Fresh Install 9.95.5 Crashes / Reboots

mweinmann · July 11, 2021 at 12:03 AM

Hi team:

Had been running 9.95.5 for a while on a box simply upgraded over time. Started to have random reboots. A similar box runs without issues.

Decided to wipe and reinstall the trouble box.

Install process doesn't report any errors.

Upon immediate first boot, GUI only loads to show a mouse cursor and after 15 seconds or so, reboots.

Cannot see anything in the log file. Assuming something is preventing Kodi from starting, but no indication of a problem. It just stops.

I've used several different usb rescue disks to check various things and they all run just fine, no crashes, etc.

J3455-ITX

Hoping someone might have an idea before I just replace it and call it a hardware glitch. These have been running for a good 5 years.

Thanks!

Marc

**Klojum** · July 11, 2021 at 5:04 AM Official Post

Take the memory module(s) of the J3455 box out and put it/them back in, and do a memory test. Every decent Linux live ISO has one (f.e. Ubuntu).

Do a full slow format of the HDD/SSD, if it only contains LibreELEC.

Try running Kodi off a bootable USB stick.

mweinmann · July 15, 2021 at 4:40 AM

Klojum -

It ended up being the RAM. Testing immediately started throwing errors.

Replaced RAM, wiped the SSD once more (since still failed to boot), then a reinstall worked.

thanks!

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