Help! Solo2 bricked?

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londahl

Vu+ Newbie
Hi, i have i major problem with a brand new Solo2.

Everything was working fine when i got the box.
Installed OpenVIX 3.0.600, did a search, got picture, nice and easy.

I then uploaded some picons using iDreamX, did some tweaking to some settings and tested streaming an HD channel to VLC.
It worked fine for about 10 minutes, then the picture froze. Went to the box, and it was frozen aswell. No errorscreen or anything, just frozen.

Powercycling didn't help, the VFD wasn't showing any text, but the powerled was on and i could hear the hdd spin up.

I left the power off during the night, and it booted fine this morning, but only for 15-20 minutes and the exact same thing happened.

The fan is set to run at 1900 rpm, so temps shouldn't be a problem and it's not hot to the touch either.

Any of you guys got a tip, or is it really bricked?
 
>>Artorius<< said:
Have you tried removing the HDD, sat cable or USB to eliminate outside factors ?
Have you tried a reflash ?
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Just tried removing the sat cables, and hdd, and even tried the PSU from my other Solo2, didn't make a difference i'm afraid. No USB devices plugged in either.
As it won't show anything on the VFD at the moment, a reflash isn't possible, but thanks for the suggestions.

I'll try leaving it off for a couple of hours and see if i have any luck reflashing a different image if it will boot then, unless anyone have another idea.
 
>>Artorius<< said:
That does not look good, I assume you have a warranty with it ?
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Guess i'm out of luck for the moment. The box was bought for me by a small company i do some work for. The company burned to the ground last night, at about the same time as the box died. What are the odds?!?

Don't think the owner of the companys highest priority right now is finding the warranty papers, poor guy.
 
Oh, by the way.

Do you know what could be the cause of the problem?

I'm a bit reluctant about setting up the other Solo2 if the problem could be caused by outside factors.
 
The HDD was fitted before first use, so i wouldn't know. But it was working fine the few hours i spend tweaking settings, sorting favorites and such. Recorded fine too.
No visible signs on the board what so ever, no bulging capacitors either.
 
As you mentioned earlier, maybe power off for a few hours, disconnect everything and see if will flash later with just power cable put back in.
 
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