Hi.
I've posted the full disk diagnostics on MS OneDrive here:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AKSEwY7M3cCUfg
In the meantime here is a summary:
BITZER:
4 Start_Stop_Count -O--CK 7524
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct PO--CK 61
9 Power_On_Hours -O--CK 24250
12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 3762
TIMMY:
4 Start_Stop_Count -O--CK 9956
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct PO--CK 0
9 Power_On_Hours -O--CK 7877
12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 4978
FOXY:
4 Start_Stop_Count -O--CK 8706
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct PO--CK 0
9 Power_On_Hours -O--CK 5586
12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 4353
197/198 are all zero
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A bit of background:
I got Foxy in September 2013 brand new, a bit before the end-of-line.
The old 9200T's had to go, so I got both Timmy and Bitzer off eBay in September 2015.
Bitzer came in a box with not a lot of padding, and was obviously hard up against the side. First thing I did was HDD test via the remote control and it locked up several times and then cleared. Eventually OK. After installing CFW I saw the Realloc_Sector of 61 and also both lines 197 and 198 were at 63. I ran the full telnet maintenance mode fix-disk (can't remember the option number) which took about 6 hours and cleared 197/198. The PVR has worked perfectly since then, and Realloc_Sector has NOT shifted from 61.
From Power_On_Hours it looks like Bitzer had been permanently ON for a couple of years before I got it.
Bitzer is the one that has been freezing in the last few weeks.
I forgot to say that I also did a short telnet fix-disk before re-installing the CFW, which looked fine, and did not cure the freezing problem.
All three have horizontal aerial sockets.
Thank you soooooooooo much for the information about the power supply. Certainly I would have it in my sights to replace these if it becomes apparent that the motherboard is suspect. Is it a multilayer board? Or, more specifically, can they be soldered and removed entirely, or is it best to clip the leads and solder new one to the tails (the usual hack I do)?
It was a nice idea to have three PVRs believing I would be able to swap parts for diagnosis, but Household Law won't allow it! So I have ordered another PVR from ePray, supposedly fully working, to be a donor.
It's now a waiting game, for the next problem. Until then, Household Law defines an Exclusion Zone around the boxes within which I am not allowed to enter armed with any tools.
Just in case no problem occurs when on greedy standby, does anyone have a full list of what is additionally powered down when using low-power standby?