Starview Box Freezing

My friends starview box freezes and then switches off is there anyway i can fix this for him?

I was watching telly last night on it and it frooze and then on the display it went to 1 and switched off, it came back on but within 2mins it was gone again

Cheers in advance........hopefully

 

What SV b0x is it, "SV1", "The B0x", "The B0x Super" ?

 

Its the first one they brought out, i have it flashed so it updates automatically

 

If its the starview 1

Do a factory reset & flash it with the crypstar v.1.4- Core 2.57 bin & see if this helps.

 

Cheers ok i'll try that and get back to ya

I tried doing the factory resseting but i didnt flash it again

 

I've done this and it hasnt fixed the problem

It freezes and switches off and comes back on again but not for long and some times it will just freeze and not come back on without turning the box off and on

 

Hi Noel welcome back mate

@ fitzy does it come up with a single digit on the LCD when it does this?

 

Yes normally a 0 scouser

 

You need to replace the C11 capacitor on the PSU board. Costs about 50p from Maplins. Follow this pic from Martin http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/725/svcapfixpnggv2.png he hasnt updated in while, so change it to a 16V 1000uf one.

 

Is that hard to do? Looks like a big job

 

5 minute job. If you don't like soldering, just bring it to your local TV/electrical repair shop and tell them what needs replacing and they will do it for a few quid.

 

Cheers scouser

YNWA

 

Thanks sc0user, its good to be back

 

Scouser i changed the capacitor to a 16v one and that hasnt fixed it

 

Any other ideas??

 

Did you fix it yourself and make sure the polarity was correct when doing so? Also check other cap C21 and the D7 diode.

 

i had same problem with a starview 1 that was given i looked inside at caps all seemed fin.....so after about 5 reflashes it works fine ...maybe a good few flashes will sort it

 

I got a fella in work to do it, hes a qualifed electrican.
Hes done this before and he changed the C11 capacitor but said that it was ok that it wasnt burnt out

 

Other than doing as per what the poster said above "reflash a few times". I would get your mate to check the voltages coming from the PSU.

Voltages you should have are:

3.3 Volt
12 Volt
23 Volt
7 Volt

Report back his findings as we can then tell if there is a cap still at fault. Caps do not have to show visual signs of failure to be at fault. The first 3.3 V powerline if dropped to around 3.1V is indicative of a cap fault.

 

Ok scouser i'll tell him and report back and tell ya what happens.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your help