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RichardCoulter · 09-11-2020, 02:03

Well, i've just tried it again and seen something i've never seen it do before. A screen came up and said that it only had 3 days of EPG data left (not true, most of ths EPG is no longer present now and says 'To be announced'.).

You could ignore it, defer it or ask it to sort it out. I asked it to sort it out and it basically did a 'connect to VM' with a green screen behind it.

After it had finished it went back to the 5 min reboots and still no EPG.

Spiderplant suggested earler that I disconnect it from the internet as sometimes this stops them from continually rebooting. It didn't, so I connected it up again.

If SP sees this, could the fault be being caused because it can't load the EPG and keeps rebooting to try (whether connected to the internet or not) as opposed to a HDD failure? Surely a HDD failure wouldn't stop it from getting EPG dataif if it was successfully loading up?

If the former, maybe VM can do something without the need for a new box? I've still not had any joy from them, apart from a holding email from the office of the CEO.

VM placed a BB ad on fb this evening and the comments were full of people complaining about similar issues ie not being able to get through or being ignored.

09-11-2020, 02:03	#41
RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,782	Re: V6 keeps rebooting literally every 5 minutes. Well, i've just tried it again and seen something i've never seen it do before. A screen came up and said that it only had 3 days of EPG data left (not true, most of ths EPG is no longer present now and says 'To be announced'.). You could ignore it, defer it or ask it to sort it out. I asked it to sort it out and it basically did a 'connect to VM' with a green screen behind it. After it had finished it went back to the 5 min reboots and still no EPG. Spiderplant suggested earler that I disconnect it from the internet as sometimes this stops them from continually rebooting. It didn't, so I connected it up again. If SP sees this, could the fault be being caused because it can't load the EPG and keeps rebooting to try (whether connected to the internet or not) as opposed to a HDD failure? Surely a HDD failure wouldn't stop it from getting EPG dataif if it was successfully loading up? If the former, maybe VM can do something without the need for a new box? I've still not had any joy from them, apart from a holding email from the office of the CEO. VM placed a BB ad on fb this evening and the comments were full of people complaining about similar issues ie not being able to get through or being ignored.