I have been using my wireless SB2 for the past few weeks without any problem. For some unknown reasons it decided to go bonkers over the weekend. I managed to recover it. But the same problem has re-occured several times in the last few days. I have no idea when it will happen again.
There were multiple problems. They could be related. I am at a loss of how to tackle them. (1). It always begin with hissing noise while playing FLAC (like a badly tuned FM radio). This symptom seems to be similar to http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=11173 (2). Having observed (1), I executed a reboot by pressing and holding the <Power> button on remote. After the reboot: (a) MAC address changed resulted in wireless connect failure (mac addr filtering enabled). Disable mac address filtering. (b) Corrupted SSID. eg. "KBNet" became "KBNev". Re-entered as "KBNet" and attempt connect. The next connecting screen still show as "Connecting KBNev..."!?!? Connect failed... (c) Corrupted subnetmask. eg. "255.255.255.0" became "253.253.255.0". (d) Corrupted DNS IP. similar to (c) (e) SB2 display lost its crispness. Dozens of static lit pixels scattered randomly across the display. (3) Tried "factory reset" sequence (Add+Poweron) to no avail. (4). Because the SSID was incorrect and SB2 ignored my manual entry, I had to resort to connecting it using Ethernet cable to recover it. (5). Immediately upon recovery, I forced a firmware update. (6). It is interesting to note that when SB2 is recovered and working normally, the SB2 would regain its screen crispness. The static lit pixels disappear. (7). When things are stable again, I would be able to switch back to wireless mode without any issue. The SB2 is playing fine now. Like I mentioned, (1) to (7) happened several times in the past few days. Appreciate if someone has similar experience to share. --- SB2 firmware 15 SlimServer v6.1.1 official release PC Pentium IV 2.6GHz with 1GB RAM Windows XP SP2 -- kbelinski _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
