How to check hardware integrity

Shivan · January 5, 2023 at 3:04 PM

Hi,

recently, my Libreelec player (RPi 4 with Hifiberry addon card for SPDIF output) is having problems: After around 45-60 min of playback, the player consistently stops and exits to the menu. I have performed all software-related tests I can think of (update to newest libreelec version, fresh installation, OSMC installation), but the problem persists.

I am now suspecting it might be a heat issue, since the problem always occours after a similar time of playback (and recovers after about 5min). The reason might be the Hifiberry board impeding the airflow. Since the system has been working without problems for 2 years previously, I even think there might be permanent damage now that has built up over time.

Can I test this hypothesis somehow? Check the temperature? Check hardware integrity?

**HiassofT** · January 5, 2023 at 3:50 PM

ssh in and run "bcmstat.sh" - this will show current clock frequencies and temperature

so long,

Hias

Shivan · January 6, 2023 at 4:03 PM

Thanks for the tip! The output is below. The playback crashed around 16:54. Doesn't look too good, does it?

Code

Config: v0.5.5, args "", priority lowest (+19)
Board: 4 x  cores available, ondemand governor (Pi4 Model B rev 1.1, BCM2838 SoC with 2GB RAM by Sony UK)
Memory: 1024MB (split 948MB ARM, 76MB GPU)
HW Block: |   ARM   |  Core  |  H264  |    SDRAM    |
Min Freq: |  600MHz | 250MHz |   0MHz |   3200MHz   |
Max Freq: | 1500MHz | 500MHz | 500MHz |   3200MHz   |
Voltages: |         0, 0.8375V        | +0, 1.2000V |
Other: temp_limit=85
Firmware: Oct 5 2022 15:52:04, version 6c57d97fa8066929a2fee6e4fac6d64ad62506c9 (clean) (release) (start_x)
Codecs: H264 MJPG PCM
Booted: Fri Jan  6 16:41:59 2023


Time         ARM    Core    H264 Core Temp (Max)  IRQ/s      RX B/s      TX B/s
======== ======= ======= ======= =============== ====== =========== ===========
16:51:52 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.94C (57.94C)  5,662       2,902      19,158
16:51:54  700Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 55.99C (57.94C)    882         296         128
16:51:56  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    835          97         127
16:51:59  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.45C (57.94C)    848         223         169
16:52:01  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    762          87         127
16:52:03  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    798         504         128
16:52:05  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    864         296         127
16:52:07  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.45C (57.94C)    840          87         128
16:52:09  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.45C (57.94C)    853         295         127
16:52:11  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    868          87         127
16:52:13  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    834          58         128
16:52:15  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.45C (57.94C)    819          87         128
16:52:17  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.45C (57.94C)    750         504         127
16:52:19  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    742         325         148
16:52:21  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.94C (57.94C)    830          87         217
16:52:23  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.45C (57.94C)    837         296         128
16:52:25  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    857          58         148
16:52:27  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    751          29         169
16:52:29  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.45C (57.94C)    739          29         127
16:52:31  600Mhz  262Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    783         237         431
16:52:33  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.48C (57.94C)    854       1,123         166
16:52:35  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 55.99C (57.94C)    841         237         127
16:52:37  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.94C (57.94C)    829          29         128
16:52:39  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.94C (57.94C)    825         325         189
16:52:42  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    849          29         128
16:52:44  600Mhz  262Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    824          29         127
16:52:46  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (57.94C)    826          29         127
16:52:48  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 58.43C (58.43C)    829         445         128
16:52:50  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 58.43C (58.43C)    806         237         127
16:52:52  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.94C (58.43C)    776          29         128


