Hardware Fixes - Revision history

Ezra pound at 17:55, 30 August 2022

2022-08-30T17:55:44Z

2022-08-30T16:43:07Z

Reverted edits by Black Hole (talk) to last revision by Ezra pound

2022-04-03T16:59:14Z

Little or no evidence the device was sub-standard, best not even hint it. Value was wrong anyway.

2022-02-21T13:57:36Z

2022-02-21T13:54:40Z

Undo revision 5397 by Ezra pound (talk)

2022-02-21T13:52:19Z

2022-02-21T13:49:26Z

2022-01-28T16:51:37Z

2022-01-28T16:50:21Z

2022-01-28T16:42:53Z

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	There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by		There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by
−	[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/post-160361 '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices suggesting that this ~~47uF~~ device may have been sub standard from new	+	[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/post-160361 '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices suggesting that this device may have been sub standard from new

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:43, 30 August 2022
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	There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by		There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by
−	[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/post-160361 '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices.	+	[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/post-160361 '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices suggesting that this 47uF device may have been sub standard from new

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:59, 3 April 2022
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	There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by		There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by
−	[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/post-160361 '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices ~~suggesting that this 47uF device may have been sub standard from new~~	+	[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/post-160361 '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:57, 21 February 2022
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	There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by		There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by
−	[https://hummy.tv/forum/~~members~~/~~stummery~~.~~6447~~/ '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices suggesting that this 47uF device may have been sub standard from new	+	[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/post-160361 '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices suggesting that this 47uF device may have been sub standard from new

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-==Other Tests==
+'''Other Tests'''
 There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by
 [https://hummy.tv/forum/members/stummery.6447/ '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices suggesting that this 47uF device may have been sub standard from new

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	[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/page-5#post-158267 '''starting at post #81 here''']		[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/page-5#post-158267 '''starting at post #81 here''']
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		+	'''Other Tests'''
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		+	There has been some suggestion that as the Humaxs are getting old that other SMD electrolytic capacitors may also cause problems, however tests by
		+	[https://hummy.tv/forum/members/stummery.6447/ '''Stummery'''] found no other faulty devices suggesting that this 47uF device may have been sub standard from new

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 The Humax repeatedly re-boots when powering from standby every few seconds, as this can occur for several reasons you can narrow down the possible causes by disconnecting the red power cable between the main board and the Hard Disk drive while the Humax is disconnected from the mains supply, if the Humax then powers up without re-boots, there are only two reported problems that cause this, one is the presents of a corrupted file on the HDD and the other is a failed capacitor that affects the timing of the HDD turn on procedure, this fix details how to locate and replace the faulty capacitor.
-The faulty component is a 4u7 (4.7 microfarad) electrolytic capacitor and is located on the front edge of the main board (See red ring in picture)
+The faulty component is a 4u7 (4.7 microfarad) 35V electrolytic capacitor and is located on the front edge of the main board (See red ring in picture)
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−	Although quite a few users looked into this re-booting problem, the main credit must go to Newcoppiceman who identified the faulty component, for a more details see this post :-	+	Although quite a few users looked into this re-booting problem, the main credit must go to Newcoppiceman who identified the faulty component, for more details see this post :-

	[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/page-5#post-158267 '''starting at post #81 here''']		[https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/start-up-fails-when-hdd-connected.10164/page-5#post-158267 '''starting at post #81 here''']