[Zgemma H7] New crash

[malcolmp]

Hi, new crash for box.

 

[twol]

Hi, new crash for box.

Not nice - whats directly connected to the receiver?? (usb, hdmi etc)

 

[malcolmp]

Not nice - whats directly connected to the receiver?? (usb, hdmi etc)

External hard drive, HDMI to HDMI switch (Too many boxes, only 3 HDMI on TV)

 

[twol]

External hard drive has own power? (Although seen many posts were a hdd has dropped - but doesn‘t kill box).
Suspicious on hdmi switch - how is CEC configured?

Might be worth reflashing receiver as a starter

 

[malcolmp]

External hard drive has own power? (Although seen many posts were a hdd has dropped - but doesn‘t kill box).
Suspicious on hdmi switch - how is CEC configured?

Might be worth reflashing receiver as a starter

External Hard Drive powered by receiver,
HDMI-CEC setup:- "Enabled-No"
I'll try reflash,
Thanks

 

[birdman]

<3>[93472.111976] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0rpmb, sector 0

That's an SD card write error.

Does this box have an SD card?

Although that did happen over an hour before the crash.

 

[twol]

Thats the emmc and used (i believe ) only by the receiver at boot up time

 

[ronand]

Yes there is no sd slot on the H7 - it is the emmc

 

[birdman]

Thats the emmc and used (i believe ) only by the receiver at boot up time

OK. (Just that mmc is usually the SD card - the generic term is Multi-Media Cards).

But that write error was over a day after boot time.

 

[ccs]

External Hard Drive powered by receiver

Not always a good idea, the recommendation would usually be for the HD to have its own power supply.

 

[malcolmp]

Not always a good idea, the recommendation would usually be for the HD to have its own power supply.

any recommendations?

 

[ccs]

You could try using a powered USB hub.

 

[malcolmp]

How will that work? At the moment the hard drive is connected to the set top box by a usb cable, mini usb from hard drive to usb 2.0.

 

[malcolmp]

You could try using a powered USB hub.

How would this be connected to the external hard drive with only one micro usb in?

 

[ccs]

What cables do you currently use to connect the HD to the H7 ?

 

[malcolmp]

mini usb from hard drive to usb to H7.

 

[malcolmp]

What cables do you currently use to connect the HD to the H7 ?

mini usb to usb, any suggestion, please?

 

[birdman]

mini usb to usb, any suggestion, please?

A powered USB hub will have normal-sized female USB-A (female) connectors.
So a USB-A (male) to USB-A (male) from the box to hub then just plug the disk into the powered hub instead of into the box.

 

[ccs]

mini usb to usb, any suggestion, please?

Still not clear what you've got, but I'd connect a powered usb hub to the H7, and then connect the HD to the powered usb hub.

You can get mini usb to usb adapters (and vice versa), so anything is possible (I doubt you'd need any).

Might be better longer term to get an internal HD for the H7.

 

[cactikid]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADVENT-Port-USB-model-HB212/dp/B00ATDOVLM

Bought that years ago to use with passport usb but never got around to using it as all my external hdd are mains powered and need to use that on a pc with few usb ports and needs extra power.