[A-300] Firmware 05-02-120711-23-POP-421 (05-02-111220-23-POP-421) (17.07.2012)

[halfelite]

(07-18-2012 08:15 PM)oreno2007@hotmail.it Wrote:  same problem for me. my a-300 ask for the update then gave me err075 at about 10% of programming
now i've put the recovery firmware . many attempts of upgrade also with older firmware in usb mode and online mode but same results.

we need help from support to have our pch working fine!!!

File a case with popcornhour.com support as sounds like maybe a bad NAND chip.

[djheuvel]

(07-18-2012 08:12 PM)halfelite Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 08:08 PM)djheuvel Wrote:  ...

couple things to try first. if you have an internal drive pull it out see if it boots. if not you might have to do a recovery firmware maybe it did not flash all the way. another thing to try is reboot with HD and network cable unplugged.

Thanks for your help!

Without the HD it boots and everything works as expected. Then I placed the HD back and I got the logo again for several minutes. What to check next?

[halfelite]

(07-18-2012 08:34 PM)djheuvel Wrote:  Thanks for your help!

Without the HD it boots and everything works as expected. Then I placed the HD back and I got the logo again for several minutes. What to check next?

Usually it means it thinks there is a problem with the drive. You have a couple options you leave it on the NMJ loading screen for hours as it should be scanning the drive itself during this time, Or you connect the drive to a PC and download gparted live, its a linux distro that runs off usb or cdrom and boot into it and click check disc takes about an hour or less on a pc to scan a 2tb drive. And if it finds any errors it will fix and flag the drive as healthy. and the pch will boot again.

[djheuvel]

(07-18-2012 08:38 PM)halfelite Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 08:34 PM)djheuvel Wrote:  Thanks for your help!

Without the HD it boots and everything works as expected. Then I placed the HD back and I got the logo again for several minutes. What to check next?

Usually it means it thinks there is a problem with the drive. You have a couple options you leave it on the NMJ loading screen for hours as it should be scanning the drive itself during this time, Or you connect the drive to a PC and download gparted live, its a linux distro that runs off usb or cdrom and boot into it and click check disc takes about an hour or less on a pc to scan a 2tb drive. And if it finds any errors it will fix and flag the drive as healthy. and the pch will boot again.

But when I SSH from my laptop to the pch I can browse folders and files on the HD, so the HD seems to be working fine.
I wouldn't mind formatting the HD, do you think that could help? If so, do you have tips on how to format?

[halfelite]

(07-18-2012 08:45 PM)djheuvel Wrote:  But when I SSH from my laptop to the pch I can browse folders and files on the HD, so the HD seems to be working fine.
I wouldn't mind formatting the HD, do you think that could help? If so, do you have tips on how to format?

If you want to start from scratch. you can always pull the drive pop it into a pc and let the pc format it in windows then pop it back in the pch and set it up again.

[djheuvel]

(07-18-2012 08:55 PM)halfelite Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 08:45 PM)djheuvel Wrote:  But when I SSH from my laptop to the pch I can browse folders and files on the HD, so the HD seems to be working fine.
I wouldn't mind formatting the HD, do you think that could help? If so, do you have tips on how to format?

If you want to start from scratch. you can always pull the drive pop it into a pc and let the pc format it in windows then pop it back in the pch and set it up again.

Unfortunately I only have a laptop... Is there a way to format it in the PCH? Or can I just delete everything?

[halfelite]

you might be able to cheat. And power the unit on without the drive then slide the drive in.

[goAMinD]

I can confirm Internal subs in my MKV's are now always sync. Still though, after a dialog ends the text stays a bit long for my taste, but no problems at all. Thanks. Also perfect when stopping a movie it returns prompt to the NMJ. I can now enjoy all my movies.

As I don't have an internal drive I ran the online firware update with no errors, very smooth. After that I ran the NMT update WITHOUT touching my movie collection. Also went fine with no errors.

Tests to perform still.... I gues I will use losless WMA in some rare cases. My WMA rips did not return any sound with older firmware, so will test soon.

[iamloco724@aol.com]

how to access this?

Added Mature Content Feature to AppsMarket?

[djheuvel]

(07-18-2012 09:07 PM)halfelite Wrote:  you might be able to cheat. And power the unit on without the drive then slide the drive in.

I'm pretty sure that during the firmware update in /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/ a new link (?) has appeared:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Jul 18 19:29 SATA_DISK_bedea549-3175-4170-ba42-4c035824b1ad4 -> /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/SATA_DISK//

I think it is new because the other ones in /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/ (being HARD_DISK, NETWORK_SHARE and SATA_DISK) I recognize from ftp login on my pch. When I use ftp to log in on my pch I can see the new link, that is how I found out.

I removed the link, rebooted and then it was recreated, so that did not fix it.

Can this link cause the problem of the pch-gui not booting correctly?

[iamloco724@aol.com]

(07-18-2012 09:24 PM)iamloco724@aol.com Wrote:  how to access this?

Added Mature Content Feature to AppsMarket?

i found it but i guess no content yet?

[oreno2007@hotmail.it]

(07-18-2012 08:17 PM)halfelite Wrote:  same problem for me. my a-300 ask for the update then gave me err075 at about 10% of programming
now i've put the recovery firmware . many attempts of upgrade also with older firmware in usb mode and online mode but same results.

we need help from support to have our pch working fine!!!

File a case with popcornhoursupport as sounds like maybe a bad NAND chip.
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i've done! this are my steps:
disconnect lan and optical cable (before connected)
disconnect usb wireless keyboard dongle (before connected)
format a usb stick in fat32 (befone fat)
from the restore , restoring factoring default and reboot
connect usb stick in the usb port in the back (before i used the front port)
now it's upgraded to last firmware!

thanks for your supporting ideas ;-)

[accident]

Everything works great for me.

[VeeDub]

Muchas gracias! I'll get right to it...

[billcohen]

(07-18-2012 03:11 AM)billcohen Wrote:  Unfortunately, I still have the same problem with Dolby TrueHD making the A-300 almost unusable. Random drops will cause the audio to start buzzing loudly. The only way to stop the buzzing once it starts is to stop and resume the movie (pause does not work); switch to the 5.1 core; or change the audio mode on the receiver to a lower setting and back.

This error is easily repeatable by skipping chapters or FF. Containers do not seem to make a difference and it happens local or over the network. DTS-MA and LPCM do not have this problem. The same movies work fine on my older media player and on my PC.

I hope someone has a recommendation or better yet, had the problem and found the solution. My receiver is an Onkyo 809.

Bumpity.

Anyone have any thoughts? If I could get TrueHD working, I would be a very happy camper. If not, I will have to cut my losses and find something else. 'Tis a real bummer. I really like the a-300.