Hi there guys i have a blue box not a clone had it for 2 years now with no problems its been updated loads of times tonight i had to test a box so i unplugged my box when i plugged it back in it is stuck on standby (red led is on) i have read loads of posts but no one seems to have an answer for this in reading i see that it is sometimes the c 14 cap mine looks fine after closer inspetion i can say there is power on the board (yeah you got it i electrocuted myself lol) i tryed a refash to no avail so i tryed flashing with the box off then turning on it flashed and siad it worked the box rebooted and came on as i had it at my desk i unplugged it to move it back to the tv when i plugged it back in it was back to stuck on standby i thought i would just flash it in place and leave it on but it will not let me flash it at all now should i buy a jtag kit ?
Try the reset button on the board, press and hold for a few seconds and then try turning it on again.
I tryed the reset button last night it didnt seem to do anything i kept trying to reflash it again and i got it to boot flash it came on on 0006 i tryed to change channel and it went to 00 with flashing lines on the other two digets the standby lock and message light were all flashing for about 10 secs then it went back to standby i was looking at the jtags on flebay there are two types buffered and unbuffered whats the differance and do any of you guys think it will work or should i buy a psu instead I forgot to mention about 30 mins before i turned it off i changed the time in the menu as it was 1 hour out could this affect it ?
Check the c14 cap on the PSU before spending any money, if it looks swollen or leaking replace it. Picture courtesy of Sc0user
The cap looks fine but i have give the box to my mate that fixes car radios tv s ... etc he is going to change the cap and have a look over it see what he can see. Although he has never seen one of these boxes before so ill have to replace the software when i get it back just hope it works ill make sure i post the answer on most posts i read on this type of thing the people ask for help but forget to tell us what the outcome was
Well as per normal you were right Hitech my mate looked at the C14 cap and he said it looked fine but he swopped it anyway and the box lit up properly so he gave me it back i reflashed it (just to be safe after flashing twice when it was not working properly) and hey presto its working great
