 JasonStowage Class TravelerPremium,Mod
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| Hard drive click-of-death, VIP2250 Hello!
Okay, so I've been nursing my VIP2250 for a while now, Its been freezing, and locking up during playback of a recorded program, with a chirping sound from the HD.. Reboot, and all is well for like a week.
Well, its been happening more and more often, finally this morning I rebooted the VIP2250, after it died while playing a recorded Moonshiners, and I heard the infamous hardrive "click of death".. The system booted to a black screen with a red X in the middle.
Eeeek
So, I pulled the power, let it sit for a min, then fired it back up, and all seems to be well for now.
So.. Heres my question:
The Hard Drive; Is this equipment owned, or leased by me, the customer? If its leased, how would I go abouts getting a replacement / repair, and if its owned, is it possibe to replace the hard drive? I'd assume I'd have to image a new HD with some kind of goofy FS format, or otherwise "Bless" it to be recognized by the DVR..
FWIW, we've had this VIP2550 for a few years, and its worked beautifully, only the last couple months has it started to go downhill..
Any help is most appreciated.. Thank You!! 
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Xsk8er
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ATT owns the receivers.. You would need to call into Tech support to schedule a replacement ... In theory you could swap the hard drive yourself but why spend money on buying AT&T a hard drive for their receiver? easier just to have them replace the receiver since your going to loose any stored content anyways.
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The DVR is the property of AT&T U-verse. It is not owned by the customer. The DVR is included at no additional charge in the U-Family and the U200 and above packages.
The Motorola VIP 2250 has only been available to customers since 2011. If you are having issues with your DVR, call U-verse Technical Support at 800-288-2020. |
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JasonStowage Class TravelerPremium,Mod
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Okay.. Good to know.
I'll contact AT&T Monday.
Thank you Xsk8er  and Rangersfan!
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 Tech007Premium
join:2013-01-25
Belleville, IL | reply to Jason
The sooner you call, the sooner they can drop ship you a new one or send a tech out. We work 7 days a week so if they send a tech out could have a new one tomorrow.. |
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