Gen 1 not booting

rwhit11 · Dec 24, 2012, 03:00 PM

My atv gen 1 has stopped booting up. The little light just flashes off and on and nothing shows up on my tv screen. Can some one give me some direction on what to look for?

blueroom · Dec 24, 2012, 03:09 PM

Probably a HDD crash.

HobeSoundDarryl · Dec 24, 2012, 04:06 PM

Usually, this means the hard drive has either conked or has corrupted.

Assuming you've tried unplugging, wait 30 secs, plugging back in and similar, the typical steps would be to pull the drive, put it in an IDE enclosure, hook it up to a Mac and see if it can be repaired. If not, you can try formatting it to see if the drive is OK. If so, you will need Dynaflash's or similar tool to reformat it for

TV. See links within: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...aflash+dropbox

Otherwise, you can get on Ebay or craigslist and order a new

TV drive formatted for

TV. I upgraded to a 320GB drive via Ebay and all worked well.

I will say that Dynaflash's ATVcloner has been very helpful over the years. In my experience, the

TV1 drive just becomes corrupted over time. I had your problem about once every year or so. ATVcloner revives what seems to be a dead drive by reformatting it. I used it again and again until I finally sold the

TV1 to switch to the "3".

cwaddell2002 · Dec 24, 2012, 05:21 PM

My original ATV1 had a video card failure... It wouldn't boot and I took it to the apple store, they did a couple tests and determined that it wasn't the hard drive but the video card. They gave it back to me - it now sits on a shelf... So it might be worth having an apple store check it out, there are apparently some diagnostics they can run by plugging into it...

good luck!

rwhit11 · Dec 24, 2012, 10:09 PM

I have tested my HD and I am getting that it cannot repair and wants to reformat the drive. How can I get the os back on after a format. I have tried the atvcloner but I run ML and it wont open. I have ATV Flash will that work or how can I get the ATV OS?

HobeSoundDarryl · 03:56 PM

I wasn't aware that ATVcloner doesn't work on the latest OS. Can you boot into an older version of the OS? If so, do that, use it to format and properly partition the drive.

If not, do you know anyone who has a Mac running an older version of the OS? Lots of people are still sticking with Snow Leopard.

Beyond that, you probably have to get something stronger than Disc Utility to "repair" the drive or you might want to start thinking about buying a replacement drive already formatted for

TV1 (via Ebay/Craigs). If so, when it arrives, do a Super Duper or Carbon Copy backup and save that file. Then, when the drive becomes corrupt again, you can "restore" from that backup. You could also reformat the existing drive and then restore from that backup too (thus having a backup drive ready to go when the main drive goes down next time).

dynaflash · Dec 25, 2012, 11:30 PM

afaik atvcloner does work on ML. I know it does work on Lion.

Dec 24, 2012, 03:00 PM	#1
rwhit11 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2009	Gen 1 not booting My atv gen 1 has stopped booting up. The little light just flashes off and on and nothing shows up on my tv screen. Can some one give me some direction on what to look for?
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Dec 24, 2012, 03:09 PM	#2
blueroom macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada	Probably a HDD crash. __________________ My iOS devices are not jailbroken. Bill My Blog
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Dec 24, 2012, 10:09 PM	#5
rwhit11 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2009	HD bad I have tested my HD and I am getting that it cannot repair and wants to reformat the drive. How can I get the os back on after a format. I have tried the atvcloner but I run ML and it wont open. I have ATV Flash will that work or how can I get the ATV OS?
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Dec 25, 2012, 03:23 PM	#6
HobeSoundDarryl macrumors 68030 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hobe Sound, FL (20 miles north of Palm Beach)	I wasn't aware that ATVcloner doesn't work on the latest OS. Can you boot into an older version of the OS? If so, do that, use it to format and properly partition the drive. If not, do you know anyone who has a Mac running an older version of the OS? Lots of people are still sticking with Snow Leopard. Beyond that, you probably have to get something stronger than Disc Utility to "repair" the drive or you might want to start thinking about buying a replacement drive already formatted for TV1 (via Ebay/Craigs). If so, when it arrives, do a Super Duper or Carbon Copy backup and save that file. Then, when the drive becomes corrupt again, you can "restore" from that backup. You could also reformat the existing drive and then restore from that backup too (thus having a backup drive ready to go when the main drive goes down next time). Last edited by HobeSoundDarryl; Dec 25, 2012 at 03:56 PM.
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Dec 24, 2012, 04:06 PM	#3
HobeSoundDarryl macrumors 68030 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hobe Sound, FL (20 miles north of Palm Beach)	Usually, this means the hard drive has either conked or has corrupted. Assuming you've tried unplugging, wait 30 secs, plugging back in and similar, the typical steps would be to pull the drive, put it in an IDE enclosure, hook it up to a Mac and see if it can be repaired. If not, you can try formatting it to see if the drive is OK. If so, you will need Dynaflash's or similar tool to reformat it for TV. See links within: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...aflash+dropbox Otherwise, you can get on Ebay or craigslist and order a new TV drive formatted for TV. I upgraded to a 320GB drive via Ebay and all worked well. I will say that Dynaflash's ATVcloner has been very helpful over the years. In my experience, the TV1 drive just becomes corrupted over time. I had your problem about once every year or so. ATVcloner revives what seems to be a dead drive by reformatting it. I used it again and again until I finally sold the TV1 to switch to the "3".
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Dec 24, 2012, 05:21 PM	#4
cwaddell2002 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC	My original ATV1 had a video card failure... It wouldn't boot and I took it to the apple store, they did a couple tests and determined that it wasn't the hard drive but the video card. They gave it back to me - it now sits on a shelf... So it might be worth having an apple store check it out, there are apparently some diagnostics they can run by plugging into it... good luck!
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Dec 25, 2012, 11:30 PM	#7
dynaflash macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2003	afaik atvcloner does work on ML. I know it does work on Lion.
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