Time         ARM    Core    H264 Core Temp (Max)  IRQ/s      RX B/s      TX B/s
======== ======= ======= ======= =============== ====== =========== ===========
16:52:54  600Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 56.97C (58.43C)    661         266         321
16:52:56 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 57.45C (58.43C)    886      23,391      17,658
16:52:58 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (59.40C)  9,326   8,452,400     174,049
16:53:00 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 58.43C (59.40C) 10,928  10,027,124     195,809
16:53:02 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (60.37C) 12,471  12,496,601     227,922
16:53:04 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (60.37C) 10,153   9,474,750     185,913
16:53:06 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (60.37C) 10,203   9,723,204     183,221
16:53:08 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (60.37C) 12,689  12,482,801     246,221
16:53:10 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (60.86C) 11,699  11,229,744     224,490
16:53:12 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (60.86C) 10,584  10,246,701     187,911
16:53:14 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (60.86C) 11,179  10,586,519     205,318
16:53:16  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (60.86C)  8,853   8,533,996     160,676
16:53:18 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (60.86C) 10,734  11,270,916     202,859
16:53:20 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (61.35C) 11,939  11,832,789     218,227
16:53:22 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (61.35C)  9,375   9,234,322     169,702
16:53:24 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (61.35C) 12,441  12,496,452     243,054
16:53:26 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (61.35C)  9,831   9,094,363     170,488
16:53:28 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (61.35C)  9,694   9,660,240     186,992
16:53:30 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (61.35C) 11,684  11,455,038     217,319
16:53:32 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (61.35C) 11,425  11,264,861     213,557
16:53:34 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (61.35C) 10,834  10,235,308     184,828
16:53:36 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (61.84C) 12,524  12,843,557     241,025
16:53:39 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (61.84C)  9,260   9,166,572     173,321
16:53:41 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (61.84C)  8,746   7,757,410     142,694
16:53:43 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (61.84C) 12,408  12,409,267     231,866
16:53:45 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (61.84C) 10,309   9,808,525     189,081
16:53:47 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (61.84C) 10,326  10,721,343     191,195
16:53:49 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (61.84C)  8,637   9,543,100     171,288
16:53:51 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (61.84C)  8,078   8,045,097     156,498
16:53:53 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (61.84C) 11,933  12,801,487     245,489


Time         ARM    Core    H264 Core Temp (Max)  IRQ/s      RX B/s      TX B/s
======== ======= ======= ======= =============== ====== =========== ===========
16:53:55 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (61.84C) 10,974  11,743,796     214,238
16:53:57 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (61.84C)  9,900  10,202,274     196,869
16:53:59 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (61.84C)  8,841   8,947,929     178,304
16:54:01 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (61.84C) 10,899  11,414,320     224,513
16:54:03  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (61.84C)  8,429   8,789,246     160,709
16:54:05 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (61.84C) 12,557  13,469,182     260,788
16:54:07 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 62.32C (62.32C)  9,762   9,983,431     193,214
16:54:09 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 62.32C (62.32C)  8,952   9,128,931     176,270
16:54:11 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (62.32C)  9,828  11,040,524     155,818
16:54:13 1500Mhz  333Mhz    0Mhz 62.32C (62.32C) 12,586  13,414,732     248,542
16:54:15 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (62.32C) 11,121  11,524,772     231,107
16:54:17 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (62.32C) 10,506  10,770,111     203,250
16:54:19 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (62.32C)  9,160   9,546,515     181,016
16:54:21 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (62.32C)  9,153   9,715,872     175,464
16:54:23 1000Mhz  333Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (62.32C) 11,412  12,198,617     223,354
16:54:25 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (62.32C)  8,581   8,966,095     165,560
16:54:27 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.84C (62.32C) 10,969  11,378,850     225,985
16:54:29 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (62.32C)  9,127   9,324,490     184,396
16:54:31 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (62.32C)  9,793   9,833,343     194,703
16:54:33 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (62.32C) 11,560  11,935,078     229,732
16:54:35 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 61.35C (62.32C)  3,112   2,775,493      56,665
16:54:38 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    539          29         367
16:54:40  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (62.32C)    559         238         186
16:54:42  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (62.32C)    553          29         276
16:54:44  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    569          29         186
16:54:46  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    556          58         206
16:54:48  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (62.32C)    562         581         326
16:54:50  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (62.32C)    564         238         186
16:54:52  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    570          29         186
16:54:54  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (62.32C)    564         288         186


