Humax box keeps crashing with blank screen

[phd]

Hi,
My Humax HDR-FOX T2 keeps randomly crashing, it seems to be getting worse, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day.
I recently gave it a good clean inside, including the fan. I suspected the fan may be the problem, so I bought a new one,
as close as I could find, although have not fitted it yet. I am running the custom firmware, and have the fan package installed.
The system monitor show the fan kicking in about every 30 mins dropping the temp down, so it looks to be working, within reason.
Occasionally I do get an entry in the crash log, but more often than not I don't get anything.
The power seems to be on, I can hear the hard disk spinning, but I get a blank (black) screen, and cannot access via the WebIF.
I've tried deleting to free up space, and am currently trying to copy the contents off, before it dies completely.
What can I do to narrow down the cause, whether it's software or hardware, and if so which bit?
I haven't run a fix-disk lately, but I thought I'd extract the files before trying that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Black Hole]

What can I do to narrow down the cause, whether it's software or hardware, and if so which bit?

Everything you need to know is here: Steps for Resolving HDR-FOX Crash/Reboot Issues (click)

I haven't run a fix-disk lately, but I thought I'd extract the files before trying that.

Why? Fixdisk doesn't have a track record of trashing anything that isn't already trashed.

 

[Luke]

have the fan package installed.
The system monitor show the fan kicking in about every 30 mins dropping the temp down, so it looks to be working, within reason.

Are you sure? Last I heard was that sysmon does not know whether the fan is on or off but only what the Humax would attempt to do with it.
Your observation indicates that you either don't have the fan package installed, or you haven't re-enabled it after a crash.

 

[phd]

after a crash sometimes it knows, and the webif says "some packages have been disabled" does anyone know which ones? Normally I just reboot and all seems to be reenabled, unless I'm mistaken? More often than not, at the moment it doesn't even realise it's crashed, or at least to a point it can't update the crash log.
The fan package is installed, not sure if it gets disabled or not, I can feel the fan blowing our warm air, but not all the time, as indicated by the system monitor, if that can be trusted!