hard drive review: Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB | TiVo Community Forum It is noisier than AV drives, but not awful in normal use If you're sitting right in front of your TiVo, you will hear it however The drive does not support AAM The drive supports Advanced Power Management and came already set at level 128, which is the lowest power level without spin-down One odd thing is that this drive has an activity LED
Fan noise - TiVo Community Forum Ditto My premiere fan started making noise after about six months, and when I stopped it, it was quiet again for about a week, then got even noisier I replaced it with a fan from weaKnees, which had a slightly different part number (both are CoFan); let's see how long this one lasts
Roamio OTA fan noisy, then quiet, why | TiVo Community Forum From everything I read online it appeared to be the fan In trying to figure out how to open it to either lube the fan or replace it, I unplugged the Roamio and then plugged it back it about about 2-3 times, with the higher pitched and noisier howling on start up seeming to confirm it was the fan
Need a clean TCD746320 image - my original drive appears. . . I believe the WD Blue disks are their cheapest, and they do not claim to be designed for constant DVR or NAS usage The Product Brief shows WD10EZEX as using CMR (required for TiVo use) and 7200rpm (not better for TiVo use, and probably noisier) I have no way to predict how long it will be before it fails, and all hard drives do fail eventually
Instructions needed to replace a TCD748000 hard drive Recommended drives are WD Red Plus, models ending in EFRX (old model), EFZX, PURx z (Purple surveillance drives) The old Green AV drives are no longer made, noisier than the ones mentioned, out of warranty You can use up to 8TB or more 8TB Premiere -----
Roamio (basic) boot loop and fan noise | TiVo Community Forum True enough, but the current model Purples 8TB and up are 7200RPM This is a recent change So may want to get the previous 5400RPM model Purple The 7200s will work, just a bit warmer and possibly noisier I believe the 5400RPM model was WD100PURZ, the "new" 7200PRM model is WD101PURZ
WD green drives? | TiVo Community Forum Green drives are no longer made Greens are also more noisier than Red Red drives ending in EFRX (avoid EFAX, for now) purple ending in PURX or PURZ Roamio will self-format up to 3TB and needs to be connected to a computer for up to 8TB Edit: There is now an augment to the Red drives called Red Plus and this line should be the GOTO drives -----
Roamio base 4 tuner - All lights flashing rapidly, even. . . Good HDs have around 1% annual failure rate Just bad luck WD retired the "Green" branding long ago Low capacity "Red Plus" were mostly the same drives, at least until recently (the latest low capacity Reds are 2TB platter and may have a different heritage and they are noisier, I've read)
Hard Drive Replacement Questions | TiVo Community Forum Green is also more noisier then the Reds with all the activity in a Tivo I have a WD 4TB Red in a Roamio and a WD 1TB Green in a Series 3 and the S3 is louder then the Roamio Just need to have an ear near them, but can hear them on a very quiet night -----
Bolt noisy fan - options? | Page 2 | TiVo Community Forum Hi everyone, I recently upgraded my TiVo Premiere XL4 to the TiVo Bolt I enjoy everything about the a bolt except the loud noise coming from the fan I can be all the way across the living room and still hear the fan going I must say it is one of the loudest piece of equipment I've ever had