Panasonic DMP-BD60/80x and freezing issues

[MacinMan]

Hi all, I am writing this as speculation of why people have had so many random freezing issues with this unit, not to say i'm having issues. Anyway as someone who has technical experience with computers and repair, I decided to crack open my panasonic player as the warranty is done just to see what type of parts a blu-ray player has inside. I noticed that even when powered on, the fan in the unit doesn't automatically turn on with the unit. Does anyone know if the fan is temperature controlled or is supposed to run all the time? It feels like even after being on several hours and closed up watching a blu-ray disc the fan still isn't running. I am wondering if many freezing issues people have had with this unit are overheating issues and not firmware alone. Or were they strictly firmware related. I'm inclined to think they could have been both if the fan doesn't run correctly. Does anyone maybe have more insight on this? I just thought it strange the fan didn't constantly run at some speed while the unit is powered on. Anyway the unit is closed back up now and continues to work fine. this was just an interesting observation I saw.

[Jeff Kleist]

The fan is only supposed to run if the temp reaches a certain level.

The problem was in the code in the player, basically a memory leak

[MacinMan]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

The fan is only supposed to run if the temp reaches a certain level.

The problem was in the code in the player, basically a memory leak

Ok, wasn't sure. I know at least with apple laptops the fans always run, but the hotter and or more cpu activity the fans speed up or slow down accordingly. whenever i see a fan not running in a device that's potentially a hight heat factor, i attribute that to any problems e.g. crashing/ freezing users might have. Though a memory leak is equally bad.

Anyway thanks for clearing that up.

[geoffc]

Firmware v2.2 which was released at the end of November last year fixed the freezing problem on my BD80

Can't possibly be anything to do with temperature due to fan FAR too much of a coincidence

[vonzipper3]

firmware update for this Panasonic DMP-BD60/80x player is available now believe it's 2.3

[MacinMan]

Originally Posted by vonzipper3

firmware update for this Panasonic DMP-BD60/80x player is available now believe it's 2.3

Right, I have the latest firmware but the reason i brought this thread up is because even with all the firmware updates I did prior to 2.2/2.3 i rarely had a freeze. but when i took the top off of mine to see what was in a bd player I noticed the fan didn't constantly run so that's what made me think it could have been a heat related issue as well as software. either way I put the top back on after i looked inside and the unit still functions perfectly and you'd never know bly appearence or functionality i'd opened it.

[Jeff Kleist]

Your Mac is a general purpose CPU and chipset will almost always run a fan. A specialized chipset is much simpler and much cooler

The early HD DVD players lost Toshiba a pile of money because they lacked the specialized designs and basically threw one of their laptops running linux into a case to beat Blu-ray to market. Their fans ran all the time