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Author Topic: GDC Error Msg Question Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 03-08-2016 11:58 AM                     Can anybody give me an idea of what's going on here? It happens occasionally on one of the GDC's I have to deal with. I know what 'fifo' is, I'm just curious if anyone has any idea why this sometimes happens. (and what "card" does the message refer to?) The same playlist/files works fine on other GDC's in the same complex. All have identical software versions, etc.  |  IP: Logged John Roddy Expert Film Handler Posts: 114 From: Spring, TX, United States Registered: Dec 2012 posted 03-08-2016 12:14 PM                        I have seen this error a lot, and it almost always means the media block is either completely FUBAR'd, or it has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. It's worth cracking open the server to check on the cooler fan for the card. GDC was using PCI slot fans in the past, and they had a nasty habit of locking up and breaking. Note that I'm assuming you have an SMB in that server. If it's an IMB in the projector, then it's a different story.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-08-2016 04:19 PM                     I agree with what John said. Doesn't matter if it's an internal media block or IMB, you get a similar error. IMHO, it's not worth fixing it either. I lost two older GDV servers with internal media blocks last summer and I replaced them both with SX-3000's instead. At least the SX-3000 has a serviceable media block and much more flexibility on data inputs. For 2 grand more than the replacement media block you get a whole new server with three year warranty. It uses so little power that over about seven years the power savings will offset the 2 grand cost in many areas. I have over 60 SX-3000's and they have had zero issues. I turned one of the old GDC servers into a hardware raided TMS! To be sure it's the media block send the logs to GDC tech support.... Mark  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-08-2016 05:39 PM                        Speaking of that TMS, when are you heading this way?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-09-2016 03:38 PM                     As soon as the snow departs.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 03-09-2016 04:26 PM                     quote: Jim Cassedy The same playlist/files works fine on other GDC's in the same complex. All have identical software versions, etc. Did it get stuck on the same file again after a reboot? If so, you might want to try to re-ingest the content, if it keeps happening at random, your mediablock is most likely dying.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-12-2016 12:55 PM                     The first clue (we now know) when Mike's media block died is that he completely lost Dolby 3-D capability. We assumed it was a DFC-100 issue because everything else worked normally for about 6 months until he got the same error as shown in this thread. Mark  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 03-12-2016 04:27 PM                     Well, 3D has quite a higher bandwidth requirement on the output side of things than 2D, so maybe that's why it starts to show up during 3D shows first?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-12-2016 09:27 PM                     I agree Marcel!  |  IP: Logged Pur Wanto Film Handler Posts: 13 From: Jakarta Barat, Indonesia Registered: Feb 2015 posted 05-06-2016 02:56 AM                     Dear Mr. Jim Cassedy, I am also problem like you, ERROR PUTTING FIFO BUFFER ON THE CARD. for the trouble shoot i am changed PCI card on the server with new one. for result have 2 show movie running well. thanks, Pur  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-06-2016 03:01 AM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen It uses so little power that over about seven years the power savings will offset the 2 grand cost in many areas. Let's hear your detailed math on this because I'm calling bullshit on that.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-06-2016 07:56 AM                     And then there is the presumption that the SX3000 will have no failures over 7 years, more than 2x its warranty...or you can buy warranty for the same price as the SX2001 after the same 3-years so the cost of upkeep would have still been cheaper to keep the SX2001 over buying a new SX3000 that ads no new features to the 2K venue other than HFR 3D...which given that Mike has Dolby 3D is a consideration.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-07-2016 07:18 PM                     If it does have any failures at least it's media block is repairable... Brad, Take this Ten Plex... Add up 300 watts times 10... That equals Dolby, GDC, Doremi full size Servers. Add up 50 watts times 10... this equals SX-3000 servers. Now multiply those by ten years worth of power bills which will be a typical lifespan off all this gear. Which one is cheaper? Mark  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-10-2016 04:54 PM                     Last month, had an SX-3000 die. I was doing weekly reboots with powering down the SX-3000 unit, then powering down the projector to finalize a cold reboot. That SX-3000 unit failed to wake up on the restart. It was three years old. Got a new one on the exchange/repair thing the next day from GDC, did the config and we were on the screen again. Now, just waiting for the others to follow suit. $8500 bucks for this unit .. definitely spendy if that had to come out of one's pocket... -Monte  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-10-2016 07:14 PM                     I have yet to have one go bad out of over 40 units out there. Not that they won't but the media block in them is repairable. I'd be interested in knowing if it was the computer board or the media block that failed. Monet... 7200 dollars net. Not 8600.00! If you go to the right source they can be had for less then that. Mark  |  IP: Logged

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