far2many
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- My Satellite Setup
- dreambox
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- uk
Hello All,Well i bought my second dreambox from ebay in the summer and it worked perfectly. I attached a hard drive 80gb 7200 and a 512mb usb stick to store the epg. I moved the var to the hard disk and loaded an ambitious channel list. I placed the working box under the telly (not in a cabinet) but on top of my sk* box and it worked for days. One day it went off suddenly in the middle of a program. I could not recover it using the remote - it had went into deep standby. I powered off the box but it woudl not start straight away it was obvioulsy too hot. I removed the hd and transfered the var back to internal flash and removed the usb stick. The problem has not gone away. The box goes to deep standby after 20 mins or so (enough time to heat up). The box works perfectly if the lid is left off (cold air circulates and heat escapes). Obviously with having a small child i could not leave it this way and so installed mini heatsinks on all major chips. This still did not improve the boxes performance. I put in a SMALL fan and it works great - totally perfect - never goes off. The noise from the fan is offputting though. Although not loud (i have since bought a quieter one) its still audible. I have reinstalled a small laptop hd (less heat from them) and the usb stick and now have a diablo cam. The box still works perfectly with that small fan.My question is this and is probably only for the really technical. Clearly i have damaged a component in the box due to overheating. I would like to be able to replace this and to remove my fan which is noisy. Is there any capacitors or resistors that may be at fault that could be replaced. Any other ways to coll the box without being so loud?Kind RegardsPeter