An update on the shutdown problem
I didn't use the Dreambox 7000S over the last few weeks.
Today I made time to investigate and hopefully to solve the problem.
The Cyfra+ card has nothing to do with it. It was just a miserable coincidence.
Suspected the latest image Gemini 4.6.0 or the several plugins that are installed, so I thought I would start from scratch. Did a factory reset, selected NO Diseq and when it started to scan the channels halfway, it went into shutdown.
Waited few minutes, started it again, scan and once again shutdown.
While looking THROUGH the CI slot (without a module inside), I noticed a strange red illumination coming from inside the box and it seemed to get higher intensity while the scanning was going on.
So I took the cover out, took the HDD completely out, plugged the power cord only. It started but after waiting ten minutes, I didn't see any red illumination from inside the box.
Put the cover back on (HDD still out), connected everything, switched on and this time I was able to go through the whole scanning process.
After about thirty minutes, it shutdown again.
The red light illumination was still visible also.
My hunch is that this could be something to do with the power supply, possibly one or more capacitors need replacement, although I didn't notice anything strange with any of the capacitors.
With the HDD out, it didn't need to supply as much power as before and this is possibly why it was able to work for thirty minutes instead of just few minutes.
Will have to make time for another session. |