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Our old Humax doesnrCOt owe us anything but itrCOs having boot up issues. When powered up thererCOs no spinny noises from the hard drive and it goes through several boot up cycles before the drive eventually boots up. From then on,
it works perfectly.

WhatrCOs the likeliest cause? ItrCOs had a new hard drive or two in its long life but nothing else.

Tim
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On 29/09/2026 20:36, Tim+ wrote:

Our old Humax doesnrCOt owe us anything but itrCOs having boot up issues. When
powered up thererCOs no spinny noises from the hard drive and it goes through several boot up cycles before the drive eventually boots up. From then on, it works perfectly.

WhatrCOs the likeliest cause? ItrCOs had a new hard drive or two in its long life but nothing else.

Tim

Power Supply issues?

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On 29/09/2026 20:36, Tim+ wrote:

Our old Humax doesnrCOt owe us anything but itrCOs having boot up issues. When
powered up thererCOs no spinny noises from the hard drive and it goes through several boot up cycles before the drive eventually boots up. From then on, it works perfectly.

WhatrCOs the likeliest cause? ItrCOs had a new hard drive or two in its long life but nothing else.

Tim

dying hard drive
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On 29/09/2026 20:36, Tim+ wrote:

Our old Humax doesnrCOt owe us anything but itrCOs having boot up issues. When
powered up thererCOs no spinny noises from the hard drive and it goes through several boot up cycles before the drive eventually boots up. From then on, it works perfectly.

WhatrCOs the likeliest cause? ItrCOs had a new hard drive or two in its long life but nothing else.

Tim

Guess, failing electrolytic capacitors in the power supply
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On Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:36:59 +0000, Tim+ wrote:

Our old Humax doesnrCOt owe us anything but itrCOs having boot up issues. When powered up thererCOs no spinny noises from the hard drive and it goes through several boot up cycles before the drive eventually boots up.
From then on,
it works perfectly.

WhatrCOs the likeliest cause? ItrCOs had a new hard drive or two in its long life but nothing else.

I have been having posting issues; let's see if this gets through.

This is a very common fault. It's an electrolytic capacitor (4.7uF) on
the main board, bear centre front. Fixed mine with no trouble (easier
to do with a wire ended replacement, there's plenty of room).

Full details on hummy.tv, which is unfortunately down right now.
https://wiki.hummy.tv/wiki/Hardware_Fixes

Failing that, I have a spare in storage, and I'm visiting the unit next
week. I can bring it back and take pictures.
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