[mythtv-users] HD-3000 artifacts if computer does 'anything' else

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/5/06, Mike <stuff at dustsmoke.com> wrote:
> I have a 2000+ running as a backend with a 500/350 and a HD-3000 all in
> the same system. I already figure out that you can't actually have it
> with the frontend because if any audio card is in there with it it goes
> from lock/unlock constanty making everything unwatchable. But I'd think
> you could atleast record from the HD-3000 and say the 500 at the same
> time without having to deal with artifacts throughout the broadcast. Or
> just using a frontend and having the network adapter doing anything
> causes the same thing. It doesn't seem to matter, just 'anything'
> happening from another device causes it to make artifacts... Some more
> than others but always 'some'.
>
> Is there a way to actually use the seemingly unbuffered hd-3000 cards or
> do you just have to plan a huge event every time your going to use it by
> making sure you don't do 'anything' else on it while its in use?
>
> GA-7DXR with AMD761/VIA686b hybrid
> cat /proc/interrupts
>            CPU0
>   0:   43852776          XT-PIC  timer
>   1:         10          XT-PIC  i8042
>   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
>   4:         20          XT-PIC  serial
>   5:   25350048          XT-PIC  cx88[0], uhci_hcd:usb1, cx88[0]
>   8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
>   9:          1          XT-PIC  acpi
>  10:   50232179          XT-PIC  ivtv0, nvidia
>  11:   14955193          XT-PIC  ivtv2, Ensoniq AudioPCI, eth0
>  12:    1000584          XT-PIC  ivtv1
>  14:    7797996          XT-PIC  ide0
>  15:   11801903          XT-PIC  ide1
> NMI:          0
> LOC:          0
> ERR:     280804
> MIS:          0
>
>
> No combination of interrupts seem to resolve it. I tried 3 other
> moterboards with 3 different VIA chipsets on them... But those last only
> a couple of mins with the 500 before VIA handles something incorrectly
> and the system hard resets.
>

hard drive can't write fast enough. at least that caused it for me.

--
Steve