pace 4001 problem

[dave_c]

friend has the above box , was working fine until tues , now all it does when u power it up is go , pace , tune , nit , then it reboots and goes through it again and again , left the box on overnight and still doin the same , never come across this problem before , have tried holding the up/down buttons to try to get it to boot and to try to get to the eng menu but still does the same , anyone any ideas on wat may be causing it or how to resolve it , or is the box just stuck in a update loop or is it goosed

thx in advance

[River-Rat]

IF its this not a sim prob overheating might have caused it the pins might be loose or bent have a look and see if this helps good if not ,well hope it does#

thats from my old post, but i dont know what a sim is lol as i got a pace in cupboard doing nothing

[dave_c]

well , i will nip over to my mates later with a couple of spare sims i've got and try them see if makes any diff ,

the sim is like a circuit bord that stands upright inside the box near the front of it to the right of the card reader

[jimbo]

Originally Posted by dave_c

well , i will nip over to my mates later with a couple of spare sims i've got and try them see if makes any diff ,

the sim is like a circuit bord that stands upright inside the box near the front of it to the right of the card reader

thats correct, could be some of the resistors or caps or going as well, 4001 is a very old box.

[matthew4321]

Originally Posted by jimbo

thats correct, could be some of the resistors or caps or going as well, 4001 is a very old box.

iv had this problem, all i did is reflow the atmel chips and was working fine then....

[reddiesel]

Originally Posted by dave_c

friend has the above box , was working fine until tues , now all it does when u power it up is go , pace , tune , nit , then it reboots and goes through it again and again , left the box on overnight and still doin the same , never come across this problem before , have tried holding the up/down buttons to try to get it to boot and to try to get to the eng menu but still does the same , anyone any ideas on wat may be causing it or how to resolve it , or is the box just stuck in a update loop or is it goosed

thx in advance

Have you tried pulling red jumper to reset ?

[dave_c]

tried a few diff sims in the box and still did the same , tried a couple of cims in it still did the same , pulled the red jumper and replaced it , booted box up got into the em , net id was just showing ***** , so done a fun net id card , booted box up , went into the em , popped net id card in , box rebooted and came up with the please wait updating screen , unplugged box , took card out , booted box back up , now cant get back into the em to see if the net id is ok , if leave the box on it just stays on tune

[River-Rat]

Originally Posted by dave_c

well , i will nip over to my mates later with a couple of spare sims i've got and try them see if makes any diff ,

the sim is like a circuit bord that stands upright inside the box near the front of it to the right of the card reader

any pics? as mine all seems ok as no broken parts or solder

[dave_c]

the piece that is standing upright at the back of the pic is the sim

you cant always tell that its gone wrong

as a friend of mine had a prob with their box and i replaced the sim and worked fine after replacing

[reddiesel]

You could try another Cim ( cable interface module) Some people call it the tuner but its not, its more likely to be that than the simm card.