[CrackerTowel]

I'll apologize in advance if I've missed this somewhere, but haven't seen this trouble obvoiusly reported and/or worked around:


My 3060 went brain-dead, stuck at "please wait", so after much reading here, I presumed OS corruption, and went off into RTVPatch-land to attempt reviving the unit. This seemed to go pretty well (I used the 3000/showstopper .rtv image from the net to restore/patch). Many many many thanks to this community for getting us to the point of being able to do this at home! I am very grateful!


But, the unit comes up thinking it only has 30 minutes of storage. Hmmm, says I. So, I did a 777-zones factory reset (any data was already gone anyway), but for other reasons (modem/phone line issues), haven't gotten through the initial setup yet. Will the full disk size be restored once I do that?


Also, on the net .rtv image: I thought it would already have the modem settings page. Either I missed it, or it's not in there. Did I miss it? (this would help me get past my phone line problems, I had previously set the modem to 28.8 to get it working consistently)


Once again, mucho thanks to all. My wife was amazed that I was able to do in about 1/2 hour what the service rep said would take weeks, and many $$$ (well, I know I'm not done yet, but I can tell I'm so very, very close).

 

[Mikeyboy]

That image ftp://anonymous:[email protected]/R...order%20image/ you downloaded does have the modem speed panel. Modem speed panel is accessed when at the "Dialing Prefix" screen in setup - hit the "zones" button on the remote.



Also I don't think you did the patch correctly. Put the replay drive back in the PC - set replay drive as "Target" and perform the patch answering yes to all the questions. Should read normal hours after that.

 

[CrackerTowel]

Indeed, the modem speed page is there, and works like a champ.


So does the disk image, *IF* you remember to do a 'patch' *after* you have done a 'restore'. Very important. I guess that's what the whole text of the message in the 'status' field meant, but all I could see was "Needs to be..."


Once again, thanks to all of you. This has saved me from having to think about a replacement unit, or having to deal with the wait and cost of service. I feel whole again.

 

[Mikeyboy]

Alls well that ends well. Good job!

 

[KenL]

Quote:

Originally posted by CrackerTowel ...I feel whole again.

Wow chalk up another for Mikeyboy! Congrats!

 

[Mikeyboy]

Another satisfied customer as KenL says

 

[KenL]

I know... but making their lives "whole" again really goes beyond the call of duty?


Once again Mikeyboy to the rescue!