Burning Smell

[Zappydev]

Ha ha, yeah, lucky I just took a walk and not doing my regular 10km run.  

Sorry to hear your news, Gary. This is exactly why I am nervous about leaving equipment running 24/7 if I am not around, but AIR makes it mandatory !!

I hope everything works out for you - enjoy the skiing 

Why does AIR make it mandatory? Do you lose connection?

I use a NUC with Win10 and Roon into a D400 with AIR over ethernet cable. It is regularly the case that if I power down the system e.g. overnight or for a few days, then when I try and restart I am plagued with AIR crashes, BSOD and reboots. Just yesterday, the system was rebooting itself over several hours, but then it settled down, and I have had almost 24 hours of continuous operation, with a variety of redbook and hi-res files. Now it is stable, I confidently expect that it will stay that way until I power down again. At this time, I cannot say whether it is the Devialet or the NUC (or both) that needs to be kept under power. I have not investigated shorter cycle times, since once the system is running, I don't want the pain of upsetting it again.

It defies logic, but has happened so many times now, there is no doubt about it, and Gary's meltdown has left me very nervous, so next time I might try leaving the NUC running and just powering down the D400. I can only assume that it is a temperature stability problem though, which is more likely to be from the D400.

I welcome any suggestions, but over the last 6 months I have tried every tweak and option, to no avail.