, re-bless the B drive, and start over. If that doesn't work then there is probably something mechanically wrong with the new drive.

Dan

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