Help, new box dead.

[DaMacFunkin]

Like I said there was nothing in them, the box was just going about its business then lock, like I said I managed to get the box running fine with one tuner connected and the lid off, as soon as I connect all 4 and put the lid on it the hdmi port gradually starts to act flaky then it locks, but there is no dumping of data, it is a total hardware freeze. Ps those tuners get incredibly hot, wow.
Pops box is now fully boxed, I've emailed supplier, just waiting for him to get back to me.

 

[DaMacFunkin]

Reseller didn't get back to me today and I have been too busy to phone, so when I got in i thought I would have another play, so installed latest vti and set it up the best you can do with that so I could have 4 tuners running, the only difference is I have installed the hard drive into an external bus powered case, I had it recording 3 HD channels whist watching another channel, so I've installed Zeus 009 and it up to now it is running smooth, I still have the drive connected externally, I will see how it goes. And if fine I may put the drive back in the case tomorrow night. (2.5" sata3).
P.s. the f connectors don't seem to be running as hot at the moment....

 

[DaMacFunkin]

Lasted about an hour, I wasn't even using a tuner I was streaming a recording from the solo2
:-(

 

[judge]

Menu -> Information -> About, what's the system temp?

 

[DaMacFunkin]

You can't access anything when it locks, and it will only power on again when the cord has been unplugged for a considerable amount of time , so I can't get an accurate reading of what the temperature is when it locks, it is definatly over heating, my guess is the CPU. I haven't heard anything from the seller yet, I will phone him if I get time , I'm so busy at work at the moment, I may get time to sit and observe the temperature tonight what would be reasonable temperature with 4 tuners connected and a couple of recordings going on?

 

[eastof111]

When I received my receiver with dual twins, I measured some temps with a laser digital thermometer while viewing an sd sat channel.

The laser pointer aimed at the center of the black heat sink displayed 125F. After adding an internal fan and a lap top cooler under the receiver, I have observed a high of 32C to a low of 26C displayed on the lcd screen. Your mileage will vary with the room temperature.

If you feel the cpu is overheating, you might check the black heat sink to see if it moves. It should be firm and no evidence of movement. There's always the possibility the thermal glue used was not applied correctly. Then again, if it's an intermittent short, I think it would be time to ask for a replacement.

 

[DaMacFunkin]

I'm currently looking into the theory it might be this Technomate octo lnb that I have just got, that is glitching the box to either overheat or lock up, I can't get home in daylight so as to go on the roof and put the old quad back on..,.

 

[DaMacFunkin]

I managed to get on the roof last night, I checked all my connections where fine, and put my old quad lnb back on and connected 2 feeds to solo2, 2 feeds to duo2 as well as a motorised feed into the duo2 and everything up to now is going swimmingly, I've got a normal zinwell octo on order and as soon as that arrives all get all the other feeds connected, I'm now pretty sure the Technomate lnb was the problem, maybe the gain was to high, maybe it was just faulty, I just hope those lock ups haven't caused long term damage to the box.

 

[DaMacFunkin]

Ive since recieved my Zinwell octo lnb and all seems to be running fine now so i don't know what was wrong with the Technomate lnb that it was causing these problems, the duo2 REALLY didn't like it, it was only when i twigged that my solo2 and freesat tv where also showing signs of glitching when one of the other trio was changing or activating a tuner that i fugured what it was, maybe the gain is too high, maybe its just faulty, i'm glad all seems to be sorted now and like i said before i hope the lock ups and heat that caused havn't caused any long term damage to the box.
p.s. the only equipment connected to the Technomate lnb that didn't suffer any adverse signs was my Technomate nano oe....