need a dm500s expert help

[Wingnut]

hi people,my friend has a dm500s and phoned me and told me he had to switch his electric off in his house for 10min, after he switched the electric switch back on he noticed his dm didnt come on,just stuck on green light on box and nothing on screen,just blue,also remote or nothing wud work,so i took and only way to connect to it was through dreamup which i flashed again succesfully,turned box on and worked ok,so i set it up for him back in his house then get a phon call this morning sayin that box not working again,he left it switched on all night then this morning green light on box and blue screen again and remote etc not workin,im sure its not an image prob as its pli and i have it on my other mates box with no prob, any of u experts have any ideas?thanks

[andy91]

I would download a fresh image and reflash its probably corrupt.

Andy.

[Wingnut]

np mate, strange tho as its a pli image and i have this image on my other friends box with no probs,

[andy91]

np mate, strange tho as its a pli image and i have this image on my other friends box with no probs,

I had a similar problem on a 500 with Pli.Kept using the same image on my desktop that i used several times but kept having problems.
A fresh downloaded flash solved the problem.

Andy.

[Wingnut]

np mate,il give darkstar a go for him 2morrow,thanks

[andy91]

np mate,il give darkstar a go for him 2morrow,thanks

Could try that or a fresh Pli download.
I prefer Pli Jade 3 Maxvar for Dreambox 500.
Make sure you do a flash erase first.
I personally use Dreamup 1.3.3.4 with null and ethernet cable together.
Hope you get sorted mate.

Andy.

[opsmonkey]

I've seen this before, you were right to re-flash, i suspect his electricity went off again..

[Wingnut]

not sure what u mean opsmonkey

[opsmonkey]

for the box to have a green light on in the morning then one of two things have to have happened..

1) Someone turned the box from standby to On and it tripped out

or

2) There was a power cut in the night and the box tripped out when the power came back on

[Wingnut]

cheers for explaining,il ask him again 2morrow, also opsmonkey when u say the box must have tripped out what do u mean by this?,thanks

[opsmonkey]

it could be a dodgy box though.. check its not overheating when its in standby

[Wingnut]

will do,thanks for helping me mate

[Adam_UK]

for the box to have a green light on in the morning then one of two things have to have happened..

1) Someone turned the box from standby to On and it tripped out

or

2) There was a power cut in the night and the box tripped out when the power came back on

Do you mean I need to leave the box on standby everynight when I finish watching? I leave the box on all the time.

[opsmonkey]

if you are not watching it then turn it to standby..

it has to be in a minimum of standby for the 'features' to work