508 shuts down

[cdoyle]

Hi,

This just started yesterday, my dish 508 seems to just keep rebooting.

It will go to the checking transponders, and gets to #3 and shuts off.

Before it gets to #3, I can hit the menu button and go into the setup screens, and do a check switch, all seems to be OK there, and I can stay on the menu screen and it never shuts off.

but as soon as I exit out, it will go black for a few seconds and then it shuts off, turns back and starts over.

Could it be a hard drive problem? Or something else?

[cdoyle]

anyone have any ideas?

[tampa8]

anyone have any ideas?

Have you done a hard reset? (While it is on, unplug it or take out the card, or hold the power button until it resets)

[cdoyle]

Have you done a hard reset? (While it is on, unplug it or take out the card, or hold the power button until it resets)

I did try the unplug, and remove the card.

But I haven't tried the push the power button until it reset, I'll give that a try next

[P Smith]

Unplug is enough - looks like your PVR have serious problem.

[cdoyle]

I'm thinking it might be a hard drive problem, I can't seem to get it to download any guide data.

Once I got it to display TV, but only for a few seconds.

I can't get seem to watch any recorded shows either.

[P Smith]

Disconnect it - the PVR will turn on into regular receiver; if it will works OK, then HDD is bad; if not - then sat tuner chip is dead. For disconnect HDD just open a cover and without removing HDD unplug power or/and interface cable.

[cdoyle]

Yep it's looks to be the hard drive.

I took it out, and I can watch TV again.
Put it back in, and it does the reboot over and over thing.

So now I need to find a replacement hard drive for it.

[P Smith]

It wouldn't be easy task. Search in yahoo groups for a solution.