Hello Carol.
This is probably due to a failing hard drive. The hard
drives used in these machines were cheap hitachi drives,
i've already had one behaving strangely. My box wouldn't
offer me the option to format or to record. I have
replaced the hard drive in the unit with a better drive
made by seagate, formatted it and have had no further
problems, no crashes, etc. Because the voice runs from
the hard drive, if there are any errors on the drive or
if its failing, it can cause you to experience
crashes/freezing. I can replace the drive for you if you
wish, please contact me off list and we can go from
there. I'd recommend it to be honest, because if you do a
lot of recording and the drive fails it would've been
pointless you recording all those tv shows to watch
later!
all the best,
Mo.
On 07/07/2012 12:52, Carol Pearson wrote:
Hi all,
We have a fairly regular saying at home which is "Amy's
on strike". This simply means that she fails to speak,
often after booting up, when we first go to use her. Of
course, we find ways round, sometimes needing to reboot
the box again; but I wonder if anyone else is finding
this problem and if you have a better solution than a
bit of hit and miss and, finally, if you've concluded
what's going on and why!
Carol P
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