HDVR2 Lockups and Reboots on 2 receivers

[byteCoder]

I have two HDVR2 Series2 DVRs that have gone through lock up/reboot issues all day today.

Looking at the system settings, it appears a service data update was pushed down at 3 a.m. this morning.

<tin-foil-hat>
Is this the dreaded "kill the old receivers" rumor coming to life???
</tin-foil-hat>

Just kidding on the above.

However, this problem affects two of my oldest receivers, both Series 2 (one RCA branded and another Hughes branded). My R10 and two HR21s appear unaffected.

Any ideas? Or, should I wait for DirecTV to push another update down to fix?

From one of my boxes:
Hughes Network Systems
Series2
HDVR2
6.4a-01-2-151
Service Data Download, Last Successful: Saturday, August 2 at 3:00 a.m.

[dtremain]

Service Data Downloads happen every morning. They, basically, are just the Showcase features.

It has nothing to do with your issue.

[rock_doctor]

My hdvr2 also locks-up once a week (usually during Top Gear on Monday night) but my dvr-40 is fine. I am re-capping the power supply on Monday and we will see if it has any effect but I honestly think it is something that they are sending in the data stream that the older series 2 units can't handle. I doubt there will be any type of fix from D*tv. There just isn't enough old units out there having issues and I doubt they care in any way shape or form.

update:
9/4/08
I replaced all of the capacitors on the HDVR2's power supply and it still locked up a little after 8pm (8:21p) like it has done for the last few weeks. That's a new drive and a recapped PS if you are keeping score.

[jschramm97]

I'm also having this issue on my Hughes HDVR2 with an upgrade to 187 hours. My wife states that it locks up at least 3 times a week requiring a press of the reset button. When it's locked she has no audio/video on the screen. nothing on this device has changed to my knowledge. It has software 6.4a-01-2-151 and maybe 5 hours worth of recordings on it as my wife has stopped using it due to these issues. Any advise would be great, thanks!

[Dkerr24]

I'm also having this issue on my Hughes HDVR2 with an upgrade to 187 hours. My wife states that it locks up at least 3 times a week requiring a press of the reset button. When it's locked she has no audio/video on the screen. nothing on this device has changed to my knowledge. It has software 6.4a-01-2-151 and maybe 5 hours worth of recordings on it as my wife has stopped using it due to these issues. Any advise would be great, thanks!

Try a 'clear and delete all'. If that doesn't fix it, most likely the hard drive has bad sectors on it. You can buy one and load it yourself, or a pre-imaged drive from the site sponsor.