Thanks for the heads up, Yog!

Vic 

Thanks Yog for the heads up,

I just checked a few of my DirecTivo's using gotomydvr and sure enough all three have the 6.3e software there. Does any what else this is changing? Do we need to worry about other issues too?

 I have a weird story that maybe comes with this. I just recently upgraded one of my DirecTivo's to a larger hard drive. Once it was completed and seemed to be working I had to call DirecTV due to my unit now saying an error message with regards to call customer service to get my box back on my account. After a few minutes, and probably a bad idea on my part I let them know that I had to upgrade on of my hard drives since it was failing. The lady put me on hold and then came back and said that she was going to have to note this D Tivo unit # down and they would not provide any support for it any longer. Anyone have this kind of issue with DirecTV before. Over the past couple of years when I had to talk to them it did not seem like a big deal.. Any thoughts??

2 Phillips DSR704's InstantCaked 6.2a-PTVnet -200GB HD's-MRV-HMO my MP3's, 3 Hughes SD-DVR40's-InstantCaked 6.2a and PTVnet -250GB HD's-MRV-HMO my MP3's, 1 Hughes HDVR2 IntantCaked 6.2a and PTVnet- 2 40GB HD's-ONLY for MRV storage.

I sliced to 6.3e from 6.3a last night. I got the new patches and all worked as expected (sd model 151). The problem I see is all channels are artifacting / blotching as if reception is poor. I have 3 more dtivos on my net that are working great. Signal strength is in the 90's on this unit. While the artifacting / blotching occurs message displays on and off thar no signal is being receved on X tuner... Any ideas?

I have a HR10-250 hacked with ptvnet and on 6.3d with no phone line connected.  Will I still get the 6.3.e update?  I do not want to lose my hacks. 

Any idea when the patches/hacks for 6.3e will be available?  I'm still on 6.3c on my HR10-250, but it's been locking up during recording more frequently as of late.  I have the 6.3e update on the system, but it is not installed pending the posting of the patches.

Thanks, Yog-Sothoth!

I have the same problem .I have an HR10-250 running version 6.3c-01-2-357 for a few months & over the past month or so it have been rebooting more & more latey, No joke like 3 times in one hour usually always when it iis recording. I just checked, I have the 6.3e-01-2-357 dated 8/11/07 in my SwSystem folder waiting to be sliced. The date of 8/11/07 was about the same time my tivo started having random reboots. I guess I will run the update & see what happens. If it still sux & reboots so often, then I will probably try a reformat of the drive & load on the most recent instantcake version out there. Any other ideas?

My HR10-250 was very stable on 3.1.5f and 6.3a, but starting with 6.3c and now 6.3e, it seems to lock up almost once a day.  This requires a hard reboot by unplugging the power cord in order to recover.  I noticed that it happens usually when I'm recording OTA programs so I've removed most of those Season Passes to see if it will resolve the problem.  This is acceptable since I ordered a new HR21-700 for the Family Room and moved the HR10-250 to the Master Bedroom.  DIRECTV mentioned to me that the MPEG-2 HD channel broadcasts will stop on Dec. 15, 2007.

I started with Instant Cake and PTVNet on 3.1.5f and then used Slicer to upgrade to 6.3a, 6.3c and 6.3e.

I'm having the exact problem...lost network access after the 6.3e ptvnet and instant cake 6.3e upgrade.....used to work.

Well after having no luck at all, I decided to wipe out my HR10-250 & reload it with the 3.1.5f Instantcake & PTVnet I had purchased last year. Seems to be ok, however I am not able to do a restore of my Season Pass that I created with 6.3c. On another note, I deceided to take the plunge & upgrade to the new HD DVR DirecTV is offering. They initially tried to tell me it was: $299 for the HD DVR + 5NLB Dish $19.95 shipping. $318.95 total Since my 2 yr contract was up in a few days, I told themmy cable company is offering me a $300 credit to turn in my dish, they then said that they could give me a rebate for $99 which would make it a total of $219.95. I told them I would call them back & gave me a PIN to use. I called back 5 minutes later & got someone else, gave my PIN and then I was offered a better deal: $99 for the HD DVR & 5NLB Dish $19.95 shipping 6 months free HD Service. ($9.99*6=$59.94) 6 months free DVR service. ($5.99*6=$35.94) End result is that it will end up costing me $23.07! So now I can give my HR10-250 to my teenager, but still would like to get it to work with 6.3e.

Kurtster said: I have the exact same configuration and the same problem. A few weeks ago my one year old PTVNet upgraded HR10-250 started rebooting a lot. Now it is stuck in a reboot loop once it gets to the "Almost there..." screen. I'm not good at hacking stuff and I've loved my PTVNET and TivoWebPlus but now my box is effectively dead, with lots of cool things archived on its 50GB drive. Can DirecTV be doing things to intentionally screw with their customers who have modded boxes? All this garbage started when the phone calls started coming insisting I upgrade to their new dish a receivers (which I refused). Anyone here know how to restore this thing without losing all my movies archived on there? Thanks in advance, Kurtster

I'm not 100% sure so dont take my word for it, but given that,  I believe there is a way to pull the drive & plug it into a computer then boot ptvnet ir instantcake & gives you option to reload the drive & keep the data. That may get it booting again. If not worse case is you do a total image load from scratch, therefore loosing all of your content, but as it is now you can't access it anyway so in a way you lost it.

I have to find it VERY VERY hard to believe that this problem popped up with everyone coinsdentally.  More specifically when 6.3e was released.

As I stated previously I took their deal & upgraded to the new HDDVR w/ 5NLB Dish for my end cost of $23.07. I must say I absolutly love it. Menu's are really fast, more options and 2 of the best features with the new unit is

 1) that it gives you all of the new HD content that DirecTV has been bringing online, and there are allot now. You cannot get this on the old HR10-250 as it does not use the new compression format.

2) The next cool feature is the Video on Demand which is "Beta" but it works great. You can download over your broadband connection tv shows, movies, for free (except ppv) (yes the new dvr comes with 2 ethernet connections that work!)

Now back to the HR10-250. I reloaded the with 3.1.5f image I had and allowed it to "phone home" which I knew would probably remove the hacks I had when it downloaded & installed 6.3e. I still have it making daily calls via the phone line now, because I cannot get the hacks to recognise my USB network adapter anymore & just gave up. I have not had 1 reboot at all ever since! I would still like to get it hacked & get my network working again as some point, but having the new unit makes it less of a priority. There is a feature that I have seen on here that allows you to view your DVR from any internet connection, this is another thing I would like to get working also.

Good luck & let me know if you need any assistance.