Internal Tempatures

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I have a Toshiba SDH-400 TiVo that runs in an entertainment center, front
glass door and rear cutout open to the rear TiVo fan. That TiVo runs about
50-52C, which TiVo reports as normal. I just bought a new 40-hour S2-540
and that is in the open on top of the TV and that runs about 35-39C. The
Toshiba seems to be running much hotter than the new S2. Are those temps
normal, as reported by TiVo? I opened the front glass door of the
entertainment center to allow for more airflow, but there was no change in
the temps. Thanks, Pat

 

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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:25:50 -0500, "Pat Conover" <pat conover at
comcast dot net> wrote:

>I have a Toshiba SDH-400 TiVo that runs in an entertainment center, front
>glass door and rear cutout open to the rear TiVo fan. That TiVo runs about
>50-52C, which TiVo reports as normal. I just bought a new 40-hour S2-540
>and that is in the open on top of the TV and that runs about 35-39C. The
>Toshiba seems to be running much hotter than the new S2. Are those temps
>normal, as reported by TiVo? I opened the front glass door of the
>entertainment center to allow for more airflow, but there was no change in
>the temps. Thanks, Pat
>

I have a Series 2 540 and it sits right above my TV on a shelf in an
entertainment center I built and the highest I seen it was 38C.

Bill

 

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Um...that's what I was afraid of...Thanks, Pat

"Bill Davis Jr" <me@home.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:25:50 -0500, "Pat Conover" <pat conover at
> comcast dot net> wrote:
>
>>I have a Toshiba SDH-400 TiVo that runs in an entertainment center, front
>>glass door and rear cutout open to the rear TiVo fan. That TiVo runs
>>about
>>50-52C, which TiVo reports as normal. I just bought a new 40-hour S2-540
>>and that is in the open on top of the TV and that runs about 35-39C. The
>>Toshiba seems to be running much hotter than the new S2. Are those temps
>>normal, as reported by TiVo? I opened the front glass door of the
>>entertainment center to allow for more airflow, but there was no change in
>>the temps. Thanks, Pat
>>
>
> I have a Series 2 540 and it sits right above my TV on a shelf in an
> entertainment center I built and the highest I seen it was 38C.
>
> Bill

 

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I had a problem with mine running hot after I upgraded the disk. I
forgot to plug in
the cable for the fan, so there was no air circulating. You may want to
open yours
and make sure the fan is really working. After I plugged the fan cable
in, the temp dropped down nicely.

 

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"Pat Conover" <pat conover at comcast dot net> wrote in message
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> I have a Toshiba SDH-400 TiVo that runs in an entertainment center, front
> glass door and rear cutout open to the rear TiVo fan. That TiVo runs
about
> 50-52C, which TiVo reports as normal. I just bought a new 40-hour S2-540
> and that is in the open on top of the TV and that runs about 35-39C. The
> Toshiba seems to be running much hotter than the new S2. Are those temps
> normal, as reported by TiVo? I opened the front glass door of the
> entertainment center to allow for more airflow, but there was no change in
> the temps. Thanks, Pat
>
>

I've had one of my directivo units for a few years. It consistently runs
about 53C. Never had a problem. If I do take it out of the cabinet, it
does cool down some, but certainly not to the 39C range. So, it is probably
okay for you too.

 

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"Pat Conover" <pat conover at comcast dot net> wrote in message
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> I have a Toshiba SDH-400 TiVo that runs in an entertainment center, front
> glass door and rear cutout open to the rear TiVo fan. That TiVo runs
about
> 50-52C, which TiVo reports as normal. I just bought a new 40-hour S2-540
> and that is in the open on top of the TV and that runs about 35-39C. The
> Toshiba seems to be running much hotter than the new S2. Are those temps
> normal, as reported by TiVo? I opened the front glass door of the
> entertainment center to allow for more airflow, but there was no change in
> the temps. Thanks, Pat
>
I have had an SDH-400 for over a year, showing the same temps as yours.
Absolutely no problems whatsoever.................

 

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In article <1109054798.024151.195450@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"voipguy" <voipguy@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I had a problem with mine running hot after I upgraded the disk. I
> forgot to plug in
> the cable for the fan, so there was no air circulating. You may want to
> open yours
> and make sure the fan is really working. After I plugged the fan cable
> in, the temp dropped down nicely.

Or alternatively the OEM fan may be incorrectly blowing in instead of
out, or up instead of down at the MPEG chip in the Weaknees bracket.

