IFD 550 Fails to Boot Up

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   Hello,I have submitted a trouble ticket with Avidyne Support, but I wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem and what the remedy was. Sometimes, during powerup of my IFD 550, all I get are vertical lines on the display and it will not boot up. My only recourse is to pull the circuit breaker to secure power and attempt a new restart. Sometimes it boots up correctly after doing this, sometimes it takes several attempts. I am not having any luck uploading a picture, but I will try to get one uploaded to show what I am trying to describe.

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Toadpilot Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 Oct 2020 Location: Lancaster, OH Status: Offline Points: 42	Post Options Post Reply Quote Toadpilot Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: IFD 550 Fails to Boot Up Posted: 28 May 2024 at 10:21pm
	Hello, I have submitted a trouble ticket with Avidyne Support, but I wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem and what the remedy was. Sometimes, during powerup of my IFD 550, all I get are vertical lines on the display and it will not boot up. My only recourse is to pull the circuit breaker to secure power and attempt a new restart. Sometimes it boots up correctly after doing this, sometimes it takes several attempts. I am not having any luck uploading a picture, but I will try to get one uploaded to show what I am trying to describe.
	Jeff Hullinger 1964 Piper PA-30 N97VP IFD550/IFD440/EX500/AMX240/ RDR2100/GMX345/GDL69A/ SKY497/STEC60-2/G5 AI/G5 HSI

Mike_vonb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Feb 2023 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike_vonb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 2024 at 8:23pm
	I had exactly the same problem recently where the 550 wouldn’t boot. It was out of warranty and cost a small fortune to ship from Australia to the US and have the aircraft out of service for 7 weeks. Apparently a bad internal CF card was the likely problem. Wish there was a cost, and time, effective way of getting this stuff fixed. It’s the second big 550 challenge I’ve had in the last 18 months where the first resulted in a 3 month hole in the panel :-/ I guess outside the US you just don’t have anything like the same level of support.

Toadpilot Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 Oct 2020 Location: Lancaster, OH Status: Offline Points: 42	Post Options Post Reply Quote Toadpilot Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jun 2024 at 10:04am
	To follow up. I downloaded my logs and sent them to Avidyne. Avidyne support believes that I have a loose video card connection. Therefore, I had to pull my IFD550, drive it to my Avionics shop, and have them send it in to Avidyne to inspect/repair/test. I will follow up after I receive it back, hopefully with the problem fixed.
	Jeff Hullinger 1964 Piper PA-30 N97VP IFD550/IFD440/EX500/AMX240/ RDR2100/GMX345/GDL69A/ SKY497/STEC60-2/G5 AI/G5 HSI