My WD Live failed under warranty and they shipped me the new PLUS model for a replacement. Everything works the same except the turn-on time takes about 60 seconds. It seems to go through some sort of extended boot-up cycles. I’m not sure if it’s the latest firmware or the machine itself causing this. Does anyone else notice this ?
1.03.39_B firmware.
Yep… Everyone notices it. That’s the way it works.
Its trying hard to figure out what to tell your TV
No, it’s starting from the ground up. The 1st revision of the Live stayed in a state of standby (the kernel remained loaded and running) but it just shut down the HDMI and E-Net ports.
The 2nd revision of the Live, and all Live Plus units shut down entirely; thus it has to re-load all the modules and so-forth.
This was a requirement for some European Union thing.
I’m sorry but I don’t understand. The PLUS is exactly the same as the non-PLUS except for NetFlix. Why would the PLUS version take so much longer to boot up ? To me, it seems to take 3X as long. What’s the reason for such a long boot ?
Edit: I didn’t see the response above mine. I understand now but hey this isn’t a computer, it’s more of an appliance so I can’t see why it takes so long to start it.
That’s not true. The Live+ and the Live (2nd revision) have an additional microcontroller unit that shuts off power to everything. I think there’s also a battery in the Plus and the 2nd rev Live (probably to power the MCU and IR) They Live and Live+ also have different processors.
And you can fix it easily – just don’t turn it off (essentially you will have it in the same power state it was in the old device – a lot of folks just leave theirs on all the time, including Tony I do believe).
