Sky+ faulty box??

Hi

I have a v1 box. Upgraded to 160GB disk. Everything fine until recently when
we got the dreaded 17 min bug. So today I did the full system reset.

Now it says System Fault and won't record. The 2nd LNB signal and strength
indicators are zero.

Rang Sky who told me that if that message comes up after a FSR then the box
must be faulty. £65 for a call out and replacement.

And I will have to put the old disk in before they come.

Is there anything that anyone suggests that I could try?

Thanks

Steve

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Ford writes
Hi

I have a v1 box. Upgraded to 160GB disk. Everything fine until recently when
we got the dreaded 17 min bug. So today I did the full system reset.

Now it says System Fault and won't record. The 2nd LNB signal and strength
indicators are zero.

Rang Sky who told me that if that message comes up after a FSR then the box
must be faulty. £65 for a call out and replacement.

And I will have to put the old disk in before they come.

Is there anything that anyone suggests that I could try?

Not sure if there is anything else you can try, but I would definitely
put the original disk back in, as they will most likely just swap your
box for another one.
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Sean Black

"Steve Ford" wrote in message
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Hi

I have a v1 box. Upgraded to 160GB disk. Everything fine until recently
when we got the dreaded 17 min bug. So today I did the full system reset.

Now it says System Fault and won't record. The 2nd LNB signal and strength
indicators are zero.

Rang Sky who told me that if that message comes up after a FSR then the
box must be faulty. £65 for a call out and replacement.

And I will have to put the old disk in before they come.

Is there anything that anyone suggests that I could try?

Thanks

Steve

yes your new disk has failed or been corrupted by the FSR.
So no point calling them out, get that fixed. You can confirm by (obviously)
putting the old one back in.

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Steve Ford wrote:

Is there anything that anyone suggests that I could try?

Pull the drive and run the manufacturer's diagnostics on a Windows
machine.

If it isn't faulty then fdisk it and stick it back in the Sky+. It
can't do any more harm.

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