Dear Forum's Users,
I also have recently experienced my Vu+ Duo stuck on the Red Light on start-up. On start-up it gets stuck on the red light: sometimes for ever, sometimes it starts finally up after 20 minutes or even an hour. When it finally does run, it may crash at any time again, at which stage it often gets stuck, displaying "starting ..." in the front.
I have tried flashing the kernel as well as installing the latest OpenPli (I am currently running on 3.1.1 I think - definitely not 4*). Not sure if any of those succeeded since it then got stuck on black screen. However, I managed to get it running again after those trials, albeit short times only (so there is a currently a functioning software).
It was getting very hot and at some point I realized the fan was not working. After a coupe of weeks I was able to start it again yesterday ... the box on the floor and open. Fan not working, but with the ventilations and cooler outside temperatures in general, it appeared to be running cool. Today in the morning it was stuck again on "starting ..."
After many searches I came across that some of the capacitors may need replacing, but I am reluctant since there are not that many references compared to all the 'red light' threats.
Assuming it is a hardware issue, here is my question: how can I find out whether the fan is broken, or the controller on the board (not sending any signal/current to the fan). Particularly, how can I do this if the box is not starting up - I have tried tinkering around with wires and batteries, but was not very successful - I am not very gifted in this regard.
Many thanks
Tom
PS: As I have currently no access to satellite dishes, I am miss-using the box as a NAS device to store my backups onto the 2T hdd, so usually there is no TV attached to it either; this has been working this way for many many months/years before acting up some 6-8 weeks ago.
I also have recently experienced my Vu+ Duo stuck on the Red Light on start-up. On start-up it gets stuck on the red light: sometimes for ever, sometimes it starts finally up after 20 minutes or even an hour. When it finally does run, it may crash at any time again, at which stage it often gets stuck, displaying "starting ..." in the front.
I have tried flashing the kernel as well as installing the latest OpenPli (I am currently running on 3.1.1 I think - definitely not 4*). Not sure if any of those succeeded since it then got stuck on black screen. However, I managed to get it running again after those trials, albeit short times only (so there is a currently a functioning software).
It was getting very hot and at some point I realized the fan was not working. After a coupe of weeks I was able to start it again yesterday ... the box on the floor and open. Fan not working, but with the ventilations and cooler outside temperatures in general, it appeared to be running cool. Today in the morning it was stuck again on "starting ..."
After many searches I came across that some of the capacitors may need replacing, but I am reluctant since there are not that many references compared to all the 'red light' threats.
Assuming it is a hardware issue, here is my question: how can I find out whether the fan is broken, or the controller on the board (not sending any signal/current to the fan). Particularly, how can I do this if the box is not starting up - I have tried tinkering around with wires and batteries, but was not very successful - I am not very gifted in this regard.
Many thanks
Tom
PS: As I have currently no access to satellite dishes, I am miss-using the box as a NAS device to store my backups onto the 2T hdd, so usually there is no TV attached to it either; this has been working this way for many many months/years before acting up some 6-8 weeks ago.