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TiVo Series 3 PROM hack - Not for the non-techies

Filed under: Hacks, News, TiVo, DIY, TiVo Series 3Engadget has discovered that the TiVo Series 3 has had the PROM chip hacked. If you're like me your probably thinking "what the hell is a PROM chip?"Well PROM stands for Programmable Read Only Memory and the PROM chip is placed on the motherboard inside your TiVo and contains some pre-loaded basic intelligence. It is this intelligence that contains security to prevent your TiVo from being modified with third party software and hacks.This PROM ha....

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on Nov 24, 08

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