 

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"Wade" <nospam@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Pat Conover" <pat conover at comcast dot net> wrote in message
> news:QeSdnXh1f_Xi3offRVn-qw@comcast.com...
>> I have a Toshiba SDH-400 TiVo that runs in an entertainment center, front
>> glass door and rear cutout open to the rear TiVo fan. That TiVo runs
> about
>> 50-52C, which TiVo reports as normal. I just bought a new 40-hour S2-540
>> and that is in the open on top of the TV and that runs about 35-39C. The
>> Toshiba seems to be running much hotter than the new S2. Are those temps
>> normal, as reported by TiVo? I opened the front glass door of the
>> entertainment center to allow for more airflow, but there was no change
>> in
>> the temps. Thanks, Pat
>>
> I have had an SDH-400 for over a year, showing the same temps as yours.
> Absolutely no problems whatsoever.................
>
>
Thanks for all the replys. No problems with it, except for the stuttering
and pixelation after getting TTG 7.1a upgrade. I did check the fan, going
in the right direction, but not really that robust. Quiet is good. Wade,
glad to hear someone else with the same machine and temps. Tells me it
probably is within spec. Thanks Pat

 

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"Pat Conover" <pat conover at comcast dot net> wrote:

>I have a Toshiba SDH-400 TiVo that runs in an entertainment center, front
>glass door and rear cutout open to the rear TiVo fan. That TiVo runs about
>50-52C, which TiVo reports as normal. I just bought a new 40-hour S2-540
>and that is in the open on top of the TV and that runs about 35-39C. The
>Toshiba seems to be running much hotter than the new S2. Are those temps
>normal, as reported by TiVo? I opened the front glass door of the
>entertainment center to allow for more airflow, but there was no change in
>the temps. Thanks, Pat

I noticed the same thing with a series 2 inside a cabinet. Since 52C
is about 125F I felt that regardless of what TIVO said, this was too
hot.

My solution was to get a 3" AC cabinet fan from an electronics supply
store that can be plugged into the wall. If you look around you can
find some ball bearing ones that are quite quiet. You can find some
examples here: http/www.brigarelectronics.com/

Click on fans, go down to some of the 115vac ones and click on one of
them for an example of the specs. The three issues are fan speed, air
volume and noise. Look for one with lots of volume and low noise. It
should be under $10 to get one that meets your needs.

I put it in the back of the cabinet on the same side as the TIVO fan
blowing air into the cabinet. On the other side, I put a couple 1"
holes for extra exhaust. It dropped the temperature from 50 to 38C
which is 100F. Still a bit higher than I'd like but better.



Scott Peterson

--
If someone with multiple personalities threatens
to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

124/611

 

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"Scott Peterson" <scottp4.removethistoreply@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> "Pat Conover" <pat conover at comcast dot net> wrote:
>
>>I have a Toshiba SDH-400 TiVo that runs in an entertainment center, front
>>glass door and rear cutout open to the rear TiVo fan. That TiVo runs
>>about
>>50-52C, which TiVo reports as normal. I just bought a new 40-hour S2-540
>>and that is in the open on top of the TV and that runs about 35-39C. The
>>Toshiba seems to be running much hotter than the new S2. Are those temps
>>normal, as reported by TiVo? I opened the front glass door of the
>>entertainment center to allow for more airflow, but there was no change in
>>the temps. Thanks, Pat
>
> I noticed the same thing with a series 2 inside a cabinet. Since 52C
> is about 125F I felt that regardless of what TIVO said, this was too
> hot.
>
> My solution was to get a 3" AC cabinet fan from an electronics supply
> store that can be plugged into the wall. If you look around you can
> find some ball bearing ones that are quite quiet. You can find some
> examples here: http/www.brigarelectronics.com/
>
> Click on fans, go down to some of the 115vac ones and click on one of
> them for an example of the specs. The three issues are fan speed, air
> volume and noise. Look for one with lots of volume and low noise. It
> should be under $10 to get one that meets your needs.
>
> I put it in the back of the cabinet on the same side as the TIVO fan
> blowing air into the cabinet. On the other side, I put a couple 1"
> holes for extra exhaust. It dropped the temperature from 50 to 38C
> which is 100F. Still a bit higher than I'd like but better.
>
>
>
> Scott Peterson
>
> --
> If someone with multiple personalities threatens
> to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
>
> 124/611
Thanks for the link Scott, I was thinking of something like that. It surely
would help my TiVo HD to last longer. Pat