Last night I watched a 2 hour movie using my WDTV Live connected to MY BOOK Hard Drive. About an hour into the movie, I heard loud POPPING coming through the speakers, almost blowing my speakers and sub-woofer. Today, I read on the internet that a lot of users are experiencing this problem with the Live and Live Plus devices. I looked for a cause and narrowed the problem down to the WDTV device…it was getting HOT while processing the movie. I noticed it did not matter which format the movie was, the unit just got HOT! This apparently caused the POPPING noises. I believe I have found a solution. This evening, I TURNED THE UNIT UPSIDE DOWN…THE VENT HOLES ARE NOW ON TOP SO HOT AIR CAN ESCAPE FROM THE UNIT. I watched two (2) two hour movies, one right after the other. NO POPPING NOISES WHAT-SO-EVER!!! And, the device feels cooler than usual. I think Western Digital should modify the case for this device, putting the air vents ON TOP. I do not think the consumer will object to this aesthetic modification…it is a practical solution and, so far, after monitoring the unit for 6 hours this evening with NO POPPING, I think will resolve this heat problem.
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