Time         ARM    Core    H264 Core Temp (Max)  IRQ/s      RX B/s      TX B/s
======== ======= ======= ======= =============== ====== =========== ===========
16:54:56  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    558         218         553
16:54:58  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    555         117         186
16:55:00  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    690         117         186
16:55:02  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 58.91C (62.32C)    576         565         218
16:55:04  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    576         356         128
16:55:06  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (62.32C)    572          29         128
16:55:08  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    566         267         149
16:55:10  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    562          58         186
16:55:12  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 58.91C (62.32C)    581          88         186
16:55:14  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    570         117         186
16:55:16  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    564         347         186
16:55:18  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    564         297         186
16:55:20  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 58.91C (62.32C)    563         297         186
16:55:22  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    564          88         186
16:55:24  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    560         297         186
16:55:26  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    567          88         186
16:55:28  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (62.32C)    573          88         275
16:55:31  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 58.43C (62.32C)    576          88         206
16:55:33  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    577         506         206
16:55:35  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.86C (62.32C)    569         297         227
16:55:37  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 58.91C (62.32C)    561          88         186
16:55:39  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    575         297         186
16:55:41  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    571          88         186
16:55:43  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (62.32C)    585          88         187
16:55:45  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 58.91C (62.32C)    567          58         186
16:55:47  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    569         447         186
16:55:49  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    571         297         186
16:55:51  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    573         147         206
16:55:53  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    585         297         186
16:55:55  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    572          29         186


Time         ARM    Core    H264 Core Temp (Max)  IRQ/s      RX B/s      TX B/s
======== ======= ======= ======= =============== ====== =========== ===========
16:55:57  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    572         117         553
16:55:59  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    576         147         186^[
16:56:01  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    684         384         244
16:56:03  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    574         326         128
16:56:05 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    651         269         374
16:56:07 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    531          88         260
16:56:09 1500Mhz  500Mhz    0Mhz 60.37C (62.32C)    532         268         260
16:56:11  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.40C (62.32C)    603          88         393
16:56:13  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    593         203         280^[
16:56:15  900Mhz  300Mhz    0Mhz 59.89C (62.32C)    594         336         317^C
Peak Values: IRQ: 12689, RX: 13469182, TX: 260788

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**HiassofT** · January 6, 2023 at 6:00 PM

The temperatures look OK, basically stable at 60°C - which is fine.

If playback crashed you should have something in journal or kodi log - reproduce the issue again, then run "pastekodi" and post the URL with the log here.

so long,

Hias

petediscrete · January 6, 2023 at 6:08 PM

What player are you using when this happens.

Shivan · January 7, 2023 at 3:39 PM

Before I read your replies, I ran ather test with the addon board and the top of the case removed. Results are below.

What surprises me is that "H264" was constantly at 0Mhz before (so I guess it's not been used), now it is used. And network traffic is much lower now (it is the same file being played). The player crashed again, but after a longer time.

I'm using Kodi with the current libreelec distribution (10.0.3). It was the same with version 9.

I'm going to run the test again now and give you the result of pastekodi ASAP.

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Time         ARM    Core    H264 Core Temp (Max)  IRQ/s      RX B/s      TX B/s
======== ======= ======= ======= =============== ====== =========== ===========
17:45:26  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 57.94C (58.91C)  3,348   3,477,102      44,556
17:45:28  700Mhz  500Mhz  305Mhz 55.99C (58.91C)  4,005   4,204,619      56,152
17:45:30  700Mhz  253Mhz  278Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,986   4,095,529      48,962
17:45:32  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.97C (58.91C)  3,651   3,967,239      49,469
17:45:34  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,824   4,193,386      52,703
17:45:36  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,264   3,357,950      42,649
17:45:38  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 57.45C (58.91C)  2,981   2,966,994      33,411
17:45:40  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,379   3,089,121      34,216
17:45:42  800Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,474   3,326,916      39,872
17:45:44  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.97C (58.91C)  3,600   3,210,704      38,546
17:45:46  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.97C (58.91C)  3,679   3,426,860      42,299
17:45:49  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 55.99C (58.91C)  3,437   3,447,607      39,399
17:45:51  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,593   3,296,225      36,645
17:45:53  700Mhz  500Mhz  305Mhz 56.97C (58.91C)  3,562   4,087,929      45,991
17:45:55  700Mhz  253Mhz  278Mhz 55.99C (58.91C)  3,466   3,892,694      49,727
17:45:57  700Mhz  253Mhz  278Mhz 55.99C (58.91C)  3,716   3,803,750      48,675
17:45:59  700Mhz  500Mhz  305Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,479   3,017,056      37,945
17:46:01  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 55.99C (58.91C)  3,805   3,118,154      35,861
17:46:03  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 55.99C (58.91C)  3,533   3,019,147      38,379
17:46:05  700Mhz  500Mhz  305Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,397   3,061,306      39,291
17:46:07  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,854   3,289,930      42,001
17:46:09  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 55.99C (58.91C)  3,894   3,479,779      44,324
17:46:11  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 55.50C (58.91C)  3,366   3,115,620      37,764
17:46:13  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 55.99C (58.91C)  2,894   3,129,560      36,238
17:46:15  700Mhz  500Mhz  305Mhz 55.50C (58.91C)  3,833   3,914,226      47,536
17:46:17  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.97C (58.91C)  3,556   3,837,923      45,331
17:46:19  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.97C (58.91C)  3,299   3,071,655      35,146
17:46:21  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 57.45C (58.91C)  3,156   3,102,460      34,940
17:46:23  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.48C (58.91C)  3,685   3,223,113      38,635
17:46:25  700Mhz  500Mhz  278Mhz 56.97C (58.91C)  3,104   3,381,622      42,059

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Edit: Here's the link:

http://ix.io/4kzS

**HiassofT** · January 7, 2023 at 4:12 PM

The log shows a read error from your NAS:

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2023-01-07 16:57:40.694 T:1048    ERROR <general>: Read - Error( -1, 110, Connection timed out )
2023-01-07 16:57:40.694 T:1048    ERROR <general>: Process - <smb://192.168.1.3/Media/News/_move/Le.Pacte.Des.Loups.2001.DC.1080p.BluRay.DDP7.1.x264-W4NK3R.mkv> source read failed with -1!

Network on the RPi4 side looks fine (nothing suspicious in logs) so it might be worth to check your network/switch/NAS and make sure you don't have any network/cabling issues and your NAS didn't go to sleep or something like that.

so long,

Hias

Shivan · January 7, 2023 at 4:14 PM

Edit: Since the "pastekodi" command seems to have removed the interesting part, here is the tail of the last crash log:

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Thanks for your support Hias!

Quote from HiassofT
The log shows a read error from your NAS:
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2023-01-07 16:57:40.694 T:1048    ERROR <general>: Read - Error( -1, 110, Connection timed out )
2023-01-07 16:57:40.694 T:1048    ERROR <general>: Process - <smb://192.168.1.3/Media/News/_move/Le.Pacte.Des.Loups.2001.DC.1080p.BluRay.DDP7.1.x264-W4NK3R.mkv> source read failed with -1!
Network on the RPi4 side looks fine (nothing suspicious in logs) so it might be worth to check your network/switch/NAS and make sure you don't have any network/cabling issues and your NAS didn't go to sleep or something like that.
so long,
Hias

Yes, I suspected something like this in the beginning. But other devices have no problems playing back the same file (a RPi 3 and a Vero 4k). And regarding other hardware: I replaced cables, switches, disconnected all other devices... And in the end, the only device ever showing problems is the RPi 4. So I hesitate to reinstall the OS on the NAS...

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