TiVo Bolts have been around for almost four years, and some of their moving parts are beginning to fail.
The Bolt is a bit harder to open than previous TiVo models, so we’ve posted a video on YouTube showing you how to open a TiVo Bolt and swap out its hard drive and fan.
Naturally, we sell these replacement parts also:
We’ve been getting many, many reports of loud fans in the base Roamio units – the ones that look like this:
As best we can tell, TiVo has used two or more suppliers for the fans in these units, and possibly more than one model from some of these suppliers.
In order to figure out the best replacement option, we contacted several suppliers and tested many fans, and we now how what we think is the best possible replacement. This same model seems to be what TiVo is using in the current Roamio OTA Vox units.
We sell this fan as a kit with three torx tools, which are all necessary for installation:
We also have a video on that page that walks you through the installation, step by step.
This is compatible with model numbers TCD846500, TCD846510 and TCD846000.
Please note that this will NOT work with the Roamio Plus and Pro. We have that fan kit here.
We’ve just posted some installation videos on YouTube and we’ve made dedicated pages for our two biggest-selling power supplies.
If you need a power supply for a TiVo Series3 TCD648250B, see this page, which also has a video for installation help:
If you need a power supply for a TiVoHD TCD652160 or TiVo HD XL Model TCD658000, see this page:
We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about fans for the TiVo Roamio and the TiVo Roamio OTA DVRs – models that start with TCD846. The fans in these units are small and can get pretty loud over time.
Until now, we didn’t have a ready source of these, and we didn’t have instructions of replacing them. We now have both.
You can buy the fan here:
TiVo Roamio and Roamio OTA Fan and Tools
and you can watch a video on how to install it here:
WeaKnees TiVo Roamio Fan Swap Video
At the moment, we are only selling the fans with the Torx tools you need (three sizes: 8, 10, and 15).
The TiVo HD flashing green light problem has become much more prevalent. We’re seeing a lot of these units come through, and we are able to fix just about all of them at this point.
If you have a TiVo HD or TiVo HD XL (TCD652160 or TCD658000) and it gives no video out at all, and a green light flashes on the front, we should be able to fix it.
We have more information about this problem on our website:
TiVo HD with Flashing Green Light
So if you have one of these units with lifetime service, we can help get it running again!