Epic-X Dragon Sensor starts to glitch when reaching 50°C / 122° F

[Philip Gerl]

Recently my Epic-X Dragon has been acting up. Whenever I boot it up, it seems to work okay.The Image looks fine.
However when the sensor reaches around 50° C / 122° F the Images starts to glitch completely.

Does anybody of you can help me with that? I really want so save this Camera. Do I need a new sensor module or is there something wrong with the processing pcb?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Joshua Wilson]

Try wiping the camera through your maintenance menu then doing a black right after. What's the body temp sitting at? And what fan setting are you using?

 

[Philip Gerl]

Thanks for the fast reply!
Wiping the Camera worked but the black shading failed and the image started to glitch again.
The body is sitting at around room temperature 21° C / 70° F. The Fan ist set to "Adaptive" with a target of 65° C / 149° F.

It almost seems to me that there is some pcb or component warping under the heat and loosing contact.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Joshua Wilson]

Try doing a force_upgrade.

 

[Joshua Wilson]

And then black shade again.

 

[Philip Gerl]

Thanks for the assistance so far!
Unfortunately this didn't help. I was able to black shade but my problem remains.
Here is a video of my fault: https://youtu.be/3wjqX4Aga9U

Do you have any more ideas?

 

[Audy Erel]

Isn't a target of 65℃ is rather high? I keep my S-W Dragon at 44℃ and it already feels quite hot..

 

[Philip Gerl]

RED recommends a target of 65°C for Epic and Scarlet Dragon (DSMC1) bodys. For DSMC2 it may be different.

 

[Joshua Wilson]

I believe DSMC1 targets body temp and DSMC2 Targets Sensor temp

 

[Joshua Wilson]

Thanks for the assistance so far!
Unfortunately this didn't help. I was able to black shade but my problem remains.
Here is a video of my fault: https://youtu.be/3wjqX4Aga9U

Do you have any more ideas?

Honestly you’d have to send it in to me. In the years I've be working on these I haven't seen one glitch out like that before, so it could be anything. Send me an email to contact@cgpent.com