topic Re: Mini box freezing in Sky Q

Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:43:15 GMT

I have two mini boxes. One is fine. The other keeps freezing. Last night I recorded a freeze on the tv of over 90 seconds. It does this repeatedly and the tv is unwatchable.

have restarted the system countless times, the box did a software update.

Sky status says all is good but it clearly isn't, no matter how often I do the status and checks there is no option to contact anyone like it says there should be, neither can I book an engineer as it says page not found.

So sky q box - fine

mini box 1 - not fine

mini box 2 - fine.

the one with the issues is closest to the sky broadband router - no more than 8 feet away.

Re: Mini box freezing

Laing1 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:58:23 GMT

@des+irwin wrote:

I have two mini boxes. One is fine. The other keeps freezing. Last night I recorded a freeze on the tv of over 90 seconds. It does this repeatedly and the tv is unwatchable.

have restarted the system countless times, the box did a software update.

Sky status says all is good but it clearly isn't, no matter how often I do the status and checks there is no option to contact anyone like it says there should be, neither can I book an engineer as it says page not found.

So sky q box - fine

mini box 1 - not fine

mini box 2 - fine.

the one with the issues is closest to the sky broadband router - no more than 8 feet away.

@des+irwin Is Sky your broadband provider ? also have you tried swapping the mini boxes over as if the same one still has problems then you may need a new box

Re: Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:17:27 GMT

Hi @Laing1, yes everything is sky.

its not straightforward to

swap them unfortunately, the mini box is behind a tv which is sunk into the wall, i wouldn't be confident doing that without assistance.

We had this problem a few years ago and after two or three engineer visits it was eventually resolved and has been fine since, she did 'something' with how the box communicated with the sky q and router.

its been mildly, but liveable with, flakey since the sky q box was out for a couple of days after a storm before Christmas, I'm wondering if all the restarts and work to fix that has undone some settings.

I assume sky will have a log of what was done but the service check is like a death loop, just going round and round the same information.

Re: Mini box freezing

Laing1 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:29:59 GMT

@des+irwin wrote:

Hi @Laing1, yes everything is sky.

its not straightforward to

swap them unfortunately, the mini box is behind a tv which is sunk into the wall, i wouldn't be confident doing that without assistance.

We had this problem a few years ago and after two or three engineer visits it was eventually resolved and has been fine since, she did 'something' with how the box communicated with the sky q and router.

its been mildly, but liveable with, flakey since the sky q box was out for a couple of days after a storm before Christmas, I'm wondering if all the restarts and work to fix that has undone some settings.

I assume sky will have a log of what was done but the service check is like a death loop, just going round and round the same information.

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Re: Mini box freezing

Jason- — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:36:27 GMT

Good Morning @Laing1, thanks for making us aware of @des+irwin's post. We'll send them over an invite just now and we help get their Sky Q Mini box issue sorted 👍🏻

Thanks, Jason

Re: Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:50:02 GMT

Hi, your colleague on chat said to update if this stated happening again as they couldn't find a fault.

its now happening again.

not as bad as previously but 5-6 second freezes.

Re: Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:57:39 GMT

Mini box says 'there is a problem with your network connection'

if I look in network set up however everything is ticked.

ive not 'reset' - it made no difference last week when i did.

there was also some kind of glitching on the broadband connection at around 8am - 9am this morning.

Re: Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:23:50 GMT

Now has come up with a blue screen and a message saying there is a problem finding your sky q box.

this clearer after around 90 seconds.

Re: Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:35:23 GMT

TV unwatchable again this evening.

same errors as I posted yesterday evening.

@Jason or someone from Sky can I please have some help with this?

appreciate that an intermittent issue is difficult to pin down but this is becoming a major issue.

ive had no option but to power restart everything again, it was that or no TV.

TV is now glitch free but I shouldn't have to recycle everything like this.

Re: Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:19:45 GMT

TV unwatchable again this evening.

same errors as I posted yesterday evening.

@Jason- or someone from Sky can I please have some help with this?

appreciate that an intermittent issue is difficult to pin down but this is becoming a major issue.

ive had no option but to power restart everything again, it was that or no TV.

TV is now glitch free but I shouldn't have to recycle everything like this.

Re: Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:25:10 GMT

@Jason-

TV unwatchable again this evening.

same errors as I posted yesterday evening.

@Jason or someone from Sky can I please have some help with this?

appreciate that an intermittent issue is difficult to pin down but this is becoming a major issue.

ive had no option but to power restart everything again, it was that or no TV.

TV is now glitch free but I shouldn't have to recycle everything like this.

Re: Mini box freezing

Chodley — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:51:54 GMT

Black or white router?

If it's only 8 feet away, can you use ethernet?

Re: Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:37:33 GMT

Black router.

cant use Ethernet as the tv and mini box are built into a media wall.

its worked generally fine for 4 1/2 years like that. There's nothing new in the house that impacts anything WiFi / broadband.

Re: Mini box freezing

des+irwin — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:14:44 GMT

Black router.

cant use Ethernet as the tv and mini box are built into a media wall.

its worked generally fine for 4 1/2 years like that. There's nothing new in the house that impacts anything WiFi / broadband.

Re: Mini box freezing

Jason- — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:01:14 GMT

Hello @des+irwin, sorry to see you're still having problems with your Sky Q Mini box. I'll send you an invite to a private chat shortly and we can help you get things sorted.

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