MikeH_iggs
New Member
So, I've had the Humax for a couple of years. Brief history, encountered the delete loop problem early on so installed the Custom firmware, brilliant, very impressed, adds so much to the box.
It started overheating (diagnostic showing too high number for temperature), had Power Supply replaced by the guy on Ebay. For several months after this, the box behaved perfectly well.
Started to be unresponsive to remote control or front "On" button again, have to switch it off at the back, restart after a while again.
Started to "feel" warm again so I wired the fan such that it was on all the time (powered by 5v USB), monitored the temp on the sysmon and it seemed to hold it at a good temperature. Recorded two HD programs, watched a HD Recording etc, temperature good. Discovered (OK, spotted) the "fan" package, installed this and reconnected the fan properly, set it to about 78% and the box stays cool but still crashes. Pretty much every day!
Does anyone have any other suggestions of what I should try? I really, really want a HD Freeview box that records, plays, comes on when I want it on etc (asking a lot?) but the unreliability of this is too much trouble.
If no other suggestions are forthcoming, can anyone suggest a good alternative unit?
Thanks
It started overheating (diagnostic showing too high number for temperature), had Power Supply replaced by the guy on Ebay. For several months after this, the box behaved perfectly well.
Started to be unresponsive to remote control or front "On" button again, have to switch it off at the back, restart after a while again.
Started to "feel" warm again so I wired the fan such that it was on all the time (powered by 5v USB), monitored the temp on the sysmon and it seemed to hold it at a good temperature. Recorded two HD programs, watched a HD Recording etc, temperature good. Discovered (OK, spotted) the "fan" package, installed this and reconnected the fan properly, set it to about 78% and the box stays cool but still crashes. Pretty much every day!
Does anyone have any other suggestions of what I should try? I really, really want a HD Freeview box that records, plays, comes on when I want it on etc (asking a lot?) but the unreliability of this is too much trouble.
If no other suggestions are forthcoming, can anyone suggest a good alternative unit?
Thanks