Re: [slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
Well, I *tentatively* think the answer was behind door number 3. It's been about 4-5 hours since I pulled the wireless card out, and the SB1 has stayed up. Recently, it would have shut off by now, so I'm hopeful that this solved it. For future reference, what exactly is the TOSLINK LED? seanadams wrote: At this point you should probably contact support, since not responding to press-and-hold-power means the unit is either wedging itself in some way or losing power - it probably is not a network issue. I don't have an especially likely explanation, but a couple things you might try to narrow it down: - check the TOSLINK LED. it should be on at all times after startup as long as the unit is getting power. - The filaments (thin horizotal wires) in the VFD should be slightly glowing. If they ever shut off, this is another indicator of a power supply issue. - the wireless card may be on the blink or improperly seated - it shares the memory bus so it's conceivable that it could precipitate a crash. if you don't need it, try removing it. -- Chris Egolf http://www.ugholf.net cegolf [AT] ugholf [DOT] net ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
TOSLINK = digital optical output LED = the red light inside the connector -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
It's behind flap number 2 :-) -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
Are you sure it's actually powering off and not just losing it's network connection? The effect can look very similar... -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
radish wrote: Are you sure it's actually powering off and not just losing it's network connection? The effect can look very similar... Really? I thought it just displayed a message that it had lost contact with the slimserver. It's using the wired connection instead of the wireless, but I'll double check the connections just to be sure. Thanks. -- Chris Egolf http://www.ugholf.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
Chris Egolf Wrote: radish wrote: Are you sure it's actually powering off and not just losing it's network connection? The effect can look very similar... Really? I thought it just displayed a message that it had lost contact with the slimserver. It's using the wired connection instead of the wireless, but I'll double check the connections just to be sure. About a week ago I had some odd trouble with my Squeezebox G going dark a couple times overnight (normally it's off and displaying the current time; when it misbehaved, the screen went dark entirely). It hasn't happened since, but I found it odd, as it's using a wired connection to the SlimServer host (which also acts as DHCP server; both the SlimServer host and the SBG are plugged into the same wireless G bridge [Linksys WRT54G + DD-WRT firmware]). Cycling the SBG by holding down the power button on the remote was enough to reconnect and restore the time display. In this same time period, my Squeezebox 2 (which uses 802.11g to the house AP) didn't have any trouble. ISTM the SBG should have reconnected easily if it had rebooted for some reason, especially given how clean simple the networking is for the SBG's link to SlimServer. The lost connections have not recurred, so I haven't investigated further. But I'd double-check your firmware (hold Brightness to force an update?) first, as I wonder if this may be a firmware/software problem. And I wonder if using a static IP address would help if you're losing connections, as that would remove the DHCP dependency. -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
Chris Egolf Wrote: radish wrote: Are you sure it's actually powering off and not just losing it's network connection? The effect can look very similar... Really? I thought it just displayed a message that it had lost contact with the slimserver. It's using the wired connection instead of the wireless, but I'll double check the connections just to be sure. Thanks. -- Chris Egolf http://www.ugholf.net cegolf (AT) ugholf (DOT) net My memory of my players is that they display a message saying the connection was lost for a moment, then try reconnecting, then give up and just go dark. Next time it happens try holding down power and see if it comes back to life. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
I've seen the same thing: occasionally my SB1g will lose connection to the server overnight, resulting in the typical blank screen. A restart (5sec pwr) does the trick. I've just chalked it up to my rather bizarre network arrangement but maybe there's more to it if others are seeing the same issue. My network configuration is as follows: wired sb1g into wrt54g in wireless bridge mode running dd-wrt firmware connecting to my netgear wireless router (acting as DHCP server), the router is wired to my cable modem which provides the internet connection to Slimserver 6.5 that I'm running off my computer at work (which is on a static global IP, not behind NAT--one of the perks of working for a major university). Amazingly, in spite of all this, I usually get very good performance--on a good day I can stream RAW PCM from my work computer, across the internet, across my wireless (802.11b), to my sb1g!! I've never had the connection-dropping problem with my wired sb1 (non-g) which is wired directly to my netgear router/switch and is served from a pc running slimserver 5.4 wired to that same switch (I run the two different servers because I have very different uses for the two squeezeboxes). It's always been dead-reliable. -- azinck3 azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
Wireless SB1s do that when they lose network connectivity. They are very bad about retrying (i.e. they basically don't). Hold the power button, it'll all come back. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
Michaelwagner wrote: Wireless SB1s do that when they lose network connectivity. They are very bad about retrying (i.e. they basically don't). Hold the power button, it'll all come back. Well, although it is the wireless SB1, it is wired and exhibiting this problem. I've tried the suggestions of pressing and holding the power button, upgrading the firmware, and even replaced the network cable and switch port it's plugged into with no success. The SB1 will stay on for several hours and then turn off completely. It won't even respond to pings on the network at that point. The only thing I've found to bring it back to life is unplugging the power connector and re-seating it. Sometimes several attempts are required. I think it's getting worse over time. All of this leads me to think it's a bad connection, somewhere in the SB1. I've tested the power supply and it's delivering the correct voltage. I guess it could be something with that, but I don't see how unplugging it would fix that. -- Chris Egolf http://www.ugholf.net cegolf [AT] ugholf [DOT] net ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: First Gen SqueezeBox looses power
At this point you should probably contact support, since not responding to press-and-hold-power means the unit is either wedging itself in some way or losing power - it probably is not a network issue. I don't have an especially likely explanation, but a couple things you might try to narrow it down: - check the TOSLINK LED. it should be on at all times after startup as long as the unit is getting power. - The filaments (thin horizotal wires) in the VFD should be slightly glowing. If they ever shut off, this is another indicator of a power supply issue. - the wireless card may be on the blink or improperly seated - it shares the memory bus so it's conceivable that it could precipitate a crash. if you don't need it, try removing it. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
