Sounds the same issue as reported here? https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=36367
Looks like a hardware defect. Almost pulled the trigger on N2 until I saw the 30 DAYS warranty. Shame on you, Hardkernel.
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I guess you have to pay your nickel and take your chances. Still itās not something that will keep me from buying an N2. Mineās been been running well for several months now. If it dies, just have to buy a new one, theyāre cheap enough. Now if I had that problem with my expensive laptop computer (lack of warranty) Iād be upset about it.
If itās any consolation, usually with electronics if theyāre going to fail it happens in the first few days of usage. Not always, but often thatās the case.
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@jchatterton64 itās not censorship, your first post here was off-topic and flagrant advertising.
You also completely bungled the concept of hardware warranty vs software support. The vendor in question can promise as many years of software support as theyād like, but as a business they could just as easily go out of business and leave customers stranded. It is rather crummy that Odroid is only offering a one month hardware warranty, but that is what it is.
Personally Iād rather spend half the price ($70 vs $133) and have a device which is much faster, runs cooler and has a newer chipset. Iāve been extremely pleased with my N2.
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Itās reported more than once.
https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&p=269109#p269109
https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=36367
https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=36336
https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=36175
https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=36016
https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=35553
https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=35222
You became a member 1 day ago and your first post in this topic you plugged a product which wonāt run CoreELEC so whatās the problem ?
No money is made by CoreELEC from HardKernel except free hardware supplied to developers.
The devices are not clearly defective. The vendor HardKernel has a very limited warranty which is what this topic is about.
@jchatterton64 I hope you understand where we stand and hope you understand why your post was deleted.
I wonder if some of these failures could be due to power hits. Iāve always run my sensitive electronics on a highest quality surge suppressor, the best Iāve found is the Tripp-Lite Isobar Ultra. Their Super7 is also really good. I run a whole house surge suppressor at my breaker panel as well.
Thereās a large array of things that cause power surges and little ones happen routinely. Even if one big one doesnāt take out a device the little ones can tear it down over time.
Although this goes OT:
I really donāt want to do bad talking or spread FUD about N2, but after having some deeper look in the schematic and some component datasheets, I have some doubts about the robust design of the HW circuit.
One issue was regarding the USB-HUB powersupply, which was never answered by HK:
Another issue I see is th HDMI_HPD signal, which has no proper level shifting (if HK values in schematic are still valid) , and very likely exceeds Max.Input Voltage Limits of the SOC.
And there are more flaws I#ve seenā¦
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I am one of those that have reported a N2 issue. I ran my N2 on a UPS, so little chance of power surges. I was pretty disappointed that my N2 only lasted three months. It was great while it lasted. After I found out that the warranty was 30 days, I switched to a VIM3 (which is still on its way). My Odroid C2 is still going strong after 2 years and its on 24/7.
I am convinced this is 4.9 kernel related.My N2 has hdmi problems on 2 different Samsung tvās and works properly on 2 different monitors,something to do with resolution
What problem do you have with your Samsung TVs? 4K/HDR on Samsung requires the 4:2:2 option to be enabled in CoreELEC options.
offtopic.
Your suggestion : Samsung requires the 4:2:2 option to be enabled in CoreELEC options. This is Just for N2?
I have Samsung mu 6100 series TVĖ65Ė , with Beelink GT-King. When I play 4K HDR without this option enabled, everything is fine.( YUV 444, 10 Bit, HDR10, Bt.2020.nc ) The TV display the HDR logo, and displays correct colorsā¦( with this option enabled, good too, just the box send 4.2.2 12Bit.) This option need enable by me, just when the HDR movie under 4K, eg. 1080p.HDR. this is my experience.
No, not just N2, but some Samsung TVs.
Try it and see what happens, it wonāt break anything.
Everything was working fine with N2 until 2 or 3 weeks ago Samsung 4K SUHD 2 years old and Samsung 1080p full hd 9 years old.Meecool S905 and s912 works on both tvās.If i have tv on hdmi source settings when i power on N2, it boots coreelec then in hdmi source settings screenfit changes from auto to on to off and then greys out and then no source connected but works on 2 different monitors
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@timfolk check above post.
Am hoping their recent sale price which I fell for wasnāt to get rid of these gen 1 boards that have a known issue.
Thatās nice but I assume itās not retroactive. I bought an N2 before they added that option (thought I had just missed it out when buying it, but maybe it wasnāt offered yet).
Iāve written ameridroid yesterday. Awaiting response.
thanks, TheCoolest.
that is wrong. in the EU we have 2 kinds of warranty: the one given by law (seller), and the one given by the producer (the last one is optional!).
on new products, everything* has 2 years law warranty (called: gewƤhrleistung) given from the seller, but the warranty (called: garantie) can be 1 day or life long, or even nothing at all.
*) with a few exceptions
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