Duo2 Dead - White LED / Blank VFD and no Boot

[Rob van der Does]

26 degrees is when the box is in deep. Normal temperature readouts for STB's is 40 - 75 degrees. The actual SoC will be far hotter but we depend on where the sensor is located.

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26 degrees is when the box is in deep. Normal temperature readouts for STB's is 40 - 75 degrees. The actual SoC will be far hotter but we depend on where the sensor is located.

Take a look at the picture I just took it shows 25C on the TV screen - the box has been running all evening non stop - Rob explain the temperature in the picture - the Duo2 has been in use for hours.

You have the same Duo2 as me - so you are saying the ViX Temperature readout on the information page is totally meaningless?

So Rob where are you getting your "meaningful" temperature readings from?

If what you are saying is true then ViX massively underreports the operating temperature of the box - how massively stimulating for sales of new boxes!!! What a money spinner.

Are you saying there is more than one temperature sensor in a Duo2? How many temperature sensors are you saying there are? Beyond the one in the HDD.

So according to you that is one temperature sensor integrated into the main Intergrated Circuit / CPU and another thermo-diode/resistor sticking out of the motherboard?

I have rested my finger on top of the Screen Temp.jpgblack heat-sink directly over the CPU in the past and it is pretty cool - nowhere near 75 degrees - but Rob do you mean C or F ?

So if there is a second temperature sensor other than the one producing the 25C reading then why does ViX give only the reading that is meaningless according to you - so how does one go about accessing the meaningful true reading to which you refer???? And why does ViX according to you ignore that reading?

Lets all get to the bottom of this for once and for all - thrash the temperature issues out or keep paying for replacement boxes & repairs - due only to unchecked heat & odd / different temperature readings.

Best Regards

PS Are your heat-sinks firmly attached to your CPU's - there is no visible fixing method so I presume it is glued on with what should be thermally conductive glue - Sky HD boxes CPU Heat-sinks were glued on to the Thomson MK4 Generation Sky HD box - and that one kept falling off when the glue regularly went bad - the HDD caddy above the CPU kind of stopped it coming completely adrift but it still meant zero effective CPU cooling - even worse if a DiYer superglued it back into place the glue either acted as a thermal insulator or depending on the solvent content of the glue the glue would occasionally smoulder - the MK6 Sky HD boxes by Amstrad (god help us all) use a spring steel "Z" clip and a thermal interface pad - a lot more reliable than the thermal glue - has an unscrupulous retail dealer been breaking the glue bond between Duo2 CPU and Heat-sink?? Or is it cack handed owners recklessly installing Hard disks??

[judge]

If what you are saying is true then ViX massively underreports the operating temperature of the box - how massively stimulating for sales of new boxes!!! What a money spinner.

The level of paranoia in this thread has reached peak.
If you have a well working box, enjoy it.
If any box has a hardware failure & is still covered under warranty, use it.

[Rob van der Does]

The level of paranoia in this thread has reached peak.
If you have a well working box, enjoy it.
If any box has a hardware failure & is still covered under warranty, use it.

Exactly, I couldn't have said it better.

[Sicilian]

Think this thread has run its course, closed.


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