Re: curing lockups during capture

[Christian Iversen <chrivers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 30 January 2005 04:07, Calvin Dodge wrote:
> I was having problems with my WinTV-GO PCI cards (one each in two different
> computers).
>
> After operating for a while (40-90 minutes), I'd see one of two events -
> either the video would turn dark red, with muffled sound - or the computer
> would lock up.
>
> At first I chalked this up to a flakey Via-based motherboard, but the
> lockups continued on my Asus Nforce board.
>
> Once after such a lockup, I pulled the cover off the case, and felt the
> metal RFI cage on the card. It was HOT!  I then stuck a fan in the case,
> blowing directly on the card.  No more lockups, and no more red video (even
> when running on that flakey Via motherboard).
>
> I mention this on the this list because I found no help on any of the web
> pages I searched. One FAQ answered the question of lockups with "you have a
> kernel or hardware problem". That was SO helpful!
>
> Anyway, if you're seeing this sort of aberrant card behavior, you might
> give my solution a try.

Well, I really _do_ think you have a hardware problem :-)

I've seen this type of problem in conjunction with DC problems on the cabe 
input. In other words, there's a constant voltage over your poor tuner, which 
causes it to overheat. The rest follows from there.. sounds plausible?

-- 
Regards,
Christian Iversen

--

Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list