Lock-Ups with Black Screen...

[Tivogre]

My HR10-250 has been exhibiting lock-ups for the past couple of weeks.

About once a day, I will flip to the HR10-250, only to find a black screen on the TV (no input found) and the HR10-250 completely unresponsive to remove or front panel.

Unplugging and reboot clears it up for 12-18 hours until the next episode.

It makes the box VERY undependable for unattended recordings.

Shows it DOES record play back perfectly; there is no pixelization, stuttering, etc.

The unit has 2 320GB drives (added ~5 weeks ago) and is zippered.

I have disabled all of the hacks (except network access via telnet and ftp).... no affect on the problem.

Both drives check out fine with the WD diagnostics.

Any ideas?

[Tivogre]

Well, I may have found the culprit!!!

I knew that (besides Zippering and upping drive size) the only thing that had changed recently was the IDE cable in the unit.

I swapped it out when I Zippered because the OLD one looked very twisted and worn. :rolleyes:

Trying to knock down the possibilities, I swapped in a known working IDE cable.

The unit has been stable and up without lock-ups for about a day and a half!!!

I'm going to add back in my hacks now and see... but I may be in the clear!

[Tivogre]

Rock stable for over a week now!

Looks like the IDE cable was defective and the culprit.

[TyroneShoes]

Thanks for sharing this. I've yet to hear of this particular problem, but I rest comfortably knowing there is a path to follow should I ever see this.

Define "zippered", please.

[slydog75]

Define "zippered", please.

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I'll also second the thanks for reporting back on your fix.. many times questions arise and noone ever reports back when they've fixed their problem.