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    richardandrew18

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    Hi,
    my freesat box stopped booting up,
    it was sent away for repair, sadly after only a week of being repaired my freesat wont boot up unless its been switched off for several hours,
    the box is just warm,
    should the fan be running ? it does not appear to run even when i first switch on the box,
    thanks if anyone could advise before i spend more money on the humax
    Richard

    | Sun 23 Mar 2014 10:26:12 #1 |
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    Hi welcome to the forum. The first thing I would do is disconnect the hard disk to eliminate this. If the box then boots a new hard disk is probably required. The fan is temperature controlled and only runs when it's needed, basically when the cpu is working hard. Say recording two HD channels and replaying a third at the same time.

    | Sun 23 Mar 2014 10:45:16 #2 |
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    More details please.
    What reaction do you get from the stanby/on switch on the front panel.
    What does the from panel display say when you try to turn it on?

    Normally a power cycle of 60 seconds should be sufficient to discharge the capacitors.

    As Graham says disk problems are a frequent source of such problems.

    | Sun 23 Mar 2014 10:47:29 #3 |
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    REPASSAC - 24 minutes ago <a
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    More details please.
    What reaction do you get from the stanby/on switch on the front panel.
    What does the from panel display say when you try to turn it on?
    Normally a power cycle of 60 seconds should be sufficient to discharge the capacitors.
    As Graham says disk problems are a frequent source of such problems.

    Thanks for replys,
    the on off standby switch is totally non functioning, the only way to switch on is the switch at the back, and it wont reboot for several hours after being switched off,

    The box is working again at moment, next time it wont reboot i will disconnect the hard drive to see what happens

    | Sun 23 Mar 2014 11:16:03 #4 |
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    richardandrew18 - 8 minutes ago  » 

    REPASSAC - 24 minutes ago <a
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    More details please.
    What reaction do you get from the stanby/on switch on the front panel.
    What does the from panel display say when you try to turn it on?
    Normally a power cycle of 60 seconds should be sufficient to discharge the capacitors.
    As Graham says disk problems are a frequent source of such problems.

    Thanks for replys,
    the on off standby switch is totally non functioning, the only way to switch on is the switch at the back, and it wont reboot for several hours after being switched off,
    The box is working again at moment, next time it wont reboot i will disconnect the hard drive to see what happens

    You may want to consider installing the custom firmware add on as the box is currently working. Amongst the many goodies is a capability to check and repair hard disk errors.

    | Sun 23 Mar 2014 11:26:31 #5 |
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    how do i get the firmware ?
    as i have checked the upgrade in menu,
    no updates available,

    | Sun 23 Mar 2014 11:26:54 #6 |
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    What you describe starts to sound less like a HD problem but
    If it does happen again when you disconnect the hard disk take a look at the power supply capacitors on the small board on the left. Note if the tops are flat (normal) or bulging.

    The Foxsat HDR is not known for capacitor problems (unlike the HD unit) but anything is possible.

    Think I would bounce it back on the repairer.

    | Sun 23 Mar 2014 11:33:55 #7 |
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    richardandrew18 - 8 minutes ago  » 
    how do i get the firmware ?
    as i have checked the upgrade in menu,
    no updates available,

    first post here http://www.avforums.com/threads/media-file-server-bundle-for-the-foxsat-hdr-release-4-part-5.1829374/

    | Sun 23 Mar 2014 11:35:47 #8 |
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    I will contact the repair man tomorrow,

    im hoping the box wont cause problems again, however i think its most likely to reoccur
    the capacitors looks fine, this was the part i sent away for repair,
    but even before I sent it away, they looked in good order to me,
    nothing obvious was standing out,

    Thanks for your advice,

    | Sun 23 Mar 2014 11:41:59 #9 |
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    richardandrew18

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    Hi again,
    im still having problems with the freesat foxsat hdr

    Ive reset the the software, and formated the the hard drive, but still have the same problem, the box stops working and wont reboot,

    does anyone have any suggestions,

    the repair man did not answer my email sent about this continuous problem,

    thanks
    Richard

    | Sun 6 Apr 2014 21:18:51 #10 |

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