[mythtv-users] MytvTV box shutting down... but I don't know why!?

Harry Devine lifter89 at comcast.net
Thu Jan 1 17:21:58 UTC 2009


Rob Greene wrote:
> I have a MythTV box that periodically shuts down.  And actually, I
> don't know if it is actually shut down ... it's just not available.
> When I go to check on the server, it is turned off.  This is in the
> furnace room, so nobody is just going in there and hitting the power
> switch, either..
>
> I'm running MythDora on an old Compaq W6000 (dual Xeon processors). It
> records analog TV through a PVR 250 and 350 and HDTV through an
> HDHomeRun.
>
> I've looked in the mythbackend.log file and didn't see anything.
> Anywhere else I should look?  And any idea what I'd be looking for?
> It's not happening daily, but probably about once a week.
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
> -Rob
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I had something similar happen to me a few months ago, and it turned out 
to be a bad CPU fan.  The fan would stop spinning causing the chip to 
get hot, and the PC would shut itself down.  I would make sure that your 
CPU fan hasn't gone "belly-up" on you.

Hope that helps.
Harry



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