Fresh Install 9.95.5 Crashes / Reboots

1st Official Post

    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

    • 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.

    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!