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Slow Boot 6500

EI2GLB
EI2GLB Member ✭✭
in FLEX-6000 Signature Series

Hi All

My 6500 has started to take some time to boot, usually once the relays click it took maybe 10-15 seconds, now its well over 1 minute,

Is there anything I can try to see if it improves it,

For what it's worth I'm on 3.7.4 and I am not planning to move onto V4 free or paid,

Thanks

Trevor

EI2GLB

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  • VE7ATJ_Don
    VE7ATJ_Don Member ✭✭✭✭

    Hi Trevor…how old is your 6500 (i.e. when was the last time it was serviced?) Has it ever had the internal SD card replaced?

    The reason I'm asking is that 'slow' boot up can possibly be a sign of a failing SD card.

    Would you be willing to upgrade to 3.10.15 and give that a try?

  • EI2GLB
    EI2GLB Member ✭✭

    Hi Don

    Thanks for the reply, Yes the SD card was replaced a few years ago when Flex pushed out the upgrade to make the older ones fail,

    I should have made a copy before I installed it,

    is 3.10.15 the last version before V4

    I don't want to lose NR and NB adjustability that seems to be a issue in V4,

    73

    Trevor

    EI2GLB

  • VE7ATJ_Don
    VE7ATJ_Don Member ✭✭✭✭

    Sounds good. I believe the NB and NR adjusters are still in 3.10.15, so maybe give that upgrade a try and see if the 'slow boot' resolves itself?

    Also, you might try exporting your profiles, do a factory reset (hold for white flash) then boot up the radio (don't import your profiles yet). Does, this get you back to 'normal' boot time?

    Then, import your old profiles and try again. Does the boot time change? If so, it might be some corruption in your profiles. (It's known to happen). In that case, re-do the factory reset then recreate all your profiles from scratch and re-export them.

    Just some ideas to try.

  • Lasse SM5GLC
    Lasse SM5GLC Member ✭✭✭
    edited January 22

    Trevor, welcome to the club :(
    https://community.flexradio.com/discussion/comment/20623666#Comment_20623666

    I asked this a month ago… no useful answer!

    Interestingly the radio IS responsive, but does not send out discovery packets. So SSDR will not start. But if If I use the Smartunlink to send these packets the radio will respond in what used to be the usual boot up time, roughly 45 seconds for me. Now it is close to two minutes.

    So it seems the radio is waiting for something, but what? This started right out of the blue…. 6500/SSDR 2.12.1 and new-ish SD card from Flex.

  • EI2GLB
    EI2GLB Member ✭✭

    Hi All

    So I spent some time at the radio this evening,

    My boot time before doing a Factory Reset ( and a Persistence Database reset)

    Was 1 min 45 seconds average across 3 cold boots,

    After the reset It was the roughly the same maybe 1 or 2 seconds faster,

    I have received a new SD card from Flex, I will wait until after KP5 and 3Y0K (If it happens) to replace it as I don't want to go taking everything apart in DX season,

    I will report back with findings for anyone searching in the future

    73

    Trevor

    EI2GLB

  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin

    I think that is about normal.

  • EI2GLB
    EI2GLB Member ✭✭

    Hi Mike

    I remember it being faster, but maybe I am mistaken,

    I have my bases covered if it is the SD card at least,

    Thanks for the reply, and the quick shipping from TX to Ireland, would have been 2 days only for FedEX didn't bother to deliver it on Friday and we don't get weekend deliveries here in EI,

    73

    Trevor

    EI2GLB

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