Box: Sagem 1x
I have searched through a lot of threads and tried various methods to try and fix my chirping sagem.
The problem only occurs on encrypted channels after about 15-20mins where the box will begin to freeze and chirp at the same time. I can flick back to free-to-air channels and the chirping goes away but comes back as soon as I switch back to an encrypted channel - It will not auto-recover and a reboot is needed to fix.
NOTE: The same behaviour occurs when streaming from the dbox to a PC (chirping/freezing) so I know it can't be the avia chip.
Here's what I have tried already:
Images (new & old) that all result in the above:
- Boxcracker (for unreliable sagems)
- Commando 8.2
- Donv2 & Donv4
- Sportster 1.10 rc006
- Cryo_Sportster_Pro_1.02_Ultra1.3b_1x
- Pacino 1.0
- Laky
- Don's New Enigma image with Neutrino skin
...and the list goes on.
Signal:
BER/SNR/SIG: 100/62000/24000
NOTE: Also have a nokia Dbox in the other room which works perfectly so can't be a signal issue. Have tried attentuators to reduce the signal but results are the same.
Hardware:
- Removed the lid
- Tried the peg trick as mentioned by Printer to act as a heat sink on the tuner chip.
- Removed modem
- Removed card readers
- Removed cable feed and plugged back in.
- Slightly removed cable feed.
- firmly pushed down the tuner into the motherboard just incase it was slightly dislodged.
- Verified voltage output from PSU - 12.18-12.19v before and during the chirping (From psxnet PSU doco and PT1s guide on sagem PSU faults)
NOTE: If it was heat related, why would a reboot fix the chirping for another 15-20mins?
Software Settings (Have rebooted box after making any change):
- Disabling Hardware sectiond
- Enabling/Disabling SPTS mode
- Avia driver set to old and new (avia600vb028)
Ucodes:
Ucodes 00013/00014. For some reason, using Ucode 0001A on ANY image results in "channel not available" for all channels.
Camds:
- Tried Evocamd/MgCamd/Newcamd
Channel:
- Tried changing to MTV Base as reported in one post to fix chirping without a reboot.
Avia/Enx settings as confirmed by MGB (DW Guru) :
1)
enx reset -> on
enx timer -> 8
2)
Enx Framer Channel Reset -> on
Enx F. Channel Reset Timer -> 8
3)
avia watchdog and enx watchdog are enabled in the misc settings.
4)
avia600 driver set to old.
If it was a hardware issue, surely this would also happen on free-to-air channels? With my limited knowledge of the bootlog, I have attached it (with Ucode 14 enabled) to this thread for the experts to decipher
cheers,
Menacez
I have searched through a lot of threads and tried various methods to try and fix my chirping sagem.
The problem only occurs on encrypted channels after about 15-20mins where the box will begin to freeze and chirp at the same time. I can flick back to free-to-air channels and the chirping goes away but comes back as soon as I switch back to an encrypted channel - It will not auto-recover and a reboot is needed to fix.
NOTE: The same behaviour occurs when streaming from the dbox to a PC (chirping/freezing) so I know it can't be the avia chip.
Here's what I have tried already:
Images (new & old) that all result in the above:
- Boxcracker (for unreliable sagems)
- Commando 8.2
- Donv2 & Donv4
- Sportster 1.10 rc006
- Cryo_Sportster_Pro_1.02_Ultra1.3b_1x
- Pacino 1.0
- Laky
- Don's New Enigma image with Neutrino skin
...and the list goes on.
Signal:
BER/SNR/SIG: 100/62000/24000
NOTE: Also have a nokia Dbox in the other room which works perfectly so can't be a signal issue. Have tried attentuators to reduce the signal but results are the same.
Hardware:
- Removed the lid
- Tried the peg trick as mentioned by Printer to act as a heat sink on the tuner chip.
- Removed modem
- Removed card readers
- Removed cable feed and plugged back in.
- Slightly removed cable feed.
- firmly pushed down the tuner into the motherboard just incase it was slightly dislodged.
- Verified voltage output from PSU - 12.18-12.19v before and during the chirping (From psxnet PSU doco and PT1s guide on sagem PSU faults)
NOTE: If it was heat related, why would a reboot fix the chirping for another 15-20mins?
Software Settings (Have rebooted box after making any change):
- Disabling Hardware sectiond
- Enabling/Disabling SPTS mode
- Avia driver set to old and new (avia600vb028)
Ucodes:
Ucodes 00013/00014. For some reason, using Ucode 0001A on ANY image results in "channel not available" for all channels.
Camds:
- Tried Evocamd/MgCamd/Newcamd
Channel:
- Tried changing to MTV Base as reported in one post to fix chirping without a reboot.
Avia/Enx settings as confirmed by MGB (DW Guru) :
1)
enx reset -> on
enx timer -> 8
2)
Enx Framer Channel Reset -> on
Enx F. Channel Reset Timer -> 8
3)
avia watchdog and enx watchdog are enabled in the misc settings.
4)
avia600 driver set to old.
If it was a hardware issue, surely this would also happen on free-to-air channels? With my limited knowledge of the bootlog, I have attached it (with Ucode 14 enabled) to this thread for the experts to decipher
cheers,
Menacez
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