Posts by ceekdp

Problem solved! - It turned out to be a faulty RAM module. I have now updated 8.02 to 8.1 with no issue.

As suggested I ran memtest86+ and it noted that there were errors. I then changed the RAM with some spare I had from an old laptop and ran the update from within 8.0.2 and hey presto! It looks like the Revo3700 has some life left in it after all

Thanks so much for your help guys! You create amazing software and I'm grateful you take the time to help users out to solve our problems.

Kind Regards,

ceekdp

Yes. 8.02 installs to the internal hard disk perfectly. The bios is set to boot from the internal hard drive first so I have to access the boot menu to boot from USB. It seems as if the new kernel on 8.1 will not unzip whether it is on a USB stick or installed on the internal hard drive(after I have updated from 8.0.2) When the installer starts from USB where does it try to extract the kernel to? USB or internal hard drive?

I have used my Revo running Openelec/Libreelec for years with regular updates to beta and RC releases and never had an issue.

Have you upgraded any part of your Revo? Are you still using the original HDD? Could this be a hardware issue with the HDD?

I had a look at the bios and I couldn't see anything that looks out of the ordinary. Would you have any suggestions?

Thanks again for looking into this for me. It is much appreciated.

Kind Regards,

ceekdp

Thought I would update on a few things I tried tonight.

Upgrade from 8.0.2 to a Milhouse Leia build 0815 and same problem.

I also created a new USB stick with 8.1.0 and the installer won't start. The same message appears.

I suspect it could be some kind of kernel issue? Could there be some reason why the kernel is not compatible with my Revo3700?

Does the USB installer app format the hard drive (suspect not)? Would it be worth a complete reformat?

Kind Regards,

ceekdp

Hi chewitt,

Thanks for your reply.

The images I have used have all come from the libreelec.tv website. Could it be a problem with mirror I have used? I am in the UK.

Last night I also tried updating to 8.1.0 from within Libreelec and again that seemed to install fine, rebooted and then resulted in the same error. (again I was able to reinstall 8.0.2 from USB afterwards with no issues)

It does seem very strange. Tonight I will have a look in the Bios settings and check everything is ok.

Any futher thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

ceekdp

Hi all,

I have an Acer Revo3700 (ION2) HTPC. I have tried to upgrade from 8.0.2 (which runs perfectly) to 8.1.0 and have been unsuccessful. The update starts and completes as normal and the system reboots. On reboot I get an onscreen message stating: "XZ-compressed data is corrupt - system halted" and the system has frozen. As a result I created a USB stick with 8.1.0 to try a fresh install however I got the same error message after booting from USB. I was unable to even start the install process.

As I have been unable to install 8.1.0 I did a fresh install of 8.0.2 using a USB stick and that installed as expected. I also then as a final check tried to update to 8.1.0 from within this fresh install and that also appeared to complete successfully but I was left with the error message screen as described above after reboot.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards.

ceekdp.