722 receiver keeps starting over and over!

[Bigfoot]

last night I was watching tv the power flickered for a split second the receiver rebooted itself and kept starting and stopping over and over again, it gets to 3 of 5 on the progress meter and hangs there for a time and then restarts over and over again. I called dish and they think its the receiver and are sending me another one, what do you guys think? Has anyone has this problem? please let me know if this has happened to anyone else.. Thanks Don

 

[garys]

I had it last month, Dish had to replace the receiver.

 

[KAB]

In the meantime, try removing and re-inserting the smart card. Worked for me to at least get live TV while I was waiting on replacement.

 

[tkwasny]

I've seen it here on this forum a few months back. It's a BIOS level reset.

Unplug the DVR and keep it unplugged and push the power switch ten times, then plug back in and boot.

Supposedly, the lithium battery on the motherboard powers the motherboard while its unplugged and permits interaction with the power button to perform the factory level BIOS reset.

No solid proof this is a fact but it was here posted some time ago and it seemed to resolve others problems.

 

[garys]

I've seen it here on this forum a few months back. It's a BIOS level reset.

Unplug the DVR and keep it unplugged and push the power switch ten times, then plug back in and boot.

Supposedly, the lithium battery on the motherboard powers the motherboard while its unplugged and permits interaction with the power button to perform the factory level BIOS reset.

No solid proof this is a fact but it was here posted some time ago and it seemed to resolve others problems.

Didn't work for me. Hard Drive was shot.

 

[LeM22]

Same here

I've had the same issue since upgrading to HD in the spring with my new 722. Early on, it happened whenever the power would go out or when I was configuring my entire sound system. Since I've stopped, it's stopped except once two weeks ago it kept it up for hours. The progress screen comes up and then it shuts off. Weird. 98% of the time it's fine, but if it happens again I'm going to do that reset thing of pushing the button in...it sounds like a BIOS thing anyhow.

 

[Bigfoot]

I looked in the smart card slot, nothings there!

I opened the left side which covers the smart card, nothing sticking out of the slot, looked into the slot couldn't see any card at all!!!

 

[Bobby]

They often come with the smart card built in. My VIP722 is that way. There is a slot for future changes.

 

[thunderstruck]

Interesting-I had the same thing happen last week. The DVR would come on, then power cycle itself back off then on again. I chalked it up to a bad power supply, since it was constantly powering down then up. I'm on a UPS with AVR. Mine is at least a year and a half old. I wonder if there's some chance they pushed a firmware upgrade that's hosing DVR's? I have a replacement to be delivered tomorrow.

 

[peano]

Stick a USB flash drive in it and it will sometimes come out of the reboot cycle.