2. OPENING THE TIVO
Unplug the power cord from your electrical outlet and wait five minutes for the TiVo to discharge. Do not plug the TiVo back in until you are completely finished. Be very careful of static electricity, which can destroy your TiVo’s internal parts. You should not perform this upgrade on carpet. You may want to label the wires that you remove from your TiVo so that you can easily locate where they belong.
Using the Torx
Set aside (to be used again): Five TiVo lid screws.
Once the five screws are removed, remove the lid. Place your palms on the top side edges of the TiVo, toward the back and push toward the back of the TiVo (this occasionally requires a bit of patience). The cover should slide back and then up. Remove the cover from the TiVo. See Figure 3.
Set aside (to be used again): TiVo lid.
3. DISCONNECTING THE EXISTING DRIVE BAY
With the cover off, you will be able to see (a) one hard drive, (b) a gray IDE ribbon cable that runs from the greenish motherboard to the hard drive, (c) a
Using your Torx
Set aside (not reused): Two bracket screws.
4. REMOVING THE POWER CABLE AND IDE RIBBON CABLE
Remove the IDE cable from the hard drive by pulling on the plastic connector. Then remove the drive power cable by pulling on the plastic connector. As you pull the connectors out, be careful not to dislodge (even partially) the white ribbon cable shown in Figure 5. If this cable is dislodged even slightly and you power on your TiVo, you can cause permanent damage. See Figure 5.
Next, remove the other end of the IDE cable from the TiVo by pulling it toward the front of the TiVo.
With both cables removed from the factory drive, slide the drive and bracket back slightly toward the back of the TiVo and then lift it out of the TiVo.
Set aside (not reused): One IDE